Driverless vehicle that uses sensors to measure road surface quality and repair small cracks to stop them turning into potholes and hopefully decreasing the cost of road maintenance while improving average surface quality.

  • RoboGroMo@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    441·
    9 months ago

    tarmacking is a horrible job especially at night, personally I’d rather reduce the cost of infrastructure maintenance using automation and then pay people a living wage to do nicer jobs.

    • Spuddlesv2@lemmy.caEnglish
      133·
      9 months ago

      Bets on this actually reducing the cost of maintenance? I’d hazard a guess that it will cost more, fix less, and result in fewer local jobs. But the VC-backed overseas startup CEO will profit, so that’s something I suppose.

      • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        9 months ago

        It’s a fair guess, but my guess is the opposite. Prevention is far cheaper than repairing.

        And technological advances almost always comes out on top in terms of costs in the long run.

        And this is saving money for the government, not some CEO.