A pothole prevention robot, developed in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council highways engineers, has passed its first test outside a lab environment. The revolutionary machine is the result of collaboration with tech company Robotiz3d and academics at the University of Liverpool. Using state-of-the-art imaging technology and funding from Innovate UK, the team working on the project has developed the first Autonomous Road Repair System (ARRES). The robot characterises cracks potholes and other defects in the road using Artificial Intelligence (AI). It then automatically fills the crac…