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UK starts early trials of World's first pothole preventing robot (www.youtube.com)

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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.

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago

Well, at least trams and trains don't produce wear on roads, and a good freight train network reduces the need for heavy trucks.

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