Micro robots to prevent road chaos by repairing pipes

Ordnance Survey’s latest service, a partnership with Intel company Mobileye, is aimed at the energy and infrastructure market – mapping roadsides for manhole covers to lamp posts.

More investment in innovation would attract a new wave of diverse, tech-savvy workers to construction, helping address the sector’s skills shortage, the contracting giant argues in a paper calling for accelerated innovation in the industry.

Companies who do not manage risk and innovation better face the prospect of becoming inherently uncompetitive. That’s the message from the Institution of Civil Engineers, in a recent short paper focused on the UK built environment sector.

Waymo, in development since 2009, is billed as the first commercial ride-sharing service using AVs on the market.

Electric vehicles and construction automation are among the trends to watch according to the fifth cohort of startups chosen for the smart city accelerator.

Passengers in London and Edinburgh will soon be the first in the UK to experience self-driving bus and taxi services under trials announced by Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark.

Applicants are being asked to develop solutions relevant to rail that apply automated design to track layout, overhead line electrification, traction power supply systems, and signalling systems, and could win a share of up to £300,000.