Maintaining integrity, performance and safety of the road infrastructure through autonomous robotized solutions and modularization

Project Information

InfraROB

Grant agreement ID: 955337

DOI

10.3030/955337

Project closed

EC signature date 26 March 2021

Start date 1 September 2021

End date 28 February 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost

€ 5 005 648,75

EU contribution

€ 5 005 648,75

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
Spain

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Deliverables

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (7)

Demonstration of RPxS for safer personnel and machinery operations

Report describing the results of Remotely Piloted systems supporting traffic management for a safer coordination of road users, robots and personnel.Proven communication and coordination between InfraROB solutions for automation and safety in maintenance works.Related tasks T5.8

Demonstration of all-in-one prefabricated roadside component

Report describing the results of using the new all-in-one prefabricated roadside component.Proven functionality of the new all-in-one precast concrete element.Related tasks T5.4

Demonstration of PMS for a robot-based efficient maintenance

Report describing results of ITC-based system for efficient pavement management including robots/autonomous machinery deployment.Proven functionality of the IT platform for robot-based PMS; validation of the web-based application for data storage (DT updating).Related tasks T5.7

Demonstration of autonomous machinery for larger pavement interventions

Report describing the results of large robots for pavement upgrading.Proven functionality of the autonomous robotized road construction train within various construction site situations: (i) autonomously-working paving (without special build in requirements); (ii) reduction of paving stuff.Related tasks T5.3

All-in-one multi-functional precast concrete element prototypes ready for demonstration

All-in-one multi-functional precast concrete element prototypes ready for demonstration.Production of the precast concrete element for the demonstration.Related tasks T2.1, T2.1, T2.3

Demonstration of distributed sensing solution for pavement long-term damage detection

Report describing the results of the new sensing solution.Proven functionality of the distributed FOS sensing solution for long-term damage detection.Related tasks T5.5

Demonstration of robotics for road upgrading and maintenance;

Report describing the results of using autonomous and semi-autonomous systems for line marking and asphalt repairing.Proven functionality of both the autonomous repairing robot and autonomously-working line marking robot.Related tasks T5.6

Documents, reports (6)

Interim communication and dissemination report

Interim communication and dissemination report.Review on performed comms and dissemin activities (tracking table for further update).Related tasks T6.1

Communication and dissemination action plan

Communication and dissemination action planDetailed strategy and communicationdissemination plan IPP requirementsRelated tasks T61

Final communication and dissemination report

Final communication and dissemination report.Final version of the comms and dissemin activities: (i) Number of papers; (ii) Conference presentations; (iii) Dissemination events.Related tasks T6.1

European paving specifications

Report describing the requirements for paving in different European countriesA summary and a comparison table between nationally common and regulated asphalt mixes and paving techniques on a europeanwide levelRelated tasks T11

Communication and dissemination action plan (mid-term update)

Communication and dissemination action plan (mid-term update).Revised and updated communication/dissemination plan.Related tasks 6.1

KPI-based assessment of the InfraROB solutions

Report describing the results of the overall assessment of the InfraROB solutions.Overall assessment of the InfraROB solutions: (i) Reduction of fatal accidents; (ii) Reduction of traffic disruption; (iii) Reduction of routine maintenance costs; (iv) Improvement of network capacity.Related tasks T5.2

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Communication toolkit

Toolkit containing logo supporting graphics common templates brochureleaflet poster banners besides internal guide for project communicationdisseminationEffective dissemination of the project to audiences banner posters brochureleaflet distribution etcRelated tasks T62

e-Catalogue of InfraROB technological solutions

e-Catalogue of InfraROB technological solutions.Comprehensive evidence of the advantages of the developed technologies and solutions to potential end-users and stakeholders: e-publication downloads.Related tasks T6.3

Project website

Project websiteOperational and updated website number of visits and downloadsRelated tasks T62

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Comparing Mobile and Aerial Laser Scanner point cloud data sets for automating the detection and delimitation procedure of safety-critical near-road slopes

Author(s): Antón Núñez-Seoane, Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez, Erik Rúa, Pedro Arias
Published in: Measurement, Issue 224, 2024, Page(s) 113919, ISSN 0263-2241
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2023.113919

Gamification for road asset inspection from Mobile Mapping System data

Author(s): Álvaro Barros-Sobrín, Jesús Balado, Mario Soilán, Enrique Mingueza-Bauzá
Published in: Journal of Spatial Science, Issue 69, 2024, Page(s) 443-466, ISSN 1449-8596
Publisher: Mapping Sciences Institute Australia
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2023.2236996

Pavimentazioni sostenibili per piste ciclabili

Author(s): DI MASCIO, P., Fiore, N., & Venturini, L.
Published in: LE STRADE, 2022, ISSN 0373-2916
Publisher: Le Strade

LiDAR Data Processing for Digitization of the Castro of Santa Trega and Integration in Unreal Engine 5

Author(s): David Conde, Jesús Balado, Mario Soilán, Joaquín Martínez, Pedro Arias
Published in: International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 2023, Page(s) 1-21, ISSN 1558-3058
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
DOI: 10.1080/15583058.2023.2271877

AN UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM FOR ON-THE-EDGE TRAFFIC MONITORING IN WORK-ZONE APPROACH AREA

Author(s): J. Martínez-Sánchez, D. Conde Morales, S. Novoa, P. Arias
Published in: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Issue XLVIII-1/W2-2023, 2023, Page(s) 605-610, ISSN 2194-9034
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-1-w2-2023-605-2023

A Robotized Raspberry-Based System for Pothole 3D Reconstruction and Mapping

Author(s): Salvatore Bruno, Giuseppe Loprencipe, Paola Di Mascio, Giuseppe Cantisani, Nicola Fiore, Carlo Polidori, Antonio D’Andrea, Laura Moretti
Published in: Sensors, Issue 23, 2023, Page(s) 5860, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s23135860

Qualitative fault tree for the analysis of slope stability loss in road infrastructure

Author(s): Erik Rúa, Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez, Pedro Arias
Published in: Transportation Research Procedia, Issue 72, 2024, Page(s) 3641-3649, ISSN 2352-1465
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.557

Development of a calibration program for large-scale DEM simulation of hot mix asphalt

Author(s): Leandro Harries, Jia Liu
Published in: Discover Civil Engineering, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 2948-1546
Publisher: springer
DOI: 10.1007/s44290-024-00042-6

Human Machine Interface Design for Robotized Road Works in InfraROB project

Author(s): Cristian Español-Alfonso, Jesús Balado, Mario Soilán, Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez
Published in: Abstracts of the ICA, Issue 7, 2024, Page(s) 1-2, ISSN 2570-2106
Publisher: Copernicus publications
DOI: 10.5194/ica-abs-7-36-2024

Detection of Direct Sun Glare on Drivers from Point Clouds

Author(s): Jesus Balado Frias; Elena González; Pablo Del Río; Silvia María González Collazo
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue Volume 14; Issue 6;, 2022, Page(s) Pages: 1456, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs14061456

Transport Infrastructure Management Based on LiDAR Synthetic Data: A Deep Learning Approach with a ROADSENSE Simulator

Author(s): Lino Comesaña-Cebral, Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez, Antón Nuñez Seoane, Pedro Arias
Published in: Infrastructures, Issue 9, 2024, Page(s) 58, ISSN 2412-3811
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/infrastructures9030058

Assessment of vegetation indices for mapping burned areas using a deep learning method and a comprehensive forest fire dataset from Landsat collection

Author(s): Gabriel E. Suárez-Fernández, Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez, Pedro Arias
Published in: Advances in Space Research, Issue 75, 2025, Page(s) 1665-1685, ISSN 0273-1177
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2024.12.001

Virtual Seeds for Indoor Point Cloud Segmentation with Hololens 2

Author(s): Juan Carlos Navares Vazquez, Jesús Balado, Pedro Arias, Lucía Díaz-Vilariño
Published in: SSRN, 2023, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4331954

A discordance analysis in manual labelling of urban mobile laser scanning data used for deep learning based semantic segmentation

Author(s): Silvia María González-Collazo, Jesús Balado, Elena González, Abdul Nurunnabi
Published in: Expert Systems with Applications, Issue 230, 2023, Page(s) 120672, ISSN 0957-4174
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120672

Eco-efficient asphalt recycling for urban slow mobility

Author(s): Salvatore Bruno, Giuseppe Loprencipe, Paola Di Mascio, Giuseppe Cantisani, Nicola Fiore, Carlo Polidori, Gennaro Riccio, Antonio D’Andrea, Laura Moretti
Published in: Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Issue 9, 2024, Page(s) 957-964, ISSN 2365-6433
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s41207-024-00524-0

Influence of the Shear Process on the Compaction Success and Friction Behavior During Asphalt Paving

Author(s): Leandro Harries; Stefan Böhm
Published in: International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2023, ISSN 1996-6814
Publisher: Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering
DOI: 10.1007/s42947-022-00265-9

Multi feature-rich synthetic colour to improve human visual perception of point clouds

Author(s): Jesús Balado; Elena González; Juan L. Rodríguez-Somoza; Pedro Arias;
Published in: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,, Issue volume 196,, 2023, Page(s) pages 514-527, ISSN 0924-2716
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.01.019

Assessing Asphalt Pavement Pre-Compaction with Paver Screed Frequency Measurements

Author(s): Leandro Harries, David Kempf, Matthias Scheidig, Maximilan Schütz, Moritz Middendorf, Kazim Uzar, Xiaohui Su, Stefan Böhm, Jia Liu
Published in: Procedia Structural Integrity, Issue 64, 2024, Page(s) 262-268, ISSN 2452-3216
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2024.09.243

Santiago urban dataset SUD: Combination of Handheld and Mobile Laser Scanning point clouds

Author(s): Silvia María González-Collazo, Jesús Balado, Iván Garrido, Javier Grandío, Rabia Rashdi, Elisavet Tsiranidou, Pablo del Río-Barral, Erik Rúa, Iván Puente, Henrique Lorenzo
Published in: Expert Systems with Applications, Issue 238, 2024, Page(s) 121842, ISSN 0957-4174
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121842

Automatic detection to inventory road slopes using open LiDAR point clouds

Author(s): Erik Rúa, Antón Núñez-Seoane, Pedro Arias, Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez
Published in: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Issue 118, 2024, Page(s) 103225, ISSN 1569-8432
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103225

IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT POINT CLOUD GEOMETRIC FEATURES FOR THE DETECTION OF PAVEMENT CRACKS USING MLS DATA

Author(s): P. del Río-Barral, J. Grandío, B. Riveiro, P. Arias
Published in: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Issue XLVIII-1/W1-2023, 2023, Page(s) 107-112, ISSN 2194-9034
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-1-w1-2023-107-2023

ANALYSIS OF SUN GLARE ON ROUNDABOUTS WITH AERIAL LASER SCANNING DATA

Author(s): S. M. González-Collazo; J. Balado; E. González; M. Soilán;
Published in: he International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences,, Issue volume XLIII-B2-2022,, 2022, Page(s) pages 1,009-1,016, ISSN 2194-9034
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b2-2022-1009-2022

Multimodal deep learning for point cloud panoptic segmentation of railway environments

Author(s): Javier Grandio, Belen Riveiro, Daniel Lamas, Pedro Arias
Published in: Automation in Construction, Issue 150, 2024, Page(s) 104854, ISSN 0926-5805
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104854

Improving Safety in the Maintenance of Infrastructures: Design of a UAV-Based System for Work zone Monitoring

Author(s): Joaquín Martínez-Sánchez, Henrique Piñeiro-Monteagudo, Jesús Balado, Mario Soilán, Pedro Arias
Published in: Transportation Research Procedia, Issue 72, 2024, Page(s) 2518-2525, ISSN 2352-1465
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.758

Conference proceedings (12)

Reinforcement Learning to Calculate Routes for Simulated Robot Safety Cones

Author(s): Eva Murio, Jesús Balado, Pedro Arias
Published in: The 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences, 2024, Page(s) 165
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/asec2023-15962

Generation of road zone synthetic data for training MOT models with the NVIDIA Omniverse platform.

Author(s): Conde, D., Martínez, J., Balado, J., Arias, P., & de Vigo, U.
Published in: EG-ICE: International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2023
Publisher: EG-ICE

Materials study to implement a 3D printer system to repair road pavement potholes

Author(s): Giuseppe Cantisani; Antonio D'Andrea; Paola Di Mascio; Laura Moretti; Nicola Fiore; Marco Petrelli; Carlo Polidori; Loretta Venturini;
Published in: Transportation Research Procedia, Issue volume 69,, 2023, Page(s) pages 91-98, ISSN 2352-1465
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2023.02.149

Aplicação de Redes Neurais em Modelos Preditivos de Deterioração de Pontes Rodoviárias

Author(s): M. Bonatte, A. Santos, J. Neto, H. Sousa, T. Bittencourt, J.C. Matos
Published in: JPEE 2022 – 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas Encontro nacional de Betão Estrutural 2022. 12ºCongresso nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, 2022
Publisher: JPEE

Multi-objective optimization of pavement networks using Traffic Management System (TMS)

Author(s): Nayled Acuña-Coll, Mauricio Bonatte, Elisabete Teixeira, Hélder S. Sousa, José Matos, António Costa, Fábio Gonçalves, Mauricio Sanchez-Silva
Published in: IABSE Congress Reports, IABSE Congress, San José 2024: Beyond Structural Engineering in a Changing World, Issue 24, 2025, Page(s) 174-183
Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
DOI: 10.2749/sanjose.2024.0174

Avaliação da Segurança de Pontes Existentes Por meio da análise de confiabilidade – Estudos de Caso

Author(s): • A. Santos, M. Bonatte, J. Neto, H. Sousa, T. Bittencourt, J.C. Matos
Published in: JPEE 2022 – 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas Encontro nacional de Betão Estrutural 2022. 12ºCongresso nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica – 6as Jornadas Portuguesas de Engenharia de Estruturas Encontro nacional de Betão Estrutural 2022. 12ºCongresso nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, 2022
Publisher: JPEE

Real-time vehicle 3D positioning and velocity estimation through monocular camera on UAV

Author(s): S. Novoa, D. Conde, P. Arias, J. Martínez-Sánchez
Published in: Proceedings of the 31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2024, ISBN 9788411880428
Publisher: EG-ICE

Trajectory extraction for vehicles and VRUs in urban scenarios from open-data traffic cameras

Author(s): E. Rúa, P. Arias, D. Conde, J. Martínez-Sánchez
Published in: Proceedings of the 31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2024, ISBN 9788411880428
Publisher: EG-ICE

Automatic mapping direct sun glares on roads with point clouds

Author(s): Silvia María González-Collazo; Jesús Balado; Elena González;
Published in: Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., Issue 5, 2022, Page(s) , 49
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/ica-abs-5-49-2022

Analyzing the impact of environmental definition in synthetic data generation for image detection in a road setting

Author(s): D. Conde, M. Rodríguez, P. Arias, J. Martínez-Sánchez
Published in: Proceedings of the 31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2024, ISSN 2194-9034, ISBN 9788411880428
Publisher: EG-ICE

Atti della RILEM Spring Convention and Conference 2024

Author(s): Liberato Ferrara, Giovanni Muciaccia, Niki Trochoutsou
Published in: Proceedings of the RILEM Spring Convention and Conference 2024, 2024, ISBN 978-3-031-70281-5
Publisher: RILEM

Cold asphalt contaning 100% reclamed asphalt. A sustainable technology for cycle paths and maintenance intervations

Author(s): Paola Di Mascio, Nicola Fiore, Antonio D’Andrea, Carlo Polidori, Loretta Venturini
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Procedia

Other (2)

Reparación de baches y ciclovías sostenibles

Author(s): P. Di Mascio
Published in: Carreteras Pan-Americanas, 2023
Publisher: Route One Publishing.

Un nuovo sistema robotizzato per la riparazione delle buche stradali

Author(s): Salvatore Bruno, Giuseppe Cantisani, Antonio D’Andrea, Paola Di Mascio, Nicola Fiore, Giuseppe Loprencipe, Laura Moretti, Carlo Polidori, Loretta Venturini​
Published in: Strade & Autostrade, 2023
Publisher: Strade & Autostrade

Book chapters (2)

Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI) of infrastructures for reducing adverse flood events

Author(s): M.Q. Tran, H.S. Sousa, E. Texeira, J.C. Matos
Published in: Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems, 2023, Page(s) 4155-4162
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003323020-512

Digital Twin - solution in the digital age for improving critical infrastructure resilience to extreme events

Author(s): M.Q. Tran, H.S. Sousa, E. Texeira, J.C. Matos, H.T. Dang
Published in: Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems, 2023, Page(s) 4147-4154
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003323020-511