Richmond Hill, ON improves pothole identification and repair time with ROVER AI technology
Richmond Hill, ON ROVER AI Pothole Identification Repair
The city conducted a 135-day pilot of the ROVER dash-mounted system created by local firm Visual Defence. Road conditions were captured by a smartphone and evaluated using AI-enabled analytics. Each pothole image included the depth and width of the damage, location, and date of discovery. Richmond Hill typically uses manual inspections and resident reports to create inventories of required road repairs.
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Richmond Hill Embraces Innovation to Modernize Government Operations
Locally developed AI app sniffs out hundreds of potholes in Richmond Hill
The smartphone-based artificial intelligence system, called Rover, automatically identified and analyzed a total of 542 potholes across the city during a 135-day pilot program.
Project Succeeded
Richmond Hill fixed 542 potholes during its pilot program. The city identified and repaired 1,078 potholes during the previous year.
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