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Digital Roads of the Future

Driving a digital revolution of our road network

Welcome to the Digital Roads of the Future Initiative. The programme is leading the way in the digital revolution of our vital road network, a once-in-a-century transformation to make roads safer and greener. The initiative involves more than 50 researchers at Cambridge, working collaboratively with business. They will explore how digital twins, smart materials, data science and robotic monitoring can work together to develop a connected physical and digital road infrastructure system. The vision is to deliver resilient roads that can measure and monitor their own performance over time.









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Read more at: Twin Systems: Digital Twins of the Built Environment

Twin Systems: Digital Twins of the Built Environment

21 February 2025

What if the buildings, bridges, and cities around us could think, adapt, and evolve? Twin Systems: Digital Twins of the Built Environment is your guide to understanding how this is becoming a reality. TS1 Co-authored by our Principal Investigator, Prof. Ioannis Brilakis, alongside thought leaders in Digital Twins; Prof...

Read more at: DRF Academic Lead features in The Times: The hi-tech battle to banish Britain’s potholes

DRF Academic Lead features in The Times: The hi-tech battle to banish Britain’s potholes

18 February 2025

The hi-tech battle to banish Britain’s potholes UK roads are poorly designed and badly built. Could the answer lie in AI — which predicts problems before they appear — and rupture-fixing robots? Rhys Blakely , Science Correspondent , The Times. Friday, February 14 2025 There are three big issues with the UK’s roads...

Read more at: FUTUREROADS Programme featured in Roads Research Alliance 2024 Annual Report

FUTUREROADS Programme featured in Roads Research Alliance 2024 Annual Report

27 January 2025

FUTUREROADS: MSCA Research Fellows Revolutionize Road Industry Innovation EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) FUTUREROADS fellowship programme is transforming the road infrastructure landscape through cutting-edge collaborative research, according to the just-released Roads Research Alliance 2024 Annual Report...