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Future Roads

Future Roads overview Industry Partners Quality Assurance Group Steering Committee Academic Supervisors Fellows Supervisory Board Programme Management Team

Digital Roads

Digital Roads overview Steering Board Business and Academic Principal Investigators Executive Board Co-Investigators Research Team PhD Students Project Management Team

Research

Research overview Digital Twins Smart Materials Data Science Automation and Robotics Sustainability CAMHighways Dataset Road GP v1.0 - Road Defect Diagnosis Tool Publications

Future Roads

Future Roads overview FAQ Cohort 1 projects Cohort 2 projects Cohort 3 projects

Events

Events overview DRF Lunchtime Clinics

Past Events

Past Events overview Digital Roads Of the Future Debate 2024 Co Creation Event: FIBE COFUND 25 October 2023
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Who We Are

Who We Are overview
    Future Roads Digital Roads Former Researchers and Staff

Research

Research overview
    Digital Twins Smart Materials Data Science Automation and Robotics Sustainability CAMHighways Dataset Road GP v1.0 - Road Defect Diagnosis Tool Publications

Future Roads

Future Roads overview
    FAQ Cohort 1 projects Cohort 2 projects Cohort 3 projects

Events

Events overview
    DRF Lunchtime Clinics Past Events

Digital Roads of the Future

Welcome to the Digital Roads of the Future Initiative. The programme is leading the way in the digital revolution of our vital road network. The initiative involves more than 50 researchers at Cambridge, working collaboratively with Industry.

Digital Roads Prosperity Partnership
Digital Roads Prosperity Partnership

An EPSRC supported, industry-led partnership between the University of Cambridge, Costain, National Highways, Department for Transport and Didimi

Future Roads
Future Roads

European Commission H2020 MSCA COFUND Postdoctoral Programme co-funded by 24 Industry partners

DRF Research

Publications and Research Outcomes

CAM Highways Dataset

Access to dataset and paper

RoadGP v1.0

Sample demonstration and paper

DRF Publications

White papers, Chapters, Journal papers and Conference papers

News

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9 Jul 2026

Roads Research Alliance Releases Annual Report 2025/26

RRA Annual Report 2025

30 Apr 2026

Digital Roads Autonomous Maintenance Plant to demonstrate at IJCAI-ECAI 2026

19 Mar 2026

New Role Opportunity - Programme Manager

29 Jan 2026

MSCA FUTUREROADS Fellows Paper Receives Best Paper Award 2025 from Smart Construction Journal

5 Jan 2026

Full Paper Submission Deadline Extended to 24 January 2026

5 Jan 2026

Digital Roads publish papers on autonomous road repair

Digital Roads of the Future

Contact Information

The Civil Engineering Building 7a JJ Thomson Ave Cambridge CB3 0FA
Email:drf-initiative@eng.cam.ac.uk

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