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We are Recruiting!

7 May 2025

The Digital Roads of the Future initiative is looking to recruit a Programme Manager to ensure the smooth administration and running of the programmes. The Programme Manager will take overall responsibility for the administration of the grants and associated human, physical and digital resources of the Construction...

Digital Roads Spin-out, Didimi, feature on Fireside with Founders and Leaders podcast

21 March 2025

Solving Interoperability Issues in the Construction Industry: The Didimi Journey Digital Roads' spin-out company, Didimi, featured in popular podcast series; Fireside with Founders and Leaders, which takes a behind the curtains look at some of the world's best and brightest businesses, hearing from their founders and...

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...

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...

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...

Digital Roads wins IET Engineers in Society: Digital Futures 2024 Award

9 December 2024

Congratulations are due to the Digital Roads Research Team who were announced as winners of the Engineers in Society award in the category of Digital Futures at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Excellence and Innovation Awards 2024 held in The Library of Birmingham on Thursday, 4 December 2024...

Digital Roads of the Future - Annual Review 2024

21 November 2024

We were thrilled to host the Annual Review 2024 at the Cambridge Union in the heart of Cambridge on Wednesday, 13 November, bringing together over 100 academics, industry representatives, and researchers to showcase our progress and engage in meaningful discussions about the future of digital road infrastructure. The...

Digital Roads Automation and Robotics team win runner up prize at ICSR 2024

1 November 2024

The Digital Roads team that has been designing and building an Autonomous Maintenance Plant for the UK's strategic road network have been awarded second place in the 'Innovative Idea' track of the Robot Design Competition, held in conjunction with the International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2024 held in Odense...

Digital Roads of the Future Debate 2024

1 October 2024

Road Infrastructure: this house believes that Digitalisation is the most effective pathway to Net-zero We are excited to announce our Digital Roads of the Future Debate will take place at 16:00 on Wednesday, 13 November at the Cambridge Union's historic, and commanding, Debate Chamber here in Cambridge. You are invited to...

Digital Roads shortlisted for the Institute of Engineering and Technology's Engineers in Society 2024 Award

26 September 2024

Digital Roads 2024 The Digital Roads project is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Engineers in Society: team awards category, as part of the IET Excellence and Innovation Awards 2024! As the project moves through our halfway point, this shortlisting is a testament to the energy that the team has...