At the World Road Congress, Ineco presented a new tool for monitoring the structural health of road infrastructure thanks to artificial intelligence. The Minister for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, has learned first-hand during her visit to the Spanish pavilion, organised by the Spanish Technical Road Association, about the InecoSAR application, an innovative solution based on AI techniques and the analysis of satellite images from Copernicus, the European Earth Observation programme. By processing these images, it is possible to monitor displacements, deformations, temperature, flooding and vegetation, among others, of any road. Its application is also possible for any type of infrastructure.
InecoSAR enables historical studies of terrain, structures and infrastructures, improvements in the design, construction and service phase, as well as mass surveys of large areas. These studies allow us to understand the movements that the land has undergone and to know whether they are active or not, which helps us to opt for different layout alternatives in the design phase of linear works and to save future maintenance costs. It also facilitates the monitoring of incidents, the impact on infrastructure following critical events and the monitoring of seasonal deformation, contributing to data-driven maintenance decisions. Thanks to InecoSAR, the behaviour of the study area can be characterised without the need to have previously installed sensors. Furthermore, the scale at which the studies can be carried out is much larger than that of conventional monitoring, and the structure itself can be monitored, as well as all the surrounding terrain.
Eva Ramírez, Ineco's expert in Aerospace Systems, took part in a round table discussion entitled "Revolutionary trends in the execution of road projects", in which she addressed the emerging technologies in the design and construction of this infrastructures and presented this new application. She also highlighted the collaboration between Ineco and Mitma for the application of InecoSAR in three use cases and thus validate its operation, as well as the performance of the system in order to be able to help with its maintenance in the future.
In Prague, the Mitma Group's engineering and consultancy firm demonstrated its commitment to innovation with numerous proprietary solutions based on the use of BIM, drones, satellites and artificial intelligence.
