RUSH and Downer’s Transport & Infrastructure business have been awarded funding in the second round of the Waka Kotahi Hoe ki angitū – Innovation Fund to continue the development of a groundbreaking AI technology that will act as a Guardian Angel for road crews around New Zealand and abroad. This technology, called R/VISION, uses computer vision machine learning to monitor roadworks projects and alert workers to make real-time adjustments via alerts, predictive analytics and auto-risk assessments. The project aims to keep road workers and road users safe at roadworks sites, as approximately 10 road workers or road users are killed and around 30 workers and users are seriously injured at temporary traffic management sites every year.
