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What an old Nokia, ducktape and automated road inspection have in common!

May 28, 2021 • BrainCreators • Season 1 • Episode 2

In this episode, Jasper Wognum, Co-founder and CEO of BrainCreators, speaks with Coen Smits, Projectmanager at Unihorn (a Strukton company).

Unihorn is a Dutch civil engineering company, active in the fields of infrastructure and public space. They connect the dots between design, research, consultancy, and asset management.

Coen Smits is the project lead for "INSPECH", the digital road surface inspector. INSPECH performs automated road surface inspections, maximizing the utilization of human resources while significantly lowering maintenance costs.

In this episode of the automatic podcast, Coen will take us through the creation of INSPECH. Listen to his lessons learned and his story of how Unihorn is using AI technologies to provide road authorities with intelligent automation.