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The vision of the ARLI (Autonomous Robot for Laser scanning and Inspections) is to develop an autonomous robot with a sensor based top module to perform scanning and inspections of the city.
The project will build and maintain an exterior 3D model of Aarhus to optimize various city maintenance tasks by detecting of anomalies within the urban environment such as bulky waste or potholes in streets.
This is done via the implementation of change detection algorithms, which can detect so-called anomalies between the different versions of the frequently updated 3D models of the city, making it possible to locate and track the development of growing potholes in the road infrastructure or locating misplaced bulky waste needing to be removed.
ARLI is a research and innovation project, which funded by The European Spaces Agency’s NAVISP program under element 3. The project was kick off in September 2023 and has a duration of 30 months, meaning that it will run until the beginning of spring 2026
Note that this site is managed by the ARLI project team and the City of Aarhus. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency. The Contract was carried out under a programme of and funded by the European Space Agency.
