Project for automated recording of road damage started

in Hockenheim, the incomo 4.0 project was launched for automated recording of road damage. With the joint project financed by the state, road damage is automatically recorded and evaluated for the cities and municipalities involved.

"With the help of artificial intelligence, it will be possible in the future to extend the useful life of roads and ways and at the same time save maintenance costs. The joint project of the city of Hockenheim shows that the future of our municipalities is becoming increasingly digital. With their innovative strength, our cities and municipalities together with the creative companies in our country are contributing to the leading digital region of Europe ", Said the deputy prime minister and digitization minister Thomas Strobl"> On the occasion of the opening event of the Inkomo 4.0-project For automated recording of street damage on the Hockenheimring.

high savings potential expected

with the joint project city of hockenheim, 16 partner communities. Stuttgart GmbH road damage is automatically recorded and evaluated for the cities and municipalities involved. For this purpose, smartphones are installed with the company's app on the windshields of municipal commercial vehicles and the collected image and vibration data are processed on a shared web platform. By networking the recorded data, road damage can be recorded faster in the future and renovations can be planned and carried out more specifically and more effectively.

"Together with our municipalities, we bring digitization to the street and the citizens benefit from this in various ways. Thanks to better roads, they not only make it faster and safer. Digital technology also helps to relieve municipal households and protect the environment," said indoor and digitization Minister Thomas Strobl. He described the joint project Hockenheim as a prime example of the great opportunities that arise when municipalities and companies work together during digitization.

Use scaling effects

In order to further develop Baden-Württemberg into the Mobility state number one, innovative, digital solutions from municipalities and the mobility industry were necessary, the minister added. The state therefore started the Incomo 4.0 competition (innovation partnerships between municipalities and the mobility industry 4.0) together with the municipal umbrella organizations. The winners of this competition are supported with a total of around 1.7 million euros from the state budget. The joint project Hockenheim receives around 250 million euros.

The special innovation of the project consists in the automatic evaluation of all data recorded in the individual communities. Due to the significant increase in the newly acquired database, the quality level of digital evaluations is significantly increased. As a result, automated proposals for joint renovation plans and tenders are planned, which can lead to high cost savings for the communities involved. The application corresponds to the data protection regulations, since no faces or personal data are collected and stored.

"The city of Hockenheim and its 16 partner cities have a perfect prototype for the scaling idea of Inkomo", so Gudrun Today-Bluhm , board member of the City councilors Baden-Württemberg . "Vialytics has brought an innovative solution - useful for small and large cities - to the market, which was first financed by the Interior Ministry in individual municipalities in 2018 and is now extended to many municipalities in a large joint project." Gudrun today-Bluhm continues: "This is exactly how you develop an intelligent city in the whole country on the basis of a solution and facilitate everyday life."

project launch on the Hockenheimring

At the start of the project, the city of Hockenheim and Vialytics GmbH invited people to the Hockenheimring. Marcus Zeitler Mayor of the city of Hockenheim said: "The Hockenheimring stands for research in the field Drive, exciting experiences. are good for Baden-Württemberg and its communities.

The managing director of Valyytics GmbH in Stuttgart, Danilo Jovicic, presented the company's AI technology using an exemplary journey on the Hockenheimring at the beginning of the project. "We are pleased that it is important for so many municipalities to be able to offer their citizens good roads and that our technology supports them. Our partner communities show that public administration is very open to innovations and AI technology." "

project "automated recording of road damage"

The municipalities Allensbach, Böblingen, Ebersbach, Eschenbach, Esslingen, Gerlingen, Heiningen, Konstanz, Nagold, Rosenfeld, Schlierbach, St. Georgen, Uhingen, Weinstadt, Weißach (Böblingen) and Weißach in the valley are involved. The project is financed by the Interior Ministry with 251,816 euros.

Incomo 4.0 aims to bring providers of mobility solutions together with municipalities, cities and districts to ensure quick implementation in the region. In cooperation with the municipal state associations and the E-Mobil BW GmbH For this purpose, an office was opened in early 2019 Baden-Württemberg city council set up to advise municipalities and companies. So far, the office has achieved more than 200 municipalities and companies with information events and workshops and has supported the formation of new regional alliances. In addition Project Online platform municipalities and companies another opportunity for networking. Projects and digital solutions that meet the needs of the municipalities can be presented on the platform. There the municipalities can also report their individual mobility needs.

The program is part of the topic "Digitization" of Strategic dialogue Automobile industry in Baden-Württemberg emerged. The strategy dialogue has set itself the goal of managing the structural change triggered by digitization, electromobility and autonomous driving in the automotive industry in cooperation with the state government, the mobility industry and the municipalities and emphasizing the innovation potential.

Incomo 4.0