“We can now cover a wide area from multiple viewpoints,” an executive of Central Nippon Highway Engineering Tokyo Co. said.
The accident, which claimed the lives of nine people, occurred when the anchor bolts that supported the ceiling panels gave way due to factors including the degradation of adhesives. A report by the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry pointed to inadequacies in the company’s inspection practices and maintenance regimen.
This project is being run by iXs Co., a company with 34 employees as of Jan. 1. iXs was founded in 1998 by Fuminori Yamasaki, whose talents had previously been displayed at robot design contests. Anticipating that aging infrastructure would become a social issue, the company pivoted to the development of inspection robots in 2005.iXs has thus far produced over 300 unique robots, each custom-made to inspect roadways or facilities such as factories and power plants.
If that infrastructure deteriorates due to age, the costs will grow even further. Taking a “corrective maintenance” approach, doing repairs on facilities only after issues such as cracking or corrosion emerge, would result in those costs surpassing the ¥10 trillion mark in fiscal 2048.
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