Akkaraekthalin, P

Boyle, J

Chudpooti, N

Doychinov, V

Kaddouh, B

Kemp, A

Richardson, R

Robertson, ID

Somjit, N

Zaidi, SA

Zhang, Z

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This is a repository copy of United Kingdom 4.0: Self-Repairing Cities.White Rose Research Online URL for this paper:http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/132803/Version: Accepted VersionProceedings Paper:Somjit, N orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-2618, Chudpooti, N, Doychinov, V et al. (8 more authors) (2018) United Kingdom 4.0: Self-Repairing Cities. In: Proceedings. RGJ PhD Congress 19, 07-09 Jun 2018, Pattaya, Thailand. . eprints@whiterose.ac.ukhttps://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. PL-6  United Kingdom 4.0: Self-repairing cities  Nutapong Somjit,a  Nonchanutt Chudpooti,c Viktor Doychinov,a Bilal Kaddouh,a Prayoot Akkaraekthalin,c Syed Ali Zaidi,a Zhiqian Zhang,a Jordan Boyle,b Andrew Kemp,a Robert Richardson,b and Ian D. Robertsona aSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, United Kingdom. bSchool of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, United Kingdom. cDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. N.Somjit@leeds.ac.uk  Our vision is that of a city where infrastructure is autonomously maintained and dynamically responsive, focused on: securing the health and wellbeing of its citizens; contributing to flourishing and sustainable natural systems in the city; and creating positive economic and societal outlooks. Towards our vision we will tackle the Grand Challenge: Zero disruption from Street Works in UK Cities by 2050. Our strongly interdisciplinary team aspires to fulfil our Grand Challenge through pioneering scientific research (and research methods) into: autonomous systems for minimally invasive infrastructure sensing, diagnosis and repair; development of advanced robots for deployment in complex live city environments; and the socio-technical intricacy of the robot - human - natural systems interfaces. We will develop pioneering robot designs, technical implementations and socio-economic impact cases linked to specific application requirements, starting with three case-study systems: "Perch and Repair" remote maintenance and modernisation of lighting columns to promote their use as multifunctional platforms for city communication nodes; "Perceive and Patch" Swarms of flying vehicles for autonomous inspection, diagnostics, repair and prevention of highway defects (e.g. potholes); "Fire and forget" hybrid robots designed to operate indefinitely within live utility pipes performing inspection, repair, metering and reporting tasks. Additionally, we will also exploit the research outcomes to develop potential strategic ideas towards Thailand 4.0. The research work is fiscally supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with total budget of £4.2M (approximately THB 186M).   Keywords: smart cities, industry 4.0, self-repairing cities, autonomous systems  References: 1.  http://selfrepairingcities.com/  Nutapong Somjit University of Leeds, United Kingdom King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, North Bangkok, Thailand (B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering) Dresden University of Technology, Germany (Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering) KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering) Research fields: microsystem technology, high-frequency electronics, micro and nano-sensors   

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