SPR-5015: Augmenting INDOT’s Remotely Controlled Vehicle with a LiDAR Unit for Culvert Monitoring

This research will address the augmentation of the Indiana Department of Transportationi (INDOT)’s Remotely Controlled (RC) Vehicle with a LiDAR unit for quantitative monitoring of culverts. Current vehicles are relying on video cameras for qualitative visual inspection. Equipping the RC vehicles with LiDAR sensors will facilitate the generation of point clouds, which can be used for geometric documentation of the culvert’s internal structure (derivation of precise measurements of the culvert dimensions).

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $231,525.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-5015

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Habib, Ayman

• Start Date: 20250715
• Expected Completion Date: 20270114
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicle guidance; Culverts; Laser radar; Monitoring; Remote control
• Identifier Terms: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01960877
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-5015
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 2025 3:54PM