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Robotic Crack Sealer (also marketed as CrackPro RMV via SealMaster)

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Truck-mounted FANUC arm that finds, blows out and seals road cracks while a driver drives

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Deployments: 1
Companies that ran it

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The Robotic Crack Sealer is a truck-mounted crack-sealing vehicle on a Class 7 or Class 8 chassis: a FANUC robot arm, guided by cameras and lasers, blows out and seals road cracks while a driver drives the truck. It automates crack sealing on paved roads, with RMV's VISTA vision software finding the cracks, a 12-foot air nozzle clearing them and an onboard SealMaster melter feeding sealant to the arm. AsphaltPro reports the truck runs with a driver in the cab and one crew member on the back who monitors the application and refills sealant, against the crew of at least seven workers that Ohio DOT research cites for conventional crack sealing. RMV lists it as a shipping product, which SealMaster markets as CrackPro RMV; the one sale RIC found went to an unnamed Indianapolis company in spring 2023 (local news), and Ohio DOT's two-year, FHWA-funded field test (August 2024 to August 2026) has published no results, after the agency's earlier report said there was not yet enough experience with the equipment to validate its benefits.

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In August 2024, the Ohio Department of Transportation began a field testing study, performed by the University of Cincinnati, to validate a robotic crack sealer against its traditional crack sealing methods, with completion expected in June 2027.

ODOT Field Testing Study ($1.23M FHWA-funded), USA

Robotic Crack Sealer (also marketed as CrackPro RMV via SealMaster)
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Pioneer Industrial Systems made the first sale of its Robotic Crack Sealer, a truck-mounted robot that scans roads and seals cracks, to a company in Indianapolis in spring 2023.

First Commercial Sale, USA

Robotic Crack Sealer (also marketed as CrackPro RMV via SealMaster)
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Robotic Maintenance Vehicles signed a Department of Defense licensing agreement with necoTECH and planned to demonstrate its Robotic Crack Sealer with necoTECH at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, FL, for military runway repair.

necoTECH / Tyndall AFB (DoD Track), USA

Robotic Crack Sealer (also marketed as CrackPro RMV via SealMaster)

Who has run it

4 deployments · 1 company · 1 country

Ohio Department of Transportation1 deployment

Will it work on your site

Safety enclosure: Hydraulically expandable safety cageDeployed on site; the arm works inside it

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