Born from Pioneer Industrial Systems’ effort to make highway maintenance safer, Robotic Maintenance Vehicles builds truck-mounted robotic systems for roadwork, beginning with its patented Robotic Crack Sealer. The Toledo-based company integrates a FANUC robot with crack-sealing equipment and AI vision so one operator can maintain pavement while staying inside the vehicle, collecting detailed work data along the way. RMV is also developing additional road-maintenance platforms, including a traffic rover and robotic pothole filler.
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RoadPrintzBorn from a Cleveland traffic-council question about why road markings still required dangerous, labor-intensive stenciling, RoadPrintz makes robotic systems for painting detailed pavement markings. Founded by automotive-systems specialist Sam Bell and Case Western Reserve robotics professor Wyatt Newman, the company introduced its patented Electra system in 2022, allowing an operator to direct a robot from inside a truck cab instead of working on foot in traffic.CLEVELAND, OH
International Climbing MachinesFounded in April 2001 as a focused research-and-development effort, Ithaca-based International Climbing Machines builds small, remote-controlled robots for inspecting and maintaining vertical, inverted and underwater surfaces. Its suction-held climbers can traverse obstacles such as bolt heads, weld seams and uneven contours while carrying inspection or maintenance tools, keeping operators on the ground during hazardous work. ICM also developed a magnetically held robot for cleaning and inspecting boiler tube walls in power plants.ITHACA, NY
Royal Truck & EquipmentFounded in 1986 as a used-truck conversion shop in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, Royal Truck & Equipment has spent more than four decades developing a distinct focus on protecting crews in active work zones. The company now builds TMA trucks at its 60,000-square-foot Shoemakersville facility, where its safety-driven work led to North America’s first driverless attenuator truck deployment in 2017.SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PA
ARRB SystemsBuilt from the Australian Road Research Board’s road-research legacy, ARRB Systems develops automated pavement-assessment equipment and delivers road data collection and safety services. The independent company was established in 2017 and now supports more than 130 agencies worldwide, using high-speed systems to reveal surface and underlying structural problems before they become costly failures.336999EXTON, PA