RoadBotics is shutting down.
Your roads still need monitoring
RoadScout is a working migration path for Better Roads customers: the same smartphone simplicity your team already knows, with more detection classes, deeper scoring and a platform that carries findings through to work orders.
Why teams are switching
Everything you relied on, plus what was missing.
The point of a migration is continuity first, capability second. RoadScout keeps the collection method identical and adds the scoring, telemetry and workflow RoadBotics never offered.
SEC. 01 / CONTINUITY
The workflow your team already knows
Smartphone-based collection, no special hardware, the same mount-and-drive approach. Your drivers do exactly what they did for RoadBotics: mount the phone and drive the round.
26 defect classes, not five categories
RoadBotics detected a handful of distress categories. RoadScout runs 26 surface distress classes among 65+ detection classes overall, plus IMU telemetry for corrugation, IRI and ride-quality analysis that camera-only systems cannot produce.
Your 1 to 5 ratings, plus PCI and IRI
The 1 to 5 colour-coded condition scores are compatible with the RoadBotics ratings you have on file, and every segment additionally carries PCI to ASTM D6433 and an IRI estimate on World Bank / ARRB bands.
Side by side
RoadBotics versus RoadScout, feature by feature.
Twelve rows, no marketing gloss. Where the systems are the same, the table says so.
FIG. 01 / COMPARISON
| FEATURE | ROADBOTICS | ROADSCOUT |
|---|---|---|
| Data collection | Smartphone | Smartphone |
| Defect types | ~5 categories | ●26 surface classes, 65+ total |
| IMU telemetry | No | ●Yes: corrugation, IRI, grade |
| Rating system | 1 to 5 scale | ●1 to 5 scale + PCI + IRI |
| Asset detection | Limited | ●Signs, markings, barriers, lights, drains |
| Work orders | No | ●Yes |
| GIS export | CSV only | ●Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, CSV |
| API access | Limited | ●Read-only REST API + webhooks |
| Virtual inspections | No | ●Yes: route photo timeline |
| Image anonymisation | No | ●Yes: GDPR compliant |
| Standards | None | ●ASTM D6433, World Bank / ARRB IRI |
| Pricing | $80 per mile | ●Transparent per-km pricing |
The migration
Three steps, no gap in coverage.
Transition without losing momentum on your monitoring programme: the history comes with you, and new collection starts the day the phone goes on the windshield.
SEC. 02 / 3 STEPS
Export your data
Download your existing RoadBotics assessment data. We accept CSV imports, so your historical records carry over instead of dying with the platform.
Set up RoadScout
Mount a smartphone and start collecting. No special hardware, no calibration, and results arrive in minutes, not weeks.
See better results
More detection classes, IRI scoring and work-order management from day one. Immediate value, zero downtime on your monitoring programme.
Standards & compliance
Built on scales your engineers can defend.
RoadBotics scored against nothing. RoadScout reports on the international standards your engineering team, auditors and funders already recognise.
SEC. 03 / STANDARDS
ASTM D6433
PCI scoring aligned to ASTM D6433 for standardised pavement condition assessment.
World Bank / ARRB IRI
International Roughness Index estimates banded to World Bank and ARRB thresholds.
GIS compatibility
GeoJSON, Shapefile and KML exports for ArcGIS and QGIS workflows, in WGS84.
Privacy compliance
Faces and number plates anonymised automatically for GDPR and privacy regulations.
Migrate before the gap in your record.
Bring your RoadBotics history across and keep collecting: same phones, same rounds, better data.