BUILD - Q3 2025 A New Era of Safety and Efficiency in Underground Infrastructure Mapping The need for critical infrastructure resilience is more apparent than ever, as many assets are aging and now require inspection, maintenance, or even rebuilding to keep them safe. This, combined with the introduction of more stringent regulations to mitigate the impacts of climate change and rising urbanisation, means organisations struggle to meet the demands of the industry. Headlight AI strives to change this, offering products and technologies designed to de-risk underground surveying and enhance safety. Headlight AI comprises a team of talented scientists and engineers, and it is the combination of advanced integrated sensors/ electronics with proprietary software and AI that enables these individuals to develop the necessary solutions behind the robots it operates and sends to collect accurate survey data in some of the most challenging and hazardous environments imaginable. Utilising these tools, organisations can manage and minimise their infrastructure asset risks effectively, all whilst cutting costs and emissions. A love for solving challenges using novel approaches drives this team, and their ability to modernise underground mapping through a combination of novel technologies and wellthought-out solutions is something they take great pride in. For example, Jameel told us: “Our Telesto product is helping to map tunnels and sewers in locations that were either previously inaccessible or extremely challenging, hazardous, and costly to access.” All of these products are subject to an ongoing state of refinement, and the team invest heavily in research and development to produce novel ways of solving challenges and to bolster the value the company adds in this industry. This can be seen through Pipeon, a four-year project that the team are currently working on alongside a number of European organisations, the aim of which is to develop fully autonomous robots capable of assessing, mapping, and carrying out repairs to smaller sewer pipes. Headlight AI’s pioneering work in this space also aligns seamlessly with industry trends, as the company has seen a drastic increase in the number of people requesting surveys to map sewers or tunnels for construction purposes. When Jameel and the team first began using their proprietary solutions five years ago, almost all accurate mapping surveys were being conducted via person entry and with terrestrial laser scanners. This not only risked the health and safety of the individual, but was also costly and time consuming, and often resulted in surveys being abandoned due to the complexity of terrain. Few companies in this industry have a vision as unique as Headlight AI Limited – which is working towards a world where all underground infrastructure is both mapped and digitised. To reach this point, Headlight AI collaborates with organisations to map, assess, and digitise critical underground infrastructure, using a combination of AI and robotics to achieve its goals as safely and as accurately as possible. Named as the Best Underground Smart Assessment & Digitisation Company 2025 – UK, we caught up with the company’s co-founder and CEO, Jameel Marafie, for more. At the same time, cameras and LiDAR technologies have come along considerably, as has the software behind them. The result is a marketplace filled with safer alternatives, although their effectiveness differs from company to company. For instance, many providers have chosen to focus on drones, but these have limitations involving battery life and distance. This is why Headlight AI chooses devices that can be retrofitted to robotic crawlers and floating platforms, as these can last longer and travel much further. “The advantage of our approach is that we have become specialists in longer distance surveys, and this has provided a solution to a problem that was previously unsolved, meaning large critical sewers and tunnels can now be mapped without person entry.” This is just the beginning of a long list of advantages of using Headlight AI’s systems, a list that also includes a relentless sustainable focus. This is seen through its work across the wastewater network, especially in the reduction in traffic management experienced in major cities as a result of the ability of these solutions to go from manhole to manhole underground, without lots of sites having to be established. Finally, as for the future of Headlight AI, the company is planning on introducing new products for use in even smaller pipes – specifically those around 300mm in diameter – as well as integrating machine learning into its method to help automate pipe monitoring and assist with condition assessments. All of this will be set against a backdrop of robust partnerships designed to measurably enhance utility mapping, pipeline inspection, tunnel-inspection software, and other such areas in this environment. A beacon of quality and trust in the niche field of underground utility-mapping software and solutions, Headlight AI Limited is more than deserving of this title. More information about the company’s services can be found through the link below. Contact: Jameel Marafie Company: Headlight AI Limited Web Address: https://www.headlight.ai/ Headlight AI Limited Apr25115
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