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Seafloor mapping XPRIZE final will be in the Mediterranean, off Greek coast
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45801983Seafloor mapping XPRIZE final will be in the Mediterranean, off Greek coast
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
9 October 2018
The final of the ocean XPRIZE, which will see fleets of robots compete to map the largest area of seafloor inside 24 hours, will take place in deep waters off the coast of Greece.
Teams will be invited in turn to showcase their technologies, starting in early November. They will have to chart at least 250 sq km at depths down to 4,000m, and image 10 items of interest. The group that comes out on top will win $4m. Second place earns $1m.
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The XPRIZE Foundation is inviting eight teams to come to the port city of Kalamata. These international groups have devised all manner of autonomous airborne, surface, and sub-surface vehicles to take on the task of mapping seafloor topography.
They will each get about 10 days to set up their robotic systems in Kalamata, test them in situ, before then despatching them to the competition zone. The technologies have to be launched and recovered from the coast.
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