Here a ground robot moves towards a building called Torre del
Sale, which was playing the role of a damaged nuclear reactor in the recent euRathlon
Challenge in Piombino, Italy.
In the competition autonomous and semi-autonomous machines
battle and cooperate in activities such as surveying and mapping an area,
locating and identifying targets, performing tasks like closing leaking valves.
Several teams from all over Europe competed in a scenario
that simulated a Fukushima-like catastrophe. Giant waves had just damaged a
nuclear reactor, radioactive material was leaking into the air and into the sea, while some of the plant's workers were missing.
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