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This challenge offers participants the opportunity to exchange latest research ideas in AI-based marine robotics, present their systems to a broad public as part of a competition and to demonstrate what is already possible in the field of underwater AI.

The event will bring together researchers, industry professionals, start-ups, and students to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and marine robotics. It will feature a robotics challenge in a test-basin environment aimed at early-stage researchers and companies as an in-water showcase. In addition, an industry exhibition will present cutting-edge technologies through robotic systems and posters.

The overall goal is to promote the development and evaluation of AI-driven methods for autonomous underwater systems in realistic environments.

Underwater robotics poses major challenges for AI, including limited sensing, restricted communication, uncertain and dynamic environments, and strong data scarcity. Addressing these issues requires advances in perception, learning-based control, decision making, and robust autonomy.

By combining competition, exhibition, and research exchange, the event creates a unique platform that connects theoretical AI research with real-world robotic systems.

The event will strengthen the interaction between the AI research community and industrial stakeholders, while highlighting marine robotics as an important and demanding application domain for future AI research.