Undersea Exploration Team Unveils Newly Developed Robot
September 18, 2019, Yokosuka, Japan - Japan's team KUROSHIO displays the autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) to monitor and communicate with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) on the deck of Japan Agency for Maritime Earth Science and Technology's (JAMSTEC) vessel "Yokosuka" as they will start their test voyage for the Shell Ocen Discovery XPRIZE at Japan's coastal deep sea zone at JAMSTEC headquarters in Yokosukam suburban Tokyo on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a challenge to make a 500 square kilometers map of seabed depth of 4000 meters with AUVs and final round competition will be held in November. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd-