Field robotics solves problems we can’t even imagine yet – but to capitalise, it needs a more diverse data set

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Deep in the bowels of the Earth, some thirty metres below the bustling city of Louisville, Kentucky and unbeknownst to most of its 600,000 residents, an epic contest is about to unfold.

Gathered on the cool stone floor of the massive Louisville mega-cavern, a sprawling former limestone mine that now rates as Trip Advisors’ #1 local attraction, a team of CSIRO-designed robots are waiting for their cue.

“Australia is understandably a world-leader in field robotics – and uniquely poised to benefit from this robot-boom.”

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