Autonomous Deep-Sea Archaeology Robot Swarm ArchaeoBot Deploys in Mediterranean: First AUV Discovery of Ancient Roman Shipwreck
Greek Ministry of Culture and Ocean Infinity deploy deep-sea archaeology robot swarm ArchaeoBot, discovering a 2nd-century Roman merchant ship at 1,200 meters depth in the Mediterranean with intact amphorae cargo.
On December 21, 2029, the Greek Ministry of Culture and deep-sea technology company Ocean Infinity jointly announced that the autonomous deep-sea archaeology robot swarm ArchaeoBot discovered a 2nd-century CE Roman merchant shipwreck at 1,200 meters depth south of Crete in the Mediterranean. This is the world's first deep-sea archaeological discovery autonomously completed by unmanned underwater vehicles.
ArchaeoBot consists of three autonomous underwater robots: the acoustic survey robot handles large-scale seafloor scanning, the optical reconnaissance robot performs close-range photography and 3D reconstruction of suspected targets, and the sampling robot uses mechanical arms to collect artifact samples.
Ocean Infinity's technology director said ArchaeoBot's acoustic survey robot scanned 200 square kilometers of seafloor in 6 days, equivalent to one year's work for traditional manned submersibles. The discovered Roman merchant ship was approximately 25 meters long, containing about 200 intact amphorae, initially identified as containers for olive oil and wine.
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