Drone swarms and AI take aim at stopping wildfires in 10 minutes

Mongabay
Jul 31, 2025, 6:56 pm408 ptsTop
Fifteen teams have advanced to the semifinal round of XPRIZE’s $5 million Autonomous Wildfire Response Track, moving one step closer to proving that autonomous systems can detect and extinguish wildfires within 10 minutes across 1,000 square kilometers of challenging terrain. Part of a four-year, $11 million…

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