ANA Avatar XPRIZE

The ANA Avatar XPRIZE is a 4 year long, high-end and cutting-edge robotics competition that will reward $10 million to the team with the most effective avatar robot system that will transport a human’s sense, actions, and presence to a remote location in real time, leading to a more connected world.  The winning team will integrate multiple emerging technologies to develop a physical Avatar System with which an operator can see, hear, and interact within a remote environment in a manner that feels as if they are truly there. 

On top of general robotics, this competition will require the following technologies: A.I. , advanced sensors, Brain Machine Interfaces, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, telecommunications, etc.