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From: reids+@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Reid Simmons)
Subject: AAAI Mobile Robot Contest and Exhibition
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          Third Anual AAAI Mobile Robot Contest and Exhibition

                         Call For Participation

Goals:

The third anual AAAI mobile robot contest and exhibition will be held at
the AAAI-94 conference in Seattle, Washington, July 31-August 4.  The goal
of the contest is to encourage the advancement of the state of the art in
intelligent mobile robot technology, and to publicize the state of the art
to the AI community and the general public.  Towards this end, the
competition will consist of three major events: the contest itself, the
exhibition, and a short symposium for presentation and discussion of
techniques and strategies employed by the various teams.

Schedule:

The exact schedule has yet to be worked out, but our intention is to have
most of the competitive events take place before the beginning of the
conference proper. The finals of the competition and the exhibition will
take place during the conference proper.  The symposium will take place
towards the end of the conference.

Competition:

This year's competition will consist of two events, one focusing on
navigation and the other focusing on an integrated task involving
navigation, perception and manipulation.  Both events will take place in a
simulated office complex, consisting of corridors, doorways, office
furniture, and other obstacles.  There will be multiple heats for each event.
A prelimary draft of the competition rules is available (see below).

Exhibition:

The purpose of the exhibition is to provide a forum for teams who wish to
demonstrate state-of-the-art robotics research which does not fit neatly
into the framework of the competition rules.  The idea is to demonstrate
innovate technical solutions to problems of interest to AI researchers and
the general public.  The exhibition is not limited to moibile robots ---
manipulation demonstrations are welcomed.  To help orchestrate the
exhibition, the organizing committee requests that organizations interested
in participating submit a proposal describing what they intend to
demonstrate, and how it advances the state of the art.  Proposals should be
about one to two pages, and should describe precisely what technical
abilities the robot will be demonstrating and its relevance to AI and
robotics.

If you are interested in either the competition or the exhibition, please
send email to Reid Simmons (reids@cs.cmu.edu).  You can also get a copy of
the competition rules.

