GRACE: An Autonomous Robot for the AAAI Robot Challenge
Abstract
The AAAI Robot Challenge was established four years ago as a "grand challenge" for mobile robots. The main objectives of the Challenge are to (a) provide a task that will demonstrate a high level of intelligence and autonomy for robots acting in a natural, peopled, dynamic environment; (b) stimulate state-of-the-art robotics research to address this task; and (c) use robot demonstrations to educate the public about the exciting and difficult challenges of robotics research. When the Challenge was designed, it was anticipated that no single research institution would have adequate resources to meet the Challenge on its own. The Challenge task is to find the registration booth and register at the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, interact with other attendees, and give a technical talk on itself in an assigned room, and at an assigned time. Ideally, the robot should be given no more information than any other participant arriving in a new city to attend a major technical conference. In particular, that means that the robot should not know the layout of the convention center beforehand, and the environment should not be modified. Practically, however, the organizers understand that compromises and flexibility will be necessary in order to get current state-of-the-art robots to achieve such a task.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA434943
Entities
People
- Adam Goode
- Alan C. Schultz
- Bruce Maxwell
- Dani Goldberg
- David Kortenkamp
- Ian Horswill
- Michael Montemerlo
- Myriam Abramson
- Nicholas Roy
- Reid Simmons
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University