The home-vacuum event.(1997 American Association for Artificial Intelligence Robot Competition and Exhibition)

From: AI Magazine | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Bonasso, Pete; Myers, Karen | Copyright information

This article discusses the setup and results from the Home-Vacuum event of the 1997 AAAI Robot Competition and Exhibition. After a summary of the rules, we outline the high and low points of the competition. Then we suggest ways such competitions could better accommodate new teams in the future.

When the original vacuuming contest committee--Pete Bonasso, Erann Gat, and Sebastian Thrun--began devising a contest, the big question in their minds was, "What does AI buy you in this ...

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