Open AccessProgramming C hip for the IJCAI‐95 Robot Competition
Author(s) -
Firby R. James,
Prokopowicz Peter N.,
Swain Michael J.,
Kahn Roger E.,
Franklin David
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v17i1.1213
Subject(s) - robot , competition (biology) , robotics , software , exhibition , computer science , chip , engineering , software engineering , artificial intelligence , embedded system , programming language , geography , telecommunications , ecology , archaeology , biology
The University of Chicago's robot, chip , is part of the Animate Agent Project, aimed at understanding the software architecture and knowledge representations needed to build a general‐purpose robotic assistant. chip 's strategy for the Office Cleanup event of the 1995 Robot Competition and Exhibition was to scan an entire area systematically and, as collectible objects were identified, pick them up and deposit them in the nearest appropriate receptacle. This article describes chip and its various systems and the ways in which these elements combined to produce an effective entry to the robot competition.