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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:52:44 -0800
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From: "Daphne E. Black" <black@aaai.org>
Subject: Robot Schedule and Team Lists
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Dear Robot Competition & Exhibition Teams:

I am forwarding the following information to you, for your review.  It
contains the robot competition & exhibition schedule along with the list of
teams and team members.  This is what will be printed in our conference
program (along with additional robot related information.)

Daphne Black
AAAI
_____________________________________________________________________

Schedule

Invited Talk on Competition
Ron Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology and
James Firby, University of Chicago
	Tuesday, July 29,  2:00-3:00 PM

Event One: Find Life on Mars
	Preliminaries: Tuesday, July 29, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
	and 4:00-5:30 PM
	Finals: Thursday, July 31, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Event Two: Where's the Remote?
	Preliminary/Qualifying - Wednesday, July 30, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
	Finals: Thursday, July 31, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Event Three: Home Vacuum
	Phase 1: Tuesday, July 29, 9:00-11:00 AM and
	3:00 -5:00 PM
	Phase 2: Wednesday, July 30, 1:00-5:00 PM
	Phase 3: Thursday, July 31, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Event Four: Hors d'Oeuvres Anyone?
	Preliminaries: Tuesday, July 29, 12:00-2:00 PM
	During the reception: Tuesday, July 29, 6:00-7:00 PM

Awards Ceremony:
	Thursday, July 31, 1:30 PM

Exhibition (schedule posted daily)
	Tuesday 10:00 AM-5:30 PM
	Wednesday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
	Thursday 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
_____________________________________________________________________

ActivMedia/Real World Interface, Inc.
Team Members: Grinnell More (RWI), Tyson Sawyer (RWI), William Kennedy
(ActivMedia), Jeanne Dietsch (ActivMedia), Laura Woodbury (RWI), and Travis
Woodbury (RWI)

Brandies University
Interaction Laboratory
Robots: Beni and Mae, The Interaction Lab RWI Pioneers
Team Advisor: Maja J. Mataric
Team Leader: Barry Werger
Team Members: Dani Goldberg and Greg Hornby

Brown University
Robot Ramona
Team Advisor: Leslie Pack Kaelbling
Team Leader: Andrew Duchon
Team Members: Chris Cantor, Tony Cassandra, Sarah Finney, Hagit Shatkay,
Bill Smart, and Nathan Sprague

Colorado School of Mines
Robot: Silver Bullet, CRISbot
Advisor: Robin R. Murphy
Team Leaders: Matt Long (Hors d'Oeuvres) and Travis Flowers (Find Life)
Team Members: Anne Brigante, Damian Diaz, Cathy Braun, and Chris Nye

Dartmouth
Robot: SK
Advisors: Daniela Rus and Keith Kotay
Team Members: Greg Friedland, Will Garner, Artyom Lifshits, Jon Howell

Georgia Institute of Technology
Robots: Shannon, Sally & Locorobos
Advisors: Tucker R. Balch and Tom Collins
Team Members: Darrin Bentivigna, Sheree Collins, Lester Davis, Mike
Holloway, David Huggins, Lisa Huggins , Erwin Oei, and Juan Carlos Santa
Maria

Iowa State University
Robot: Cybot
Advisor: Dr. Patterson
Team Leader: Boone Oshel
Team Members: Ben Amey, Josh Bertram, Troy Polito, and Kelly Rowles

Kansas State University
Robot: Slick Willie
Advisor: David Gustafson
Team Members: Karen Gustafson (photographer), Steve Gustafson, Mike Novak,
Todd Prater, Brian Rectanus

KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
Robot: Captain Peacock and Mr. Humphries
Team Members: David P. Miller, Randy Sargent, Cathryne Stein and Anne Wright

McGill University
Robot: Invader
Advisor: Greg Dudek
Team Members: Eric Bourque, Marc Boldoc, Fran=E7ois B=E9lair, Deeptiman
Jugessor, Nicholas Roy, Rob Sim

Miamisburgh High School
Team Name: Miamisburg Electronics Club
Advisor: Wayne C. King
Team: Wayne Cox, Jon Angel, and Eric Williams

Michigan State University
Robot: SHOSLIF
Advisor: John J. Weng
Team Members: Shaoyun Chen, Kamen Y. Guentcheu, Gongjun Li, Rossen N.
Nedeltchev, Jason Q. Sperber, Jamal A. Wills

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Robot: Pebbles Mars Rover
Advisor: Rodney Brooks
Team Leader: Chandana Paul
Team Members: Yoky Matsuoka and Milyn Moy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Robot: Cog
Advisor: Rodney Brooks
Team Members:  Cynthia Ferrell, Robert Irie, Charles Kemp, Matt Marjanovic,
Jonah Peskin, Brian Scassellati, Matt Williamson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Leg Lab
Robot: Self-Stabilizing Hopper
Advisor: Robert Ringrose
Team: David Robinson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory/
Boston College
Robot: Wheelesley
Advisor: Holly Yanco
Team Members: Jim Gips (Boston College), Jonathan Gips, and Oded Maron

Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
Robot: Coyote
Advisor: Alan Schultz
Team Members: Bill Adams, John Grefenstette, Charles Loeffler, Mike
Schuresko, and Brian Yamauchi

Northwestern University
Robot: Kluge
Advisor: Ian Horswill
Team Members: Ivan Yen

Rob Turner
Team Members: Rob Turner

Salem High School Robotics Club
Team Members: Luke Daminan Sowa

Texas Robotics & Automation Center Labs (TRACLabs)
Robot: ServerDroid
Advisor: Peter R. Bonasso
Team Members: David Kortenkamp, Dan Poivot, and Linda Williams


University of Arkansas
Robot: Razorbot
Advisor: Douglas S. Blank
Team Members: J. Oliver Ross

University of Minnesota
Advisor: Maria Gini

University of New Mexico
Advisor: Greg Heileman

University of Texas - El Paso
Robot: Diablo
Team Advisor: Chitta Baral
Team Leader: Luis G. Floriano
Team Members: Arron Hardesty and Son Tran


University of Virgina
Robot: Bruce
Advisor: Worthy Martin
Team Members: Gabriel J. Ferrer and Glenn S. Wasson

University of Waterloo
Robot: Hexotica
Advisor: John McPhee
Team Leader: Dylan Horvath
Team Members: Rachelle Allin and Stefan Williams


________________________________________________
Daphne E. Black
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
445 Burgess Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Voice: (415) 328-3123
=46ax: (415) 321-4457
Email: black@aaai.org
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