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S E. Maxwell, Adam S. Jacoff, J Casper, Brian Weiss, Jean C. Scholtz, H A. Yanco, M Micire, D W. Stroup
Abstract
The fourth annual Rescue Robot Competition took place at the IJCAI/AAAI 2003 Conference in Acapulco, Mexico. The competition encourages participants to contribute to the field of urban search and rescue (USAR) robotics and provides the competitors with a sense of what a real USAR situation involves. The following text describes the competition's objectives, the arenas, the scoring metric, and this year's participating teams.
Maxwell, S.
, Jacoff, A.
, Casper, J.
, Weiss, B.
, Scholtz, J.
, Yanco, H.
, Micire, M.
and Stroup, D.
(2004),
2003 AAAI Robot Competition and Exhibition, Ai Magazine
(Accessed October 8, 2025)