Balakirsky, S.
, Messina, E.
, Schlenoff, C.
, Smith, S.
and Uschold, M.
(2004),
Knowledge representation for a trash collecting robot: results from the 2004 AAAI Spring Symposium, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822601
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Knowledge representation for a trash collecting robot: results from the 2004 AAAI Spring Symposium
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The attendees of the Knowledge Representation and Ontologies for Autonomous Systems Symposium applied their collective intelligence in an attempt to solve one of the universe?s great challenges: how do you autonomously collect garbage from an airport facility? The attendees divided into three pre-selected, cross-disciplinary groups that were headed by Stephen Balakirsky (NIST), Elena Messina (NIST), and Scott Smith (Boeing). The teams were given limited direction and 3 h to develop a solution to the problem. Results from the groups were briefed the following morning at a plenary session.Citation
Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
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49
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autonomous systems, Challenge problem, Knowledge Engineering, knowledge representation, Mobility, Robotics & Intelligent Systems
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Created December 30, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021