AAAI-98 robot exhibition

The robot exhibition had a very successful 1998. At the conference, we had 11 robot demonstrations (including three multirobot demos), 5 oral presenta tions, and an additional 5 video or poster submissions. The exhibition also included a published video proceedings for the first time. One of the most interesting features of the exhibition was the variety of capabilities sho wn. From a mechanical point of view, indoor wheeled robots were, as usual, the most common form of robot, but the exhibit also featured several outdoo r wheeled robots, several legged robots, two humanoids, a snake, and a plan t. From a software perspective, the exhibit featured general-purpose robot- control software, vision, teleoperation, language learning, teamwork and ex pression of emotion. A significant number of entries addressed the importan t, emerging research area of robot-human interaction, both for entertainmen t purposes and ease of use.