Some of these competencies are binary, and others involve some scoring function. The reception event will also have a popular vote for the attendees favorite robot. Each contestant will be given a list of items to find. These items will depend on a variety of sensors, including auditory, range finding, and vision. We want to encourage all kinds of entries, therefore contestants need not solve all aspects of the task to compete.
Minimum requirements are a mobile robot.
View digital pictures of these objects. The environment will not be engineered for the event, except that the density of people will be relatively low. For instance, crowding around a robot will not be allowed. There will be no penned area as in previous competitions. Furniture and other structures will be natural and may not be marked or altered for the sake of the robots.