Robot Exhibition

intersection of robotics and artificial intelligence. In both the workshop and exhibition portions of the event, we strive to have the robotics program be a venue that pushes the science of embodied AI forward. Over the past few years, a central point of the event has been the discussion of common robot platforms and software, with the primary goal of focusing the research community’s energy toward common “challenge” tasks. On the day before the exhibition the participants convened a workshop of 18 short talks. Each track’s exhibitors presented a summary of their exhibit. In addition, four guest speakers pro-vided a broader context for all of the exhibitors ’ efforts. The first guest speaker was the National Science Foundation’s Sven Koenig, who highlighted several federal programs that support projects in embodied intelligence. Koenig also provided insight