The Software Barrier

The lack of robotics algorithms that are effective in a wide variety of situations and environments continues to be the single most significant barrier to the development of successful mobile robots.

Current mobile robots tend to only work well in highly constrained environments. They have a very limited capability to explore and exploit the unknown.

The Mobile Robotics

Software Challenge

One of the most effective ways to break this software barrier is to stage mobile robot competitions that are specifically targeted at pushing the software envelope.

These competitions will promote the development and testing of new robotics algorithms that can function effectively in a variety of real environments.