Kim Wheeler explaining the SkewlZone equipped humanoid robot (bottom right) to a young student.

Kim Wheeler demonstrating SkewlZone to a college student.

A goup of college students expressing interest in the RoadNarrows booth.

Kim Wheeler, CEO of RoadNarrows LLC, presented two short talks at workshops at the 2008 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). In addition, RoadNarrows had a small booth demonstrating the latest SkewlZone Brain & Sensor Pack for legged robots.

Kim Wheeler presented the collaborative paper

"Making Intelligent Walking Robots Accessible to Educators: A Brain and Sensor Pack for Legged Mobile Robots", Jerry B. Weinberg, William Yu, Kim Wheeler-Smith, Robin Knight, Ross Mead, Ian Berstein, Jeff Croxell, Doug Webster.

The paper was presented at the AI Education Workshop on Sunday and was well received.

The following Monday, Kim Wheeler, with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) team, presented an overview of RoadNarrows and SIUE's colloborative work for the AI Mobility and Manipulation Workshop. Professor Jerry Weinberg heads up the SIUE effort.

A Brain and Sensor Pack for Advancing Research and Education in Legged Robot Mobility

This work was then demonstrated in a two-day robotics exhibit. This exhibit was well attended by conference attendees and outside school groups.

Assisting Kim in the booth was Rachel Knight (not shown), part-time employee of RoadNarrows and full-time student at the University of Chicago.

Link: AAAI 2008