The "Hors d'Oeuvres, Anyone?" Event

The first Hors d'Oeuvres, Anyone? event at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Mobile Robot Competition was held in 1997. Five teams entered their robotic waiters into the contest. After a preliminary round to judge the safety of the robots, the robots served conference attendees at the opening reception of the Fourteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence.