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The FINDSPACE Problem Sussman, Gerald Jay The FINDSPACE problem is that of establishing a volume in space where an object of specified dimensions will fit. The problem seems to have two subproblems: the hypothesis generation problem of finding a likely spot to try, and the verification problem of testing that spot for occupancy by other objects. This paper treats primarily the verification problem. Work reported herein was conducted at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Massachusetts I...