Debates on the Future of Robotics Research - ICRA 2020 Workshop

A video archive of the live stream that took place on June 5th, 2020 () Chapters: 00:00 Introductory Remarks 05:43 Statement on Equity 09:09 Debate 1 01:29:35 Debate 2 02:52:14 Debate 3 04:07:23 Concluding Remarks Debate 1 The costs of large, global, in-person conferences (like ICRA) outweigh the benefits. Moderator: Oliver Brock For: Ruzena Bajcsy, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker Against: Steven LaValle, Gregory Dudek Debate 2 Robotics research is over-reliant on benchmark da