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 datasets and simulation.
Moderator: Michael Milford
For: Aleksandra Faust, Vijay Janapa Reddi
Against: Pieter Abbeel, Davide Scaramuzza
Debate 3
Robots designed for personal or household use have failed because of fundamental misunderstandings of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI).
Moderator: Hadas Kress-Gazit
For: AJung Moon, Maja Mataric
Against: Jennifer Dawson, Henrik Christensen
Organizing Committee: Matthew Giamou, Valentin Peretroukhin, Lee Clement, Sylvia Herbert, Brian Wang, Sarah Tang, Felix von Drigalski, Florian Shkurti, Jaime Fernandez Fisac, Jonathan Kelly