Debates on the Future of Robotics Research

Full-Day Hybrid Workshop    |    May 13th at ICRA 2024

Time: 10:00-16:35 JST   |    Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama,  Room G411  + Live streaming here!

"It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."

Joseph Joubert

🤖 Thank You for Making the 2024 Debates on the Future of Robotics Research a Success! 🚀

We are immensely grateful for your active participation in this year's debates. With over 350 polling votes and more than 200 questions in our Q&A sessions, your engagement has truly shaped this event into a vibrant forum for discussion and discovery.

Thank you for being a vital part of our community and for contributing to a future enriched by robotics. 

See you next time!

-The Robotics Debates Team

Debate recordings

Debate 1: Peer review is a too-noisy process biased by big names in the case of single-blind reviews at ICRA/IROS.

d1.mp4

Debate 2: Universities are irrelevant in an age of big tech and robotics.

D2.mp4

Debate 3: Generative AI will make a lot of traditional robotics approaches obsolete.

video1155910801.mp4

Topics 

10.00-11.20AM JST:  "Peer review is a too-noisy process biased by big names in the case of single-blind reviews at ICRA/IROS"

13.30-14.50PM JST: "Universities are irrelevant in an age of big tech and robotics"

15.15-16.35PM JST: "Generative AI will make a lot of traditional robotics approaches obsolete"

Organizers

Prof. Jonathan Kelly

University of Toronto


Prof. Karthik Dantu

University at Buffalo


Kartikeya Singh

University at Buffalo

(webmaster)


Contact

Please address all inquiries and questions about the workshop to roboticsdebates@gmail.com.