Let's Debate (live feed) | International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Details of the event to watch online next Monday 13th May
Originally published by Michael Milford.
Director of the QUT Centre for Robotics, ARC Laureate Fellow, ATSE Fellow. Positioning Systems for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles. Expert Speaker & Advisor on Autonomous Vehicles, AI & Robotics. Educational entrepreneur.

I quote:
We are all set for the 5th Debates on the Future of Robotics Research. We kick it all off at 10 am on Monday 13th May, at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Yokohama, Japan.

We've assembled a fantastic line-up* of leading thinkers from the robotics field, who will duke it out over the course of the day, arguing the "for" and "against" side of the following three propositions:

All time mentioned below are in Japan/JST time (-1h from Sydney time):

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Yokohama, Japan.

🕙 10am: 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨-𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐂𝐑𝐀/𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐒

🟢 For team: Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Georgia Chalvatzaki
🔴 Against team: Javier Civera, Geoffrey Hollinger
🎤 Moderator: me! Michael Milford

🕙 1:30 pm: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬

🟢 For team: Yulia Sandamirskaya, Jana Tumova
🔴 Against team: Kostas Alexis, Helen Oleynikova
🎤 Moderator: Andra Keay

🕙 3:15 pm: 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞

🟢 For team: Harold Soh, Jeannette Bohg
🔴 Against team: Animesh Garg, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
🎤 Moderator: Ken Goldberg

Talk about three emotive topics! Having had the enjoyment of deep discussions and debates about them with many in the robotics community over the last couple of years, including many of the debaters, I am very much looking forward to what we have in store! There'll also be plenty of opportunity for input from the community via Slido.

For all the details, check out https://lnkd.in/deGCTDd5

We'll be in Room G411 at the Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama, plus there will be live streaming here: https://lnkd.in/duRgJJwv

Organizers: Jonathan Kelly, Karthik Dantu, Tobias Fischer, Adam Hines, myself Michael Milford and kartikeya singh.

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It will be a bit far to meet you all in Japan!
This is a live-streaming session for you to attend :)

I'm adding a session, "for a debate after the debate", more information coming up soon! I'm thinking Friday early morning to continue the debate :)