Perspectives on Sim2Real Transfer for Robotics: A Summary of the R:SS 2020 Workshop
This paper provides a summary of discussions and future directions for researchers and practitioners interested in Sim2Real transfer for robotics.
This paper summarizes the debates, posters, and discussions from the Sim2Real workshop at R:SS 2020, where twelve field leaders debated the definition, viability, and importance of Sim2Real transfer in robotics. It concludes with directions for practitioners and researchers based on the workshop's findings.
This report presents the debates, posters, and discussions of the Sim2Real workshop held in conjunction with the 2020 edition of the "Robotics: Science and System" conference. Twelve leaders of the field took competing debate positions on the definition, viability, and importance of transferring skills from simulation to the real world in the context of robotics problems. The debaters also joined a large panel discussion, answering audience questions and outlining the future of Sim2Real in robotics. Furthermore, we invited extended abstracts to this workshop which are summarized in this report. Based on the workshop, this report concludes with directions for practitioners exploiting this technology and for researchers further exploring open problems in this area.