Robotics professor Dennis Hong: teaching how to think about robotics matters most
DennisHongRobot · x · 2026-09-30
Dennis Hong, founder of UCLA's RoMeLa lab, shared his teaching philosophy: his robotics courses devote surprising amounts of time to discussion. Beyond theories and methods, students debate, question assumptions, and examine why things are done a certain way—sometimes leaving with more questions than they started with.
His takeaway: learning robotics is important, but learning how to think about robotics may be even more important.
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