CoRL 2026 Praised as Best-Run Conference: Childcare, Shuttle Buses, $200 Student Tickets
PeterStone_TX · x · 2026-11-09
Sam Padilla publicly credits the CoRL 2026 organizing committee (Peter Stone, Yuke Zhu, Georgia Chalvatzaki and UT Robotics) for standout logistics: four venues with inter-site shuttle transport, on-site childcare, provided meals, overflow rooms handling record-breaking attendance and submissions, $200 student tickets, and 150 student travel grants. He calls it one of the best-organized conferences he has ever attended.
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