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ICST 2020
Sat 24 - Wed 28 October 2020 Porto, Portugal

Robotic systems are increasingly a part of everyday life. Characteristics of robotic systems such as interaction with the physical world, and integration of hardware and software components, differentiate robotic systems from conventional software systems. Although numerous studies have investigated the challenges of software testing in practice, no such study has focused on testing of robotic systems. In this paper, we conduct a qualitative study to better understand the testing practices used by the robotics community, and identify the challenges faced by practitioners when testing their systems. We identify a total of 12 testing practices and 9 testing challenges from our participants’ responses. We group these challenges into 3 major themes: Real-world complexities, Community and standards, and Component integration. We believe that further research on addressing challenges described with these three major themes can result in higher adoption of robotics testing practices, more testing automation, and higher-quality robotic systems.

Sun 25 Oct

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11:00 - 12:30
RT3 - Testing Deep Learning and Robotic SystemsResearch Papers at Farfetch (D. Maria) +11h
Chair(s): Antonio Filieri Imperial College London
11:00
30m
Talk
An Empirical Evaluation of Mutation Operators for Deep Learning SystemsDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Gunel Jahangirova USI Lugano, Switzerland, Paolo Tonella Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)
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11:30
30m
Talk
Comparing Offline and Online Testing of Deep Neural Networks: An Autonomous Car Case Study
Research Papers
Fitash Ul Haq University of Luxembourg, Donghwan Shin University of Luxembourg, Shiva Nejati University of Luxembourg, Lionel Briand University of Luxembourg, University of Ottawa
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12:00
30m
Talk
A Study on Challenges of Testing Robotic Systems
Research Papers
Afsoon Afzal Carnegie Mellon University, Claire Le Goues Carnegie Mellon University, Michael Hilton Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Christopher Steven Timperley Carnegie Mellon University
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22:00 - 23:30
RT3 - Testing Deep Learning and Robotic SystemsResearch Papers at Farfetch (D. Maria)
Chair(s): João Pascoal Faria Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto and INESC TEC
22:00
30m
Talk
An Empirical Evaluation of Mutation Operators for Deep Learning SystemsDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Gunel Jahangirova USI Lugano, Switzerland, Paolo Tonella Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)
Link to publication DOI
22:30
30m
Talk
Comparing Offline and Online Testing of Deep Neural Networks: An Autonomous Car Case Study
Research Papers
Fitash Ul Haq University of Luxembourg, Donghwan Shin University of Luxembourg, Shiva Nejati University of Luxembourg, Lionel Briand University of Luxembourg, University of Ottawa
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23:00
30m
Talk
A Study on Challenges of Testing Robotic Systems
Research Papers
Afsoon Afzal Carnegie Mellon University, Claire Le Goues Carnegie Mellon University, Michael Hilton Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Christopher Steven Timperley Carnegie Mellon University
Link to publication DOI