As the complexity of current robotic and embodied intelligent systems grows, it is more and more necessary to define proper experimental approaches and benchmarking procedures. On the one hand, reliable benchmarks are called for in order to allow the comparison of the many research results in robotics research, so that their industrial application is eventually possible. On the other hand, if robotics aims to be regarded as serious science, replication of experiments deserves consciencious attention; it is necessary to be able to verify if and by which measure new procedures and algorithms proposed in research papers constitute a real advancement and can be used in new applications.

This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum on these topics and to identify guidelines for the future. It will consist of invited and regular presentations with a significant amount of additional time for discussions. It is envisioned to be useful for anyone with an interest in quantitative performance evaluation of robots and/or robot algorithms. Some controversial issues will be discussed such as: measuring autonomy or information metrics of intelligent systems, or the concept itself of replicability or benchmarking of research results in robotics.