[cantfindagoodscreenname]

I should have said, "presentation," not "paper." Sorry! The class is mainly a robotics class, but since they're designing robots that will work in the Arctic, they were given this issue to debate.

[supercat]

The class is mainly a robotics class, but since they're designing robots that will work in the Arctic, they were given this issue to debate.

Uh, sure. Perhaps someone can explain why global warming would be relevant to the design of robots for Arctic exploration, unless one expects it to be so significant by the time the robots are completed that the robots' requirements could be eased.