  There are unwritten guidelines for how to make robot videos that researchers
learn from their advisors and pass onto their students. We believe that it is
important for the community to collaboratively discuss and develop a standard
set of best practices when making robot. We suggest a starting set of maxims
for best robot video practices, and highlight positive examples from the
community and negative examples only from videos made by the authors of this
article. In addition, we offer a checklist that we hope can act as an document
that can be given to robotic researchers to inform them of how to make robot
videos that truthfully characterize what a robot can and can not do. We
consider this a first draft, and are looking for feedback from the community as
we refine and grow our maxims and checklist.
