Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics—2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 15
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Interests: interactive cognition; machine vision; intelligent driving; knowledge discovery and intelligent system
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The automobile industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by three major disruptions: the transition from internal combustion engines to electric engines; the shift from human drivers to autonomous driving; and the evolution from traditional ownership business models to mobility-as-a-service platforms. These transformations will not only reshape the automobile industry in the coming decade, with trillion-dollar new market opportunities, but also offer humanity a better future by accelerating the adoption of clean energy, enabling cheaper and safer transportation services, and enhancing the use of urban infrastructures.
However, due to the application of immature and unreliable software, fatal accidents have weakened trust in these systems. In this regard, we must improve their safety, security, and reliability. The IEEE International Symposium on Autonomous Vehicle Software (AVS) creates a unique venue for researchers, engineers, industry players, and policy makers to present the latest advancements and innovations in theoretical work, open source projects, software applications, and regulations in autonomous vehicle software.
The IEEE International Symposium on Autonomous Vehicle Software (AVS2025) aims to unite researchers and scientists from artificial intelligence, robotics, and various application areas to discuss problems and solutions in this field, identify new issues, and shape future directions for research.
This Special Issue will introduce research work on autonomous vehicle software and robot perception and interaction, covering areas such as vulnerability assessment, risk analysis, attack and threat models, visual understanding, machine vision, intelligent interaction, autonomous-vehicle-embodied intelligence, and LLM applications, among others.
We warmly invite submissions in the form of original scientific research articles for this Special Issue. We also extend our appreciation to all presenters and speakers in advance for their participation at this conference, and look forward to a stimulating exchange of ideas.
The AVS2025 conference will be held at the American University of Sharjah, which is about 20 minutes from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from November 24 to 26, 2025.
Prof. Dr. Nan Ma
Prof. Dr. Taohong Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yang Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autonomous vehicle
- intelligent interaction
- self-driving environment perception
- machine vision
- visual understanding
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