Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics
A section of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673).
Section Information
This section considers the natural locomotion and motility of organisms and the biomimetics of nature-like machines exemplified by insect-like robots, fish-like underwater robots, humanoids, intelligent vehicles, and more. Especially, contributions devoted to new designs of intelligent motion systems at multi-scales are welcomed. Functional materials and composites made of polymers, liquids, and particles, compliant structures with conformal form factors and large deformations, and dynamic systems interacting with humans and nature will enable future machines to be physically robust and intelligent. Biologically inspired mechanically and biologically programmable materials and mechanics are of strong interest for future intelligent motion systems. Biological intelligence that is present in shapes, structures, mechanisms, processes, and interactions in nature may provide strong and unique inspiration and guidelines in order to explore and to realize nature-like machines.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics: Design, Fabrication and Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Design, Actuation, and Fabrication of Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- Bio-Inspired and Biomimetic Intelligence in Robotics: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Bionic Robotic Fish: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Bio-Inspired Computational and Physical Intelligence for Robotics (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Sustainable Soft Robotics: Innovations and Advances in Soft Manipulators and Grippers (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Bioinspired Robot and Intelligent Systems (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Bionic Wearable Robotics and Intelligent Assistive Technologies (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Bio-Inspired Design, Control and Decision-Making for Musculoskeletal Robots (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Robots: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Bioinspired Locomotion Control: From Biomechanics to Robotics (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advanced Service Robots: Exoskeleton Robots 2025 (Deadline: 1 October 2025)
- Bioinspired Structures for Soft Actuators: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Emerging Frontiers in Bio-Inspired Integrative Biomedical Engineering (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Bio-Inspired Robotics and Applications 2025 (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Bionic Technology—Robotic Exoskeletons and Prostheses: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Intelligent Human–Robot Interaction: 4th Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Human-Inspired Grasp Control in Robotics 2025 (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Bioinspired Soft Robotics and Intelligent Actuation for Medical Rehabilitation, Prosthetic, and Surgical Systems (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Advancements in Soft and Continuum Robotics for Medical Applications: Design, Control and Clinical Integration (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration: Advances in Sensing, Control, and Learning (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
