Dear Authors,

We are pleased to announce the Best Paper Award 2020 for research and review articles published in Robotics from 1 January to 31 December 2018. One research article/review will receive this award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, and the winner will be announced by the end of June.

Eligibility for the award:
– Papers published in Robotics from 1 January to 31 December 2018
– Open to all career levels
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered

Selection criteria:
Th e papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:
– Originality and significance
– Citation and download rates in the year 2019
– Data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)

Prizes:
One research article/review will be selected for this award and the winner (corresponding author) will be granted a bonus based on the award class and an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Robotics, after the normal peer-review procedure:
– 500 CHF
– One feature paper
– Electronic certificate (if possible, a paper certificate can be provided and presented during a conference)

The winner will be announced by 30 June 2020.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Robotics is now inviting nominations for the 2020 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of his/her excellence in the field of robotics. All nominations will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marco Ceccarelli.

The Prize:
–– 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs);
–– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Robotics after peer review before the end of 2021;
–– An engraved plaque.

Eligibility and Requirements:
–– Must be below 40 years of age or received their Ph.D. no more than 10 years prior to 31 December, 2019;
–– Must have produced ground-breaking research and significant contributed to the advancement of research field;
–– Candidates must be nominated by their supervisor(s), research director, or department head.

List of Documents for Nomination
–– Detailed Curriculum Vitae including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
–– Birth certificate or other proof of age;
–– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
–– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

How to Apply?
The nominations and materials must be submitted online through the above button by 30 November, 2020. The winner will be announced by 31 December, 2020.

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Robotics, it is my pleasure to announce the winner of the 2020 Travel Award sponsored by Robotics.

The award has been granted to Dr. Gabriele Costante, Ph.D. at the Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. His research interests are exploring and devising solutions for Robot Perception and Action Planning through Computer Vision and Deep Learning techniques.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their work, collectively covering a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner on his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Marco Ceccarelli
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Robotics Travel Award, which has been granted to:

Lawrence Kim, a PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. His research focuses on designing and studying interactions with ubiquitous swarms of robots, leveraging their physical presence. He will present his work, “SwarmHaptics: Haptic Display with Swarm Robots”, at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019 in Glasgow, UK from 4–9 May 2019.

As the awardee, Lawrence Kim will receive an honorarium of 800 CHF and an offer to publish a paper free-of-charge in Robotics in 2019.

We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the Award.

Prof. Dr. Huosheng Hu
Editor-in-Chief of Robotics

Dear Colleagues,

The Robotics Editorial Board would like to gratefully acknowledge the contributions made by reviewers in assessing the manuscripts submitted to the journal. With their great support, many high-quality papers have been published in Robotics and a quick peer review process has been maintained.

The following referee has been selected by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Huosheng Hu, to be awarded “Robotics 2018 Outstanding Reviewer” for the timeliness and quality of his reviews in 2018. He will receive 500 CHF and a certificate for the outstanding review work:

Antonio Loria
CNRS, Laboratoire de Signaux et Systemes Cantrale Supelec, France

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Robotics Travel Awards, which have been granted to:

Martin Garrad, a PhD Student from Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol & University of the West of England will attend the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), from May 21–25, 2018, in Brisbane, Australia, to present his paper “Shaping Behaviour with Adaptive Morphology”.

Benjamin Shih, a PhD Student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab at UC San Diego. His research interests include soft robotics, bioinspiration, and control. Specifically, he focuses on sensing capabilities for soft robots and how they can be applied to soft manipulation. His work will be presented at the IEEE/RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) 2018 in Livorno, Italy, from April 24–28, 2018.

It was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the awards and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Huosheng Hu
Editor-in-Chief

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Evalution Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Robotics Travel Award, which has been granted to:

Piyamate Wisanuvej, a PhD Candidate in Medical Robotics at the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London. His recent work on single access transanal surgical system is the development of customised master interface for teleoperation of highly flexible surgical instruments. The work was presented in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017) in Vancouver, Canada, September 24–28, 2017.

Jinoh Lee, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Humanoid and Humancentered Mechatronics Laboratory, Advanced Robotics Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). His professional is about humanoid robotics and control engineering which include human-like level reactive loco-manipulation and advanced compliant system control for safe human-robot interaction. He will attend 2017 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, November 15-17, 2017, Birmingham, UK, to present his paper and to organize a workshop titled, “Can we build Baymax? Part III: Design and Control for Soft Human-Robot Interaction” collaborating with Disney Research, CMU, and AIST.

Prof. Dr. Huosheng Hu
Editor-in-Chief