Special Issues

Robotics runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Immersive Teleoperation and AI submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2729 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: "Soft Robotics"
edited by Po-Yen Chen and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1286 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soft Robotics)
Towards Socially Intelligent Robots
edited by , Ho Seok Ahn and John-John Cabibihan
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1189 | Submission Open
Keywords: Novel approaches to utilizing artificial intelligence models for implementing social intelligence in robots; Evaluation of the level of social intelligence in robots; Effective methodologies for long-term user studies in social robotics; Socially intelligent robots in the real world; Software frameworks for socially intelligent robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Humanoid and Human Robotics)
Collection in Honor of Women's Contribution in Robotics submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 538 | Submission Open
Agents and Robots for Reliable Engineered Autonomy 2023 submission deadline 15 Jul 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3175 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Intelligent Bionic Robots
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2023 | Viewed by 653 | Submission Open
Robotics and AI for Precision Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5118 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural and Field Robotics)
The State-of-the-Art of Robotics in Europe submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3780 | Submission Open
Social Robots for the Human Well-Being submission deadline 15 Aug 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10266 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Humanoid and Human Robotics)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Medical and Service Robotics” submission deadline 15 Aug 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2335 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Robotics and Service Robotics)
Advanced Grasping and Motion Control Solutions submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5047 | Submission Open
Keywords: robotics; grippers; grasping; motion control; dexterous manipulation; robotic applications; human– robot interaction; haptics; computation robotic systems; modeling of robotic applications; finite element method; robot design; advanced robotic manufacturing; rapid prototyping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Robots and Automation)
The State of the Art of Swarm Robotics
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2452 | Submission Open
Keywords: human– swarm interactions; swarm collective perception; distributed sensing; networked communication; swarm robotic applications; simulation platforms for large-scale swarms; swarm robot physical platforms; swarm localization; swarm motion-planning; swarm task-allocation; swarm mapping; decentralized control
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Soft Robotics: Fusing Function with Structure
edited by , and Ahmad Ataka
submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | Viewed by 1307 | Submission Open
Keywords: Soft robotics; Soft sensors; Soft materials; Robot design; Smart actuators; Additive manufacturing; 3d printing; Morphological computation.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soft Robotics)
New Trends in Robotics and Mechatronic Technologies submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open
Keywords: robotics; mechatronics; dynamics; automations; artificial intelligence; algorithms and programs; drones; aerospace; command and control; shareholders; DoF robot mechanisms; parallel mechanisms; serial-parallel mechanisms; bio-inspired mechanisms; medical and rehabilitation robots; exploratory robots; new materials in robotics; new technologies in robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Robots and Mechatronics)
Robots and Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future of Health Care
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2023 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: robots; artificial intelligence; machine learning; healthcare; human– robot interaction (HRI); technology acceptance; ethics and privacy; data safety and security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Robotics and Service Robotics)
Embodied AI: From Robots to Smart Objects submission deadline 30 Sep 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4751 | Submission Open
Keywords: embodied mobile robots; embodied artificial intelligence; embodied computer vision for robotics; embodied computation; embodied social interaction for robots; embodied system-level architecture for mobile robots; embodied categorisation for vision-guided mobile robots; embodied conversational agents
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Chatbots and Talking Robots
edited by Soyeon Caren Han and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2023 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
UAV Systems and Swarm Robotics submission deadline 1 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1122 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Robotics and Autonomous Systems)
Active Methods in Autonomous Navigation (2023 ICRA) submission deadline 20 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open
Service Robotics against COVID-2019 Pandemic
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 31356 | Submission Open
Keywords: service robotics; medical robotic devices; assisting patient care; COVID-19 pandemic
Robotics and Parallel Kinematic Machines submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2507 | Submission Open
Motion Trajectory Prediction for Mobile Robots
edited by and Giorgos Mamakoukas
submission deadline 31 Oct 2023 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Advances in Soft Aerial Robotics submission deadline 1 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open
Keywords: soft robotics; aerial robotics; soft aerial vehicles; soft aerial manipulation; soft aerial grasping; reconfigurable robotics; soft bio-inspired flyers; design of soft aerial robotics; manufacturing methods in soft aerial robotics; modeling and control of soft aerial robotics; AI in soft aerial robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soft Robotics)
Kinematics and Robot Design VI, KaRD2023 submission deadline 15 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanism synthesis; kinematic analysis; robot modeling and simulation; robot control; singularity analysis; performance measures; accuracy analysis; path planning; parallel manipulator; serial manipulator; robot design; compliant mechanism; micro/nanomanipulator; origami; medical and rehabilitation robotics; biomechanics
Safety and Security of Robotics and AI
edited by and Yi Dong
submission deadline 15 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Multi-Robot Systems: State of the Art and Future Progress
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-robot system; information fusion; collective decision making; cooperative control; swarm dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Surgical Robotics: From the Laboratory to the Operating Room submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open
Keywords: robotic surgery; autonomy; human– robot interaction; surgical data science; cognitive surgical robotics; surgical training; remote surgery; telesurgery; haptics; intraoperative imaging; perioperative imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Robotics and Service Robotics)
Digital Twin-Based Human–Robot Collaborative Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twins; human-robot interaction; modeling; computational models; social intelligence; cooperation; virtual models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Robots and Automation)
Human Factors in Human–Robot Interaction
edited by , Michael Bixter and Quanjun Song
submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9542 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Humanoid and Human Robotics)
The State-of-the-Art of Robotics in Asia submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4647 | Submission Open
AI for Robotic Exoskeletons and Prostheses
edited by Claudio Loconsole
submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomedical sensors; computer vision; gesture detection; human-robot interaction (HRI); image processing; machine learning techniques; neurodegeneration; neurological diseases; NUI (natural user interface); object tracking; reinforcement learning; robotic exoskeleton; robotic prostheses
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI in Robotics)
Selected Papers from MEDER 2024: Advances in Mechanism Design for Robotics submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
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