The Future of Mobility: Exploring Wheeled–Legged Robot Systems
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applying control, optimization, and machine learning algorithms to generate dynamic movements for legged robots
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Interests: robotics; reinforcement learning; dynamics and intelligent control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wheeled–legged robots combine the energy efficiency of wheels with the versatility of legs, enabling agile locomotion across complex terrains. These hybrid systems offer new possibilities in real-world applications such as urban mobility, disaster response, and industrial inspection, where adaptability and speed are both crucial. However, achieving dynamic locomotion in such platforms poses significant challenges in terms of control, motion planning, whole-body coordination, perception, and hardware design.
This Special Issue aims to gather original research, reviews, and case studies that address the latest advances in the dynamic locomotion of wheeled–legged robots. We welcome contributions on model-based and learning-based control strategies, trajectory optimization, terrain interaction modeling, perception-driven planning, and integrated system design. Work demonstrating real-world deployments or benchmarking in unstructured environments is especially encouraged.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Machines.
Dr. Songyan Xin
Dr. Guiyang Xin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wheeled–legged robots
- dynamic locomotion
- hybrid mobility systems
- motion planning and control
- whole-body control
- terrain adaptation
- perception-based locomotion
- trajectory optimization
- learning-based control
- real-world deployment
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