Advances in Sensing, Control and Path Planning for Robotic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced sensing, control and path-planning algorithms for robotic systems have gained much popularity in recent years. For example, in advanced manufacturing, specialists have the ability to increase manufacturing productivity and energy efficiency through the use of these advanced algorithms. However, improved performance and safety requirements are causing a steady increase in the complexity of robotic control and path planning problems. Moreover, on-board sensing systems require advanced sensor-fusion and signal filtering methods to provide high-quality perceptions.

This Special Issue, therefore, aims to collect original research and review articles on recent advances in technologies, solutions, applications, and challenges in the field of robotic systems. Authors are invited to submit high-quality papers on topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Global path planning algorithms;
• Local path planning algorithms;
• Localization algorithms;
• Space exploration;
• Task scheduling algorithms;
• Sensor-fusion methods;
• Advanced filtering;
• Autonomous robots in unknown environment;
• Multi-agent robotic systems;
• Human–robot interaction;
• Optimization of robotic systems;
• Examples of real-world applications of autonomous robots.

Dr. Rafal Szczepanski
Dr. Erfu Yang
Guest Editors

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