A New Era of Embodiment: Cognitive Breakthroughs and Scene Adaptation in Robot Perception, Decision-Making and Autonomous Control
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editor
Interests: autonomous robots; robot control; intelligent motion control
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the intelligence and integration of advanced autonomous robots with multiple sensors are escalating, with remarkable progress in dexterity and task adaptability. Their applications have expanded beyond manufacturing and automation to diverse scenarios such as domestic services, medical care, outdoor farming, and environmental exploration—all of which increasingly require embodied intelligence to bridge environmental perception, physical interaction, and cognitive reasoning. These emerging scenarios pose unprecedented challenges such as those involving embodied systems achieving multimodal perception with context-aware accuracy, the collaboration of heterogeneous robots, and human–robot interaction via embodied common sense.
Against this backdrop, this Special Issue centers on embodied intelligence as a core pillar of research, aiming to construct a cross-domain innovation pathway for exploring the transformative potential of cutting-edge technologies: focusing on machine learning-based dynamic adaptation mechanisms for embodied perception and sensing, large-model-empowered semantic understanding in embodied decision-making, and advanced algorithms that enable robots to learn embodied skills through physical-world interaction. By integrating interdisciplinary advancements in embodied cognition, machine learning, and large-model-driven robotics, this Special Issue will provide an excellent platform for researchers to share breakthroughs regarding autonomous robots with embodied intelligence.
Dr. Yuanlong Xie
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sensors is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- machine learning (ML)-based robot grasping detection
- visual language model (VLM)-driven robot perception–plan–grasp framework
- sensor-augmented visual language action (VLA) model for complex dual-arm operations
- multi-modal sensing, recognition, mapping, and localization based on learning
- perception fusion, decision-making, and collaboration across cross-domain clusters
- foundational models for environmental perception and interaction under embodied intelligence
- sensing and modeling of a collaborative environment for multiple autonomous systems
- vision–language-based general target recognition and localization
- human–machine–environment interaction modeling of embodied intelligence
- perception, planning, and control of integrated embodied intelligence navigation
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
