Symmetry/Asymmetry in Robotics and Mechatronics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: robotics; control; optimization; dynamical systems; energy
Interests: artificial intelligence; robotics; mechatronics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Robotics and mechatronics are fundamental for the implementation of the most successful technologies in everyday living activities. From their origins, robotics and mechatronics have been firmly grounded in scientific and engineering knowledge in a transdisciplinary way. In this context, symmetry characterized by balanced and identical features in structure or behaviour plays an important role for stability and efficiency, such as in the case of control of synchronization of robotic systems or in the simplification of the mechatronic design methodologies, respectively. Therefore, from production processes to health services, robotic and mechatronic developments are capable of having an impact similar to that of the introduction of the internet or as today applications of the AI tools for the wellbeing of humanity.
On the one hand, the fast growth of robotic and mechatronic systems applications in everyday activities implies the rise in novel scientific and technologial problems demanding for highly integrated solutions. On the other hand, well-stablished concepts like symmetry might help to approach such problems to clarify the design process of mechatronic systems and robots or the implementation of control/estimation algorithms to govern their behaviour. We aim to provide a forum for experts to publish manuscripts with relevant scientific and engineering results to fill the gap between cutting edge scientific theories and enginering or technological applications of robotics and mechatronics where symmetry or asymmetry implications for the design, planning and control of mechatronic and robotic systems is evident. We welcome original research articles with top-level developments of robotics and mechatronics, mainly were symmetry or assymmetry plays a relevant role to render frontier knowledge for the mechatronics and robotics community.
In this Special Issue, the topics covered in this section include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Mathematical modelling of robotic and mechatronic systems.
- Design engineering methodologies for mechatronics and robotics.
- Control of robotic and mechatronic systems.
- Synchronization, coordination and cooperation in robotics and mechatronics.
- Identification and estimation in robotic and mechatronic systems.
- AI applications in robotics and mechatronics.
- Human–robot interaction.
- Mechatronics and robotics in health and rehabilitation.
- Planning methodologies and techniques for robotic and mechatronic systems.
- Other areas of interest are associated with robotics and mechatronics. where symmetry/asymmetry is clearly exhibited such as multiagent robotic systems.
Prof. Dr. Rogelio De J. Portillo-Vélez
Prof. Dr. Luis Felipe Marín-Urías
Prof. Dr. José Alejandro Vásquez-Santacruz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- robotics
- mehatronics
- symmetry/asymmetry
- control
- design
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