International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (5th ICAUS 2025)

Dear Colleagues,

This topic offers a unique and attractive platform for scientists, engineers, and practitioners worldwide to present and share their recent research and innovative ideas in unmanned systems, robotics, automation, and intelligent systems. The aim of the topic is to stimulate researchers active in areas pertinent to intelligent unmanned systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Unmanned aircraft systems;
2. Unmanned ground systems;
3. Unmanned surface/underwater systems;
4. Space unmanned systems;
5. Autonomous and cooperative control technology for unmanned systems;
6. Intelligent environment-sensing technology for unmanned systems;
7. Navigation and positioning technology for unmanned systems;
8. Communications and networking technology for unmanned systems;
9. Architecture, energy, and power technologies for unmanned systems;
10. Payload technologies for unmanned systems;
11. Task and effectiveness evaluation techniques for unmanned systems;
12. Modeling and simulation technologies for unmanned systems;
13. Intelligent information fusion and information processing in unmanned systems;
14. Multi-agent collaborative theory and associated technologies;
15. Brain–computer fusion and hybrid intelligence technology;
16. Artificial intelligence algorithms and their application in unmanned systems;
17. Bionic technology and its application in unmanned systems;
18. Unmanned systems’ countermeasures technologies;
19. Sociological theory and development of unmanned systems;
20. Unmanned systems’ educational platform, mode and practice;
21. New concepts in unmanned systems;
22. Other relevant theories, methods, and techniques for unmanned systems.

Submitted papers will include, but are not limited to, extended versions of accepted conference papers in ICAUS 2025, which will be held on 17–19 October 2025 in Shanghai, China. The maximum percentage of overlap will be 30%. Authors must reference the corresponding conference papers. The authors of extended versions of the accepted conference papers in ICAUC 2025 will potentially enjoy a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charge.

Prof. Dr. Shaorong Xie
Prof. Dr. Yifeng Niu
Prof. Dr. Wenxing Fu
Topic Editors