International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (6th ICAUS 2026)

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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. The sociality 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 2026, which will be held on September 18–20, 2026, in Harbin, China. The maximum percentage of overlap will be 30%. Authors must reference the corresponding conference papers. The extended version of the accepted conference papers in ICAUC 2026 will potentially enjoy a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charge.

Prof. Dr. Wenxing Fu
Prof. Dr. Jifeng Guo
Prof. Dr. Yifeng Niu
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Aerospace aerospace	2.2	4.0	2014	22.9 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Automation automation	2.0	4.1	2020	30.9 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Drones drones	4.8	7.4	2017	20.8 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Electronics electronics	2.6	6.1	2012	16.4 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Technologies technologies	3.6	8.5	2013	19.1 Days	CHF 1800	Submit

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