[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics] - call for paper - Special Issue "Advances in Underwater Robotics"
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Advances in Underwater Robotics*" in /Robotics/(ISSN 2218-6581). *Guest Editors*: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Conte and Prof. Dr. Satoru Yamaguchi Special Issue Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/underwater_robot *Deadline*: *31 October 2020* Robotics has long established itself as the key technology for the exploration and exploitation of the underwater environment, as well as for all or almost all other activities that are performed under the sea surface. Underwater robotic vehicles, either remotely operated or autonomous, and robotic platforms are now commercially available and widely used in oceanography, environmental monitoring, marine biology, underwater archaeology, the subsea oil and gas industry, deep sea mining, marine farming and aquaculture, naval warfare, maritime transport and communication security, maritime installation maintenance, and recreational activities at sea. The importance and richness of resources for the development of human activities in the underwater environment and its intrinsic hostility motivate and challenge science and technology to conceive and construct ever more efficient robotic tools and techniques. In particular, there is a great demand for advances that may increase the functional and behavioral autonomy of underwater robots, facilitate human/machine interaction in the underwater environment, simplify the operability of complex platforms, reduce costs, and increase safety, reliability and efficiency. The objective of this Special Issue is to facilitate the understanding of challenges and needs and to provide visibility for recent breakthroughs in underwater robotics. The achievement of this objective will contribute to improving the state-of-the-art and to promoting further advances in the area, as well as to open the way to new viable applications. In a specific formulation for the underwater environment or for underwater applications, topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Vehicles and drones Swarm of heterogeneous robotic agents Cyber–physical systems Manipulation Robot sensing and communication M/M interaction Planning and mission control Decision support and safe operation Educational and recreational robotics Applications (monitoring, mapping, search and rescue, mine countermeasures, etc.) Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Conte Prof. Dr. Satoru Yamaguchi Guest Editors If you decide to contribute to this Special Issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the peer-review process). Robotics provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of robotics. It is covered by leading indexing services, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), Scopus(citescore 1.53), nspec (IET) and DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, and other databases. /Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. In case of questions, please contact us at robot...@mdpi.com. For further details on the submission process, please see the Instructions for Authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor --- Nominations for 2020 Robotics Young Investigator Award (1,000 CHF) Application Deadline: 30 November 2020 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/awards MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@engr.orst.edu https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] -[Robotics, CiteScore: 2.5] Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Soft Robotics: Fusing Function with Structure"
Dear colleague, I am writing to you to let you know that Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Soft Robotics: Fusing Function with Structure". Prof. Dr. Kaspar Althoefer, Dr. Hareesh Godaba and Dr. Ahmad Ataka from Queen Mary University of London are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. The advent of soft material technologies in robotics has brought about many distinct advantages, and has brought forward many interesting applications for soft robots, in areas such as surgical robotics, extreme environments, and logistics and material handling. Despite these rapid developments, many challenges that are key to the widespread adoption and efficient utilization of novel soft material technologies are still outstanding. One challenge that lies at the core of this field is the fusion and integration of different functions within the soft robot body. This Special Issue aims to serve as a focal point towards addressing this. For a list of topics of interest and further information, please follow the link to the Special Issue’s website at: https://www.mdpi.com/si/robotics/soft-robotics We would like to invite you to submit a paper, both comprehensive review and original article are welcome. The submission deadline is 31 December 2020. You may send your manuscript in now, or at any time up until the deadline. A special discount on this charge will be given to manuscripts submitted before the submission deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). Robotics is fully open access. An open access (unlimited and free access by readers) format increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An article processing charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code, or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP); for more information, please see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors on the journal’s website: (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics. Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/cm9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/dc9994fa72b88389fbdee1c9aec606f863fe3a97cbda39b0c8e2619a64b1d082. Manage your subscriptions: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/subscriptions. MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@engr.orst.edu https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] -[Robotics, CiteScore: 2.5] Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Robotics and AI"-Deadline Extension
Dear colleague, I am writing to you to let you know that Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Robotics and AI". Prof. Dr. Wataru Takano from Osaka University is serving as Guest Editor for this issue. We would like to invite you to submit a paper, both comprehensive review and original article are welcome. For a list of topics of interest and further information, please follow the link to the Special Issue’s website at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/Robotics_AI The submission deadline is extended to 31 March 2021. You may send your manuscript in now, or at any time up until the deadline. A special discount on this charge will be given to manuscripts submitted before the 31 December 2020. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). Robotics is fully open access. An open access (unlimited and free access by readers) format increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An article processing charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code, or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP); for more information, please see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors on the journal’s website: (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics. Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/cm9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/dc9994fa72b88389fbdee1c9aec606f863fe3a97cbda39b0c8e2619a64b1d082. Manage your subscriptions: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/subscriptions. MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@engr.orst.edu https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics] - call for paper - Special Issue "Robots for Health and Elderly Care"
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Robots for Health and Elderly Care*" in /Robotics/(ISSN 2218-6581). *Guest Editors*: Prof. Dr. Angel P. Del Pobil and Dr. Ester Martinez-Martin Special Issue Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/Robots_Care *Deadline*: *31 March 2021* Recently, the population ageing phenomenon has led to an unceasing need for healthcare systems to assist the elderly's cognitive and physical health. In this context, robotics can play an important role with respect to healthcare support and independent life, especially when problems related to ageing appear. So, novel theoretical approaches or practical applications of all aspects involving elderly robotic assistance are welcomed. Reviews, datasets, benchmarks, and surveys of the state-of-the-art are also welcomed. Topics of interest to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Therapy robots Rehabilitation robots Telehealth Healthcare robots Companion robots Activity planning robots Prof. Dr. Angel P. Del Pobil Dr. Ester Martinez-Martin Guest Editors If you decide to contribute to this Special Issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the peer-review process). Robotics provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of robotics. It is covered by leading indexing services, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), Scopus(citescore 2.50), nspec (IET) and DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, and other databases. /Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. In case of questions, please contact us at robot...@mdpi.com. For further details on the submission process, please see the Instructions for Authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor --- Nominations for 2020 Robotics Young Investigator Award (1,000 CHF) Application Deadline: 30 November 2020 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/awards MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@engr.orst.edu https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics] - call for paper - Special Issue "Service Robotics against COVID-2019 Pandemic"
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Service Robotics against COVID-2019 Pandemic*" in /Robotics/(ISSN 2218-6581). *Guest Editors*: Prof. Dr. Marco Ceccarelli *Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *30 June 2021* https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/robotics_against_COVID-2019 The field of service robotics has developed considerably in recent decades, including solutions in applications and utilities in medical fields and especially in support of surgical medical activities. Today more than ever, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the support of service robotics can result, in many cases, in well-appreciated and consistent help in the fight against the spread of the pandemic and, moreover, in the treatment of patients in very critical conditions due to COVID-19. However, the pandemic still requires considerable efforts from medical personnel and technical support in order to solve critical situations in intensive and sub-intensive care treatments as well as medical treatment in non-hospital and even residential living situations. Service robotics can contribute successfully to these challenges with innovative system solutions and easier procedures for both medical operators and patients. Therefore, in this Special Issue, the purpose of collecting papers focused on service robotics helping in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is intended to give visibility and stimulus to solutions and improvements of robotic service systems with performance suitable for the assistance and support operations of patients and medical operators. Papers are welcomed in all major areas of R&D and innovation in service robotics helping to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and support treatments against it, including topics such as medical robots and devices, bio-inspired and cognitive robots, visual servicing of robot/human motion and status, human–robot and human–human interactions, cloud robotics for health care systems, and personal robots for patient care assistance. The solicited topics are related to new theories, advanced designs of robot mechanics and control architectures, and the development of intelligent robotic applications in helping in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: novel design and applications of robotic system; advanced robot control; human–robot interfaces; robot vision systems and visual servoing techniques; mobile robots, humanoid and walking robots; bio-inspired and swarm robotic systems; towards micro and nano-scale robots; personal robots for care assistance; medical robots and bionic prostheses; intelligent information technologies for cognitive robots; cognitive robots and emotional intelligence; cloud robotics; ethical, legal, and social issues of service robotics in medical treatment areas. Videos can be published as links to the accepted papers. Prof. Dr. Marco Ceccarelli Guest Editor If you decide to contribute to this Special Issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the peer-review process). Robotics provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of robotics. It is covered by leading indexing services, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), Scopus(citescore 2.5), nspec (IET) and DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, and other databases. /Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs), it is reduced to 1000 CHF for the invited submission to this special issue. In case of questions, please contact us at robot...@mdpi.com. For further details on the submission process, please see the Instructions for Authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor --- MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entir
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on Medical Robotics: Advances in Training, Ergonomics, Sensing, Control and Other Areas in /Robotics/ - an open access journal by MDPI
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Medical Robotics: Advances in Training, Ergonomics, Sensing, Control and Other Areas". Dr. Abhilash Pandya and Dr. Luke Reisner, both from Wayne State University, are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We predict that technology-assisted medicine (and robotics in particular) will have a significant impact on health care over the next few decades. Robots will augment the surgeon’s senses, motor performance, and diagnostic capability. There are some major areas of technological improvement needed for this technology to reach its ultimate potential, which include better automation, visualization, tactile sensing, diagnostic sensing, human-robot interfaces, and miniaturization, among others. This Special Issue will focus on the latest advancements in robotic surgery and its associated leveraging areas. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/medicalrobotics. The submission deadline is 30 June 2018. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). Since Volume 6, all the published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Sciences (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website. We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on Agricultural and Field Robotics in /Robotics/ - an open access journal by MDPI
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Agricultural and Field Robotics". Prof. Dr. Qin Zhang and Prof. Dr. Manoj Karkee, both from Washington State University, are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We would like to invite you to contribute based on your expertise. Agriculture is one of the oldest and most important industries that human civilization has established. Fundamentally, agriculture relies on the efficient utilization of natural resources, such as land, water, nutrition, and other chemicals to produce the basic necessities of human lives, including food, fiber, feed, and fuel. As predicted by the United Nations, the world’s population will increase to approximately 10 billion by 2050. The continuously increasing pressure to feed a rapidly growing population presents a huge challenge to the agricultural industry: How to sustainably produce enough agricultural supplies to meet such a huge demand. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue website at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/AFR. The submission deadline is 31 July 2018. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). From Volume 6, all published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An article processing charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation published in /Robotics/
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation". Dr. Sina Naficy, Dr. Michael P.M. Dicker and Prof. Jonathan M. Rossiter are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We think you could make an excellent contribution based on your expertise. Soft machines based on well-integrated sensors and actuators can autonomously change their physical properties and interact with their surroundings in an organic manner. Such machines hold a great potential for biomedical devices, artificial limbs, and cooperative human assistance. Realising this vision requires novel soft, smart hybrid systems capable of sensing, computing, and actuation at micron-scale. Tightly integrating actuation, sensing, and computation into one single system can extend the functionality of traditional smart materials to truly programmable soft machines. This goal can be achieved by: 1) integrating sensing, actuation, and computation through novel smart materials, 2) adapting new fabrication techniques capable of creating hybrid, hierarchical structures For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue website at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/soft-machines. The submission deadline is 31 October 2018. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). Since Volume 6, all published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Sciences (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI—Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on "Medical Robotics: Advances in Training, Ergonomics, Sensing, Control and Other Areas" - extended submission deadline 31 December 2018
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Medical Robotics: Advances in Training, Ergonomics, Sensing, Control and Other Areas". Dr. Abhilash Pandya and Dr. Luke Reisner, from Wayne State University, are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We would like to invite you to prepare a research article or a comprehensive review to be published in this special issue. We predict that technology-assisted medicine (and robotics in particular) will have a significant impact on health care over the next few decades. Robots will augment the surgeon’s senses, motor performance, and diagnostic capability. There are some major areas of technological improvement needed for this technology to reach its ultimate potential, which include better automation, visualization, tactile sensing, diagnostic sensing, human-robot interfaces, and miniaturization, among others. This Special Issue will focus on the latest advancements in robotic surgery and its associated leveraging areas. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/medicalrobotics. The submission deadline has extended to 31 December 2018. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). Since Volume 6, all the published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Sciences (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website. We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on "Space Robotics" - extended submission deadline 15 December 2018
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Space Robotics". Prof. Dr. Alex Ellery, from Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, is serving as Guest Editor for this issue. We would like to invite you to prepare a research article or a comprehensive review to be published in this special issue. Space robotics has evolved from a mere addendum to the space exploration programme to a fully-fledged strategic capability that leverages the entire programme. Examples of the traditional concerns of space robotics include on-orbit servicing using spacecraft-mounted manipulators, terramechanics and autonomous navigation for planetary rovers and robotic drilling mechanisms. More recently, autonomous science for rovers has emerged as a capability for rovers to complement navigational autonomy in rovers. Biomimetics also has a role to play in space robotics such as in automated camera control for example. Some traditional areas have evolved - on-orbit servicing capabilities are being applied to space debris mitigation with new approaches such as harpooning and netting. Recent interest in in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) specifically requires extensive robotics capabilities ranging from asteroid and lunar mining, 3D printing (essentially Cartesian robotics) and even self-replicating machines to leverage local resources to reduce the costs of space exploration and for supporting lunar or Martian bases... For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/SP. The submission deadline has extended to 15 December 2018. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). From Volume 6, all published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on "Robotics in Extreme Environments" - Edited by Prof. Rustam Stolkin
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Robotics in Extreme Environments". Prof. Rustam Stolkin, from Royal Society Industry Fellow for Nuclear Robotics, University of Birmingham, is serving as Guest Editor for this issue. We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to this Special Issue of Robotics, "Robotics in Extreme Environments". Extreme environments can be defined as those that are so hazardous that it would be undesirable or impossible to send a human worker into the environment. Such applications are of special importance to the robotics research community, because they demand the use of robots and often cannot be done at all without major new advances in robotics. In contrast, while research on, e.g., household helper robots is certainly interesting, such jobs can still be done by human workers if needed at the present time... For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/REE. The submission deadline is 31 March 2019. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). From Volume 6, all papers published in Robotics will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on "Collaborative Mechatronics Systems"
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Collaborative Mechatronics Systems". Prof. Dr. Wenjun (Chris) Zhang, from University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Yingzi Lin, from Northeastern University, are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to this Special Issue of Robotics, "Collaborative Mechatronics Systems". Mechatronics systems are multi-disciplinary systems, and their operation principles involve interactions of different principles in different scientific domains, typically electric and mechanical domains. To mechatronic systems that operate together with humans, human factors become extremely important in terms of the ultimate task performance and the safety of human operators. Mechatronic systems in this context are called collaborative mechatronic systems. The key issues with collaborative mechatronic systems are communication and cooperation with human operators. More specifically, they are about how a mechatronic system knows a human operator’s physical and mind state and how a mechatronic system operates with a human operator to accomplish their common goal while guaranteeing a high degree of safety and health to the human operator. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/CMS. The submission deadline is 31 March 2019. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). From Volume 6, all papers published in Robotics will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] CFP: Special Issue on "Advances in Intelligent Robots and Systems 2018"
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Advances in Intelligent Robots and Systems 2018". Prof. Dr. Concepción A. Monje and Prof. Dr. Santiago Martínez de la Casa, from Robotics Lab Group, University Carlos III of Madrid, Avenida, are serving as Guest Editor for this issue. We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to this Special Issue of Robotics, "Advances in Intelligent Robots and Systems 2018". The IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) aims to establish an international forum of reference for the latest advances in the field of robotics. This year's theme focuses on advanced technological innovations (human–robot interactions, humanoids, social robots, autonomous systems, and intelligent perception), as well as on societal aspects (legal issues, regulations, robotics ethics, human–robot co-existence, and employment). The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the current research in the robotic fields mentioned above. We invite authors of contributions from IROS 2018 to submit the extended version of their papers to this Special Issue. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/IROS2018. The submission deadline is 31 May 2019. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). From Volume 6, all papers published in Robotics will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: http://creativecommons.org To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] Deadline Reminder: [Robotics] Paper Invitation: Special Issue "Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation"
Dear colleague, We would like to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation*" in /Robotics/. Both comprehensive review and original article are welcome. Special Issue Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/soft-machines *Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *30 April 2019* *Guest editors*: Dr. Sina Naficy, Dr. Michael P.M. Dicker and Prof. Jonathan M. Rossiter *Potential topics include, but are not limited to* * Integration of sensing and actuation, * Soft electronics, * Soft actuators, * Artificial muscles, * Hydrogel- and gel-based sensors and actuators, * Soft sensors, * Electroactive sensors and actuators, * Smart textiles, * Additive manufacturing of soft sensors and actuators, and * 4D printing of soft materials. If you decide to contribute to this special issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high quality manuscripts be published in a timely manner (if accepted after peer review process). Robotics provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of robotics. It is covered by leading indexing services, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science) , Scopus (from Vol.6, 2017), nspec (IET) and DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, and other databases. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors: www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions. For submission, please click: www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=robotics. We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics] - Deadline Extended - 2nd cfp - Special Issue "Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation"
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation*" in /Robotics/. Both comprehensive review and original articles are welcome. Special Issue Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/soft-machines *Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *30 September 2019* *Guest Editors*: Dr. Sina Naficy, Dr. Michael P.M. Dicker and Prof. Jonathan M. Rossiter *The particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:* • Integration of sensing and actuation, • Soft electronics, • Soft actuators, • Artificial muscles, • Hydrogel- and gel-based sensors and actuators, • Soft sensors, • Electroactive sensors and actuators, • Smart textiles, • Additive manufacturing of soft sensors and actuators, and • 4D printing of soft materials. If you decide to contribute o this Special Issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the peer-review process). In /Robotics/, all published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. /Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. In case of questions, please contact us at robot...@mdpi.com. For further details on the submission process, please see the Instructions for Authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics] - Deadline Extended - call for paper - Special Issue "Robotics in Extreme Environments"
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Robotics in Extreme Environments*" in /Robotics/(ISSN 2218-6581). Both comprehensive review and original articles are welcome. Special Issue Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/REE *Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *15 December 2019* *Guest Editor*: Prof. Rustam Stolkin This Special Issue aims to introduce the latest research progress in the field of robotics for Extreme Environments. A very wide variety of highly interdisciplinary work is needed, and research in these diverse areas is welcomed for submission to the Special Issue. Areas for submission include, but are not limited to: • Both autonomous methods and also teleoperation which is critical to EE applications. • Grasping and manipulation. • Mobility systems (walking, flying, swimming, crawling, etc.). • Exploration, mapping and navigation in unknown or partially known environments. • Vision, sensing and perception. • AI and learning for industrial objects and scenes in extreme applications. • Mechanical, materials and other design issues of novel robots and sensors. • Human-robot interfaces, including teleoperation, VR/AR and multi-modal information cues. • Variable autonomy, shared control, and mixed-initiative systems. • Communication with remote robots in extreme environments. • Measurement and modelling of the effects of extreme environments (radiation, extreme temperatures, pressures, chemical and other issues) on sensors, embedded systems and other key robotics components, materials and design considerations. • Design of robots and critical components for increased resilience in extreme environments. If you decide to contribute o this Special Issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the peer-review process). In /Robotics/, all published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI database. /Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. Please note that for papers submitted after 30 June 2019 an APC of 1000 CHF applies. Partial waivers may be granted upon request. In case of questions, please contact us at robot...@mdpi.com. For further details on the submission process, please see the Instructions for Authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics] - call for paper - Special Issue "Advances and Challenges in Educational Robotics"
Dear colleague, We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue "*Advances and Challenges in Educational Robotics*" in /Robotics/(ISSN 2218-6581). Both comprehensive review and original articles are welcome. *Guest Editors*: Prof. Dr. Igor Verner and Prof. Dr. Christian Krägeloh Special Issue Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/EducationalRobotics *Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *30 June 2020* Education is currently facing challenges to adapt and keep pace with the fast-changing technological world. The radical digital transformation and massive introduction of robots in industry and everyday life give grounds to speak about the beginning of a new industrial revolution. This matter necessitates novel pedagogies that will prepare people for the deliberate use of the new technological systems and active participation in their development. Therefore, it is urgent to introduce, at all levels of education, teaching robotics and teaching with robotics in ways that align with the current demands. This Special Issue aims to present new innovative approaches to teaching smart robotics and using robotic environments to enhance the learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We solicit original contributions which report on the development of robotic environments, implementation of educational activities, and evidence-based evaluation of their learning outcomes. Of special interest are papers in which robotics activities combine design and analysis and involve exploration of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, virtual and augmented realities, and 3D printing. Relevant to this Special Issue are also contributions that explore acceptability and acceptance of educational robots as well as other psychosocial aspects such as opinions, perceptions, attitudes, or exploration of suitable psychological outcome measures. The proposed approaches can target formal or informal education in universities and schools and address general, gifted, and special education students. -- If you decide to contribute to this Special Issue, please inform us. The Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the peer-review process). Robotics provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of robotics. It is covered by leading indexing services, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science), Scopus(citescore 1.53), nspec (IET) and DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, and other databases. /Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. In case of questions, please contact us at robot...@mdpi.com. For further details on the submission process, please see the Instructions for Authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Ms. Linda Wang Managing Editor Application for 2020 Robotics Travel Awards (800 CHF): Application Deadline: 31 December 2019 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/awards/740 MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [journals] Final Reminder (due 15 Dec): Special Issue on "Robotics in Extreme Environments"
Dear Colleagues, Robotics is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Robotics in Extreme Environments". Prof. Rustam Stolkin, from Royal Society Industry Fellow for Nuclear Robotics, University of Birmingham, is serving as Guest Editor for this issue. We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to this Special Issue of Robotics, "Robotics in Extreme Environments". Extreme environments can be defined as those that are so hazardous that it would be undesirable or impossible to send a human worker into the environment. Such applications are of special importance to the robotics research community, because they demand the use of robots and often cannot be done at all without major new advances in robotics. In contrast, while research on, e.g., household helper robots is certainly interesting, such jobs can still be done by human workers if needed at the present time... For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/REE. The submission deadline is 15 December 2019. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). The Robotics is an online open access journal dedicated to both the foundations of artificial intelligence, bio-mechanics and mechatronics, and the real-world applications of robotic perception, cognition and actions. The journal is presently covered by the following indexing: Scopus(citescore 1.53), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science),Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), INSPEC (IET) and DBLP Computer Science Bibliography. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor To submit to the journal click here: http://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=robotics Unsubscribe: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/unsubscribe/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 Manage your subscriptions: http://www.mdpi.com/unsub/managesubscriptions/mail/Um9ib3RpY3NAbWRwaS5jb20=/8795b601147e7dee2ad869265e01dc6bf1bad227048e5558d1cfb6a3136b52d5 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute www.mdpi.com St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] Call for Paper: [Robotics, CiteScore 1.53] - Special Issue "Autonomous Mobile Robots in Open World"
Dear colleague, The journal Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581) is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Autonomous Mobile Robots in Open World". Prof. Dr. Zdzisław Kowalczuk, Dr. Mariusz Domżalski and Dr. Michał Czubenko are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to this Special Issue of Robotics, "Autonomous Mobile Robots in Open World". This Special Issue aims to introduce the latest research progress in the field of mobile robotics, especially in autonomous contexts. We encourage submissions of conceptual and empirical papers focused robotics in the open world, especially applied to the mapping of open world, perception, decision making and control of autonomous robots. Different types of approaches related to this field are welcome. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/si/robotics/AMROW The submission deadline is 20 May 2020. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (robot...@mdpi.com). Robotics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions). Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor -- News: CiteScoreTracker 2019 can be found at https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100833833 Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics) is a journal published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Robotics maintains rigorous peer-review and a rapid publication process. All articles are published with a CC BY 4.0 license. For more information on the CC BY license, please see: creativecommons.org ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
[UAI] [Journals] - [Robotics, CiteScore: 1.53] Young Investigator Award 2020 - Announcement
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Robotics is now inviting nominations for the 2020 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of his/her excellence in the field of robotics. All nominations will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marco Ceccarelli. The Prize: –– 1,000 CHF (Swiss Francs); –– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Robotics after peer review before the end of 2021; –– An engraved plaque. Eligibility and Requirements: –– Must be below 40 years of age or received their Ph.D. no more than10 years prior to 31 December, 2019; –– Must have produced ground-breaking research and significant contributed to the advancement of research field; –– Candidates must be nominated by their supervisor(s), research director, or department head. List of Documents for Nomination –– Detailed Curriculum Vitae including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants; –– Birth certificate or other proof of age; –– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate; –– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists. How to Apply? The nominations and materials must be submitted online through below link by 30 November, 2020. The winner will be announced by 31 December, 2020. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/awards/submit/904 Thank you very much for your attention. Please do not hesitate to contact us (robot...@mdpi.com) if there is any question. Best regards, Linda Wang Managing Editor -- MDPI http://www.mdpi.com/ St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone. ___ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
