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
