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 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
