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Autonomous Robots reports on the theory and applications of robotic systems capable of some degree of self-sufficiency. It features papers that include performance data on actual robots in the real world. Coverage includes: computational architectures for autonomous systems · human-robot interaction · learning and adaptation in robots · manipulation and locomotion · multi-robot systems · planning and navigation · studies of autonomous robot systems · sensing and perception · self-calibration and self-repair for robots.

  • Reports on the theory and applications of robotic systems capable of some degree of self-sufficiency.
  • Features papers that include performance data on actual robots in the real world.
  • High Impact Factor in Robotics and AI.

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Editor-in-Chief
  • Gaurav Sukhatme
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Hybrid (Transformative Journal). How to publish with us, including Open Access

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3.5 (2022)
Impact factor
4.6 (2022)
Five year impact factor
31 days
Submission to first decision (Median)
270,275 (2022)
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Volume 47

Issue 8, December 2023

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  • Latest Special Issue: Robot Swarms in the Real World: from Design to Deployment

    Volume 47, issue 7, October 2023
    Guest Editors: Siddharth Mayya, Gennaro Notomista, Roderich Gross, Vijay Kumar
    This Special Issue highlights a montage of diverse innovations that will demonstrably accelerate, enable, and foster the  deployment of robot swarms in the 21st century.

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  • Latest Special Issue: Large Language Models in Robotics

    Guest Editors: Fei Xia, Brian Ichter, Shuran Song & Karol Hausman
    This Special Issue demonstrates a wide range of use cases and capabilities of large language models and show how they can be effectively applied to robotics systems.

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  • Special Issue: Robotics: Science and Systems 2022

    BY INVITATION ONLY
    Guest Editors: Shoudong Huang, Kris Hauser & Dylan Shell
    This Special Issue seeks high-quality research papers that introduce new ideas and stimulate future trends in robotics. The Special Issue invites submissions in all areas of robotics, including: mechanisms and design, robot learning, control and dynamics, planning, manipulation, field robotics, human-robot interaction, perception, formal methods, multi-robot systems, healthcare and medical robotics, bioinspired robots, and mobile robotics.

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  • Special Issue: Robotics: Science and Systems 2023

    BY INVITATION ONLY
    Guest Editors: Kostas Bekris, Kris Hauser, Sylvia Herbert & Jingjin Yu
    This Special Issue aims to put together a collection of articles  to align with the mission of Autonomous Robots and are worthy of archival form. In this way, the Special Issue will bring the latest developments in robotics research to the world.

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1573-7527
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0929-5593
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