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Robot Journals and Magazines
Journals
Advanced Robotics
JCR Abbrev. Title: ADV ROBOTICS
ISSN: 0169-1864
Issues/Year: 8
Publisher: VSP BV
In 1990s, some manufacturers have turned their heads to developing medical and health care devices targeting the upcoming super-aging society, and some have produced entertainment robots in accordance with the change in the sense of values between work and living. These robots are in a new paradigm of human-robot symbiosis.
The key technology of human symbiotic robots is communications. It means not only that robot can get orders from human but also that robot can understand what the person intends in a cooperative work and the person can have mental interactions with robot. However, the communication and action of current robots are all designed by program. "Learning" and "growing" are often used for the description of some robot's features, however, the robot does not actually learn but the several programmed patterns let out the look of "learning" reactions. When the pattern is simple and plain, human gets bored easily and the communication between them does not go further. The function which evaluates and learns the environment is effective to make the communication wealthy enough for human, but it is still difficult to bring this function into practical use by the present technology, and easy pre-programming is the favored method.
Pre-programming method also has its technical problems to make the communication smooth. Taking the relation between conversation and gestures for instance, it is difficult to communicate with a speaking-but-motionless robot. Even equipped with some simple gestures, there will be uncomfortable feeling by the unnatural blend of conversation and gesture. Thus, the combination of verbal and non-verbal communications is to be studied.
Advanced Robotics (AR) has published several issues on the theme such as "Human-Robot Communication". We encourage all of you to submit papers on this theme and appreciate to receive proposals to organize the special issue.
Autonomous Robot
JCR Abbrev. Title: AUTON ROBOT
ISSN: 0929-5593
Issues/Year: 6
Publisher: SPRINGER
The primary goal of Autonomous Robots is to report on the theory and applications of robotic systems capable of some degree of self-sufficiency. Thus, the journal is aimed at the growing trend in robotics toward mobility, intelligence and autonomy in an unstructured world. This trend has been made possible by small, inexpensive, high-performance computers. The term `robot' implies that the systems described here are capable of performing purposeful behaviors in the real world. They obtain inputs from the world through sensors and act upon the world through actuators. The connection between sensing and actuation may be simple signal processing or it may involve complex decision making, goal interpretation and other aspects of reasoning. Most autonomous systems display some form of mobility: on land, under water, in the air or in space. The mobility may make use of wheels, legs, fins, rotors or other actuators. The focus is on the ability to move and be self-sufficient, not on whether the system is an imitation of biology. Of course, biological models for robotic systems are of major interest to the journal since living systems are prototypes for autonomous behavior.
Autonomous robots must be able to perform in the world. Hence, publication preference will be given to papers which include performance data on actual robots in the real world. Papers which include only simulation results will be considered for publication, but with a lower priority. Such papers should also include a section entitled `The path to implementation', where the transition from simulation to real world is discussed.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
JCR Abbrev. Title: IEEE T ROBOT
ISSN: 1552-3098
Issues/Year: 6
Publisher: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
International Journal of Robotics Research
ISO Abbrev. Title: Int. J. Robot. Res.
JCR Abbrev. Title: INT J ROBOT RES
ISSN: 0278-3649
Issues/Year: 6
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Editorial Board: http://www.ijrr.org/board.html
It is the policy of the Journal to encourage the application of theoretical advances to real problems and data. Results should represent a significant rather than incremental advance, and should be verified appropriately according to the topic. Experimental results are strongly encouraged. There should be an up to date literature review, and meaningful comparisons with previous work to demonstrate any proposed advance.
We encourage the submission of a multimedia appendix with each paper. This on-line appendix is an adjunct to the print version of the paper, and may contain video, images, data, and programs.
Submissions must represent original work, whose copyright is not already owned elsewhere; please check the publisher's Copyright Agreement for papers. Publication of conference papers which have been substantially rewritten and augmented to be suitable for journal publication is encouraged. In case of significant duplication of the conference paper, it is the authors' responsibility to ask for permission to republish from the copyright holder. In case of multimedia submissions, please check the Transfer of Copyright for Multimedia Submissions.
Magazines
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
JCR Abbrev. Title: IEEE ROBOT AUTOM MAG
ISSN: 1070-9932
Issues/Year: 4
Publisher: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Robotics & Automation Magazine is the main dissemination means to all members of the society and beside having scientific goals, it is also used for general information related to the society and education.
Tutorial articles are solicited in different fields and to attract young readers some short practically oriented features are reported. The scientific papers should contain some practical applicability in order to be published in the magazine, but this does not exclude applicable fundamental contributions. The topics span from automation to robotics and cover among others: robotic manipulation, planning, design and realization, control and software aspects of robotic control, haptics and telemanipulation, robotics technologies, grasping, vision, sensor technologies, localization, wheel and legs locomotion, nano- and micro- systems, cooperative robotics, underwater vehicles, UAVs, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, construction, security, manufacturing, maintenance, supply chains, home automation, laboratory automation and service, food handling and processing, system modeling, analysis, performance Evaluation, production planning, scheduling and coordination.
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