Special issue title: Modeling and Control of Innovative robots

Aims & Scope:

There is an extensive research on robotics being conducted in the Alpe-Andria-Danube Region. This special issue comprises selected papers showcasing recent developments and the breath of this research in the broad area of robotics and adjacent fields.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Novel design and applications of robotic systems, Advanced robot control
  Underwater and space robots.

·         Dexterous grasping, handling and intelligent manipulation

·         Intelligent cooperating and service robots, Intelligent information technologies for cognitive robots

·         Human-robot interfaces

·         Robot vision systems and visual servoing techniques

·         Mobile robots, Aerial, underwater and spatial robots

·         Humanoid and walking robots

·         Bio-inspired and swarm robotic systems

·         Personal robots for ambient assisted living, Medical robots and bionic prostheses

·         Education in robotics

·         History of automation and robotics

·         Cognitive robots and Emotional Intelligence, Ethical, legal and social issues of robotic

Keywords:

·        Applied Robotic Systems

·        Kinematics

·        Medical/welfare devices

·        Design methodology

Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2022

Guest editors information: 

Professor Andreas Müller

Institute of Robotics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Bio: Andreas Müller is head of the institute of robotics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, since 2014. Before he had appointments as associate professor at the Michigan University Shanghai Jiatong University Joint institute, as deputy CEO of the Institute of Mechatronics e.V. Chemnitz, Germany. His current research interests include holistic modeling, model-based and optimal control of mechatronic systems, redundant robotic systems, parallel kinematic machines, biomechanics, and computational

Dr Mathias Brandstötter

ROBOTICS – Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics,  JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft m.bH., Austria

Bio: Mathias Brandstötter has been Deputy Director at ROBOTICS, the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft, since 2015. His scientific education and professional career have been predominantly dedicated to robotics. He provides his experience, among others, as a project manager and as a research coordinator at ROBOTICS. The focus of his scientific work is on collaborative robot systems, sensitive mobile manipulation, robot kinematics and robot safety.

Professor Alessandro Gasparetto

Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Udine, Italy

Professor Lotfi Romdhane

American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates