Advanced Robotics (AR) is the international journal of the Robotics Society of Japan and has a history of more than thirty three years. It is an interdisciplinary journal which integrates publication of all aspects of research on robotics science and technology. Advanced Robotics publishes original research papers and survey papers from all over the world. Issues contain papers on analysis, theory, design, development, implementation and use of robots and robot technology. The journal covers both fundamental robotics and robotics related to applied fields such as service robotics, field robotics, medical robotics, rescue robotics, space robotics, underwater robotics, agriculture robotics, industrial robotics, and robots in emerging fields. It also covers aspects of social and managerial analysis and policy regarding robots.

Advanced Robotics (AR) is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

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All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

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Editor in Chief 
Koh Hosoda   Osaka University, Osaka, Japan 

Editors 
Marcelo H. Ang, Jr.   National University of Singapore, Singapore 
Hirohiko Arai   AIST, Japan 
Martin Buss    Technical University of Munich, Germany 
Wan Kyun Chung    POSTECH, Korea 
Li Chen Fu    National Taiwan University, Taiwan 
Kyujin Cho    Seoul National University, Korea 
Qiang Huang    Beijing Institute of Technology, China 
Takashi Kubota    JAXA, Japan 
Dong Soo Kwon    KAIST, Korea 
Cecilia Laschi    Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy 
Yunhui Liu    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Shugen Ma    Ritsumeikan University, Japan 
Max Q.-H. Meng    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Ichiro Sakuma    The University of Tokyo, Japan 
Jing Xiao    Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA 

Advisory Board 
Minoru Asada    Osaka University, Japan 
Raja Chatila    Sorbonne Université, France 
Henrik Christensen    UC San Diego, USA 
Paolo Dario    Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy 
Ruediger Dillman    University of Karlsruhe, Germany 
Toshio Fukuda    Meijo University, Japan 
Yasuhisa Hirata    Tohoku University, Japan 
Tetsunari Inamura    National Institute of Informatics, Japan 
Takeo Kanade    Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
Oussama Khatib    Stanford University, USA 
Hisato Kobayashi    Hosei University, Japan 
Tadashi Komatsu    Kanto Gakuin University, Japan 
Kazuhiro Kosuge    Tohoku University, Japan 
Ren Luo    National Taiwan University, Taiwan 
Fumitoshi Matsuno    Kyoto University, Japan 
Hiroki Murakami    IHI Corporation, Japan 
Sang Rok Oh    KIST, South Korea 
Yoshiyuki Sankai    University of Tsukuba, Japan 
Roland Siegwart    ETH, Switzerland 
Shigeki Sugano    Waseda University, Japan 
Takahiro Suzuki    The University of Tokyo, Japan 
Satoshi Tadokoro    Tohoku University, Japan 
Junichi Takeno    Meiji University, Japan 
Tzyh Jong Tarn    Washington University, USA 
Takashi Yoshimi    Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan 
HongBin Zha    Peking University, China 

Committee Chair 
Masayoshi Wada    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan 

Committee of RSJ International Journal 
Fumihito Arai    Nagoya University, Japan 
Kensuke Harada    Osaka University, Japan 
Koh Hosoda    Osaka University, Japan 
Shinkichi Inagaki    Nagoya University, Japan 
Yuichi Kobayashi    Shizuoka University, Japan 
Takashi Kubota    JAXA, Japan 
Daisuke Kurabayashi    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 
Hiromi Mochiyama    University of Tsukuba, Japan 
Kazunori Ohno    Tohoku University, Japan 
Tetsuya Ogata    Waseda University, Japan 
Wataru Takano    Osaka University, Japan 
Naomichi Takesue    Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan 
Kanji Tanaka    University of Fukui, Japan 
Takayuki Tanaka    Hokkaido University, Japan 
Kazuyoshi Wada    Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan 

Editorial and Review Board 
Jumpei Arata    Kyushu University, Japan 
Anh Van Ho    Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan 
Tomotaka Ito    Shizuoka University, Japan 
Shingo Kagami    Tohoku University, Japan 
Atsushi Kakogawa    Ritsumeikan University, Japan 
Seiichiro Katsura    Keio University, Japan 
Chon Hae Kim    Iwate University, Japan 
Atsushi Konno    Hokkaido University, Japan 
Yoshihiko Koseki    AIST, Japan 
Kolja Kühnlenz    Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany 
Yuichi Kurita    Hiroshima University, Japan 
Yasushi Mae    Kansai University, Japan 
Tasuku Miyoshi    Iwate University, Japan 
Shuro Nakajima    Wakayama University, Japan 
Kenichi Ohara    Meijo University, Japan 
Juan Rojas    Guandong University of Technology, China 
Yusuke Sugahara    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 
Komei Sugiura    NICT, Japan 
Toshinobu Takei    Hirosaki University, Japan 
Masayuki Tanaka    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 
Yoshihiro Tanaka    Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan 
Tadahiro Taniguchi    Ritsumeikan University, Japan 
Toshiaki Tsuji    Saitama University, Japan 
Ryuichi Ueda    Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan 
Tetsuyo Watanabe    Kanazawa University, Japan 
Ko Yamamoto    The Univeristy of Tokyo, Japan 
Kimitoshi Yamazaki    Shinshu University, Japan