The goal of Autonomous Robots is to report on the theory and applications of the computational aspects of robotic systems capable of some degree of self-sufficiency. Thus, the journal is aimed at the advances in robotics toward adaptation, autonomy, interaction, intelligence, manipulation, and mobility in an unstructured world. 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 sensor data and actuation may result from advanced sensor data interpretation or it may involve complex decision making, goal interpretation and other aspects of reasoning. Most autonomous systems substantially change the environment they perceive, whether it be through navigation, manipulation or a combination of both.

Publication preference will be given to papers which include performance data on physical robots in the real world. In order to be considered for publication, papers which include only mathematical or simulation results must describe in sufficient detail a path for the transition from theory or simulation to the real world.

Papers published in these pages will report on original research in such areas as:

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

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Gaurav S. Sukhatme,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
FOUNDING EDITOR
George A. Bekey, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

ASSOCIATE EDITORS 

Nora Ayanian, University of Southern California, USA
Geoff Hollinger, Oregon State University, USA
Amanda Prorok, University of Cambridge, UK
Shaojie Shen, HKUST, Hong Kong
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Oliver Brock, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Wolfram Burgard, University of Freiburg, Germany
Robert Fitch, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Dario Floreano, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Brian Gerkey, Willow Garage, USA
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University, Japan
Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Yoky Matsuoka, University of Washington, USA
Larry Matthies, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Daniela Rus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Richard Vaughan, Simon Fraser University, Canada
ADVISORY BOARD:
James S. Albus, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Michael A. Arbib, University of Southern California, USA
Ronald C. Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
Randall Beer, Indiana University, USA
Rodney Brooks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Hugh Durrant-Whyte, University of Sydney, Australia
Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy
Dario Floreano, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Masahiro Fujita, Sony Corporation, Japan
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan
Shigeo Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Gerd Hirzinger, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany
Jessica Hodgins, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Takeo Kanade, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA
Hiroaki Kitano, Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project, Japan
Alois Knoll, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Kurt Konolige, Stanford Research Institute, USA
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Tohoku University, Japan
Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jean-Claude Latombe, Stanford University, USA
Sukhan Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Larry Matthies, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Daniela Rus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Atsuo Takanishi, Waseda University, Japan
Charles Thorpe, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Junku Yuh, Korea Aerospace University, Korea
Shin-ichi Yuta, Tsukuba University, Japan

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MEDIA EDITOR: Sabine Hauert, University of Bristol, United Kingdom