The Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (JINT) publishes original, peer-reviewed, invited, survey and review papers. These papers promote and disseminate scientific knowledge and information in the fields of system of systems, generalized system theory, distributed intelligent systems, bioengineering, robotics and automation, human-robot interaction, human-machine interfaces and interaction, robot ethics, social and service robotics, medical robotics, mechatronics, unmanned systems, multi-robot teams and networked swarms, machine intelligence, learning, system autonomy and autonomous systems, design for autonomy, cyber physical systems, and other related areas in which cutting edge technologies have been developed and applied to model, design, build and test complex engineering and autonomous systems.

Every JINT issue includes a dedicated section devoted to Unmanned Systems with the aim to be at the forefront of reporting scientific breakthroughs in this highly expanding and challenging area. JINT offers a unique forum and advantage, second to none, because it encourages original contributions referring and related to: unmanned aviation airworthiness; unmanned aviation policies, procedures, and regulations; certification issues; operational constraints; UAS safety, security, and risk analysis assessment; UAS reliability; operational frequency management; legal, ethical and privacy issues, and technology standardization.

JINT lays the foundation for a common framework for publication of ideas, derivation and testing of techniques that combine theory, science, engineering, and mathematics, leading to future innovations and novel technologies. The journal aims at bridging the gap between theory and practice, and intends to stimulate interaction between faculty, researchers, engineers and practitioners from academia, industry and government focusing on theoretical and applied research in all areas of intelligent systems and robotics.

Founding Editor:
Spyros Tzafestas†, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Editor-in-Chief:
Kimon P. Valavanis, University of Denver, USA
Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief:
Dina Fragkedaki, University of Denver, USA
Board of Governors
Beno Benhabib, University of Toronto, Canada
Peter Corke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia 
Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA 
Bruno Siciliano, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Region Representatives
Anibal Ollero, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (Europe) 
Youmin Zhang, Concordia University, USA (N. America) 
Mário Sarcinelli Filho, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil (S. America) 
Abdellah Benzaouia, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakesh, Morocco (Africa) 
Hai-Long Pei, South China University of Technology, P.R. China (Asia/Oceania)
Executive Board Members
Abdelouhab Aitouche, French School of Higher Studies in Engineering, France 
Mario F. Montenegro Campos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 
MaryAnne Fields, Army Research Laboratory, USA
Vassilis Kouikoglou, Technical University of Crete, Greece 
Giovanni Muscato, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy 
Yannis Phillis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Fulvia Quagliotti, Politecnico di Torino, fulvia.quagliotti@formerfaculty.polito.it 
Ahmad Rad, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dominique Sauter, Nancy-Université, France 
Didier Theilliol, University of Lorraine, France
Antonios Tsourdos, Cranfield University 
Nikos Tsourveloudis, Technical University of Crete 
Alfredo Weitzenfeld, University of South Florida 
Primo Zingaretti, Università Politecnica delle Marche 
Senior Editors-at-Large
Lounis Adouane, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Institut Pascal, France 
Stjepan Bogdan, University of Zagreb, Croatia 
David Casbeer, AFRL, WPAFB, USA
Fumiya Iida, University of Cambridge, UK
Gianluca Ippoliti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy 
Zhijun Li, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Rogelio Lozano, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France 
Alan Lynch, University of Alberta, Canada
Mohammad Mahoor, University of Denver, USA
Maja Matijasevic, University of Zagreb, maja.matijasevic@fer.hr 
Dejan Milutinovic, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA 
Amir Shapiro, Ben Gurion University, Israel 
Margareta Stefanovic, University of Denver, USA 
Kostas Tzafestas, NTU Athens, Greece 

Editors
Hugo Rodriguez Cortes, CINVESTAV, Mexico 
Rongxin Cui, Northwestern Polytechnical University-China, P. R. China
Anthony Finn, D&SI, University of South Australia, Australia
Luiz Marcos Goncalves, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil
Tauseef Gulrez, University of New South Wales, Australia 
Wei He, University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, P. R. China 
Anna Konert, Lazarski University, Poland
Adriano Mancini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy 
Miguel Angel Olivares-Mendez, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 
Andrea Monteriù, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy 
George Nikolakopoulos, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden 
Horst Schulte, University of Applied Sciences, HTW Berlin, Germany 
Karl Stol, University of Auckland, k.stol@auckland.ac.nz