Aim & Scope

Aim

Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Technologies provides a peer-reviewed venue for robotics and autonomous technologies. The journal is intended for robotics researchers, control engineers, automation specialists, and applied autonomy teams. Its editorial goal is to publish articles that make the research question, method, evidence, and limitations visible enough for readers to evaluate and reuse.

Core Scope

The journal considers manuscripts in the following areas:

  • Original studies in autonomous robots with transparent assumptions and evaluable evidence.
  • Research on sensing and control that explains methods, data, and interpretation limits.
  • Applied work involving human-robot interaction where practical relevance is supported by analysis rather than assertion.
  • Interdisciplinary work connecting field robotics to adjacent scientific, engineering, health, environmental, social, or policy questions.

Article Types Considered

The journal may consider experimental robotics papers, control studies, hardware-software reports, field trials, short communications, and reviews. Article type should be selected according to the main contribution, not according to desired length or perceived prestige.

Method and Evidence Expectations

For this field, manuscripts should pay particular attention to:

  • robot platform description
  • sensor and actuator setup
  • control or planning method
  • experimental environment
  • safety and repeatability

Out of Scope

The journal does not consider manuscripts that are purely promotional, lack a research question, duplicate previously published work, make unsupported clinical or policy claims, present unverifiable results, or fall outside robotics and autonomous technologies. Manuscripts that are technically sound but do not fit the journal's subject identity may be returned before peer review.

Editorial Standard

The journal does not require spectacular novelty. It requires a clear contribution, appropriate citations, transparent methods, relevant ethical approvals where needed, and a limitations section. Reviewers and editors should ask whether the work is trustworthy and useful for its intended readership.