Submissions

Before Submission

Authors should submit manuscripts that fit the journal scope and are not under consideration by another journal. The title page should include all author names and affiliations, corresponding author contact details, funding information, competing interests, data availability, ethics approval details where relevant, and author contributions.

Article Types and Length

Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Technologies may consider experimental robotics papers, control studies, hardware-software reports, field trials, short communications, and reviews. The journal does not set a rigid launch-stage word limit, but authors should match article length to evidence. Short reports must still contain enough method detail for evaluation; reviews must state their search or selection logic.

Manuscript Structure

Research articles should normally include:

  • title, abstract, keywords, and a concise statement of the research gap
  • methods or study design with enough detail for assessment
  • results presented without selective reporting
  • discussion that separates evidence from interpretation
  • limitations, data availability, author contributions, competing interests, funding, and references

For this journal, authors should additionally address robot platform description, sensor and actuator setup, and control or planning method. Manuscripts that use specialised reporting standards should include the relevant checklist as supplementary material.

Required Statements

Each submission should include:

  • hardware details
  • software availability
  • safety statement
  • human-subject approval where applicable
  • conflicts of interest

Data, Code, Materials, and Supplementary Files

Authors should provide robot specifications, code, telemetry, videos, calibration details, and test-environment descriptions when release is feasible. Suitable supplementary material may include videos, telemetry logs, controller code, CAD files, calibration data, and safety checklists. Files should be named clearly, cited from the manuscript, and versioned where possible.

Formatting and References

The launch office may accept Word, LaTeX, or OJS-compatible source files. Numbered references are preferred for engineering manuscripts; accepted papers should cite software, hardware, and datasets. Figures should be readable at single-column width, tables should be editable where possible, and abbreviations should be defined at first use.

Research Integrity and AI Use

Authors must identify prior dissemination, preprints, related submissions, reused figures, and any third-party material. Use of generative AI tools must be disclosed when they materially assisted drafting, coding, image generation, translation, data extraction, or analysis. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.

Editorial Screening

Submissions may be returned before review if they are outside scope, lack required statements, contain excessive overlap, use unverifiable data, or do not meet minimal scholarly standards for robotics and autonomous technologies. In particular, desk rejection may apply to simulation-only claims presented as deployment evidence, missing hardware details, or unsafe human-interaction studies.