Robotics MDPI

📈Robotics' Impact Factor increased to 3️⃣.6️⃣| 5-Year IF rises to 4️⃣.0️⃣ A big thanks to all the editors, reviewers, authors, and readers!🎉

#EnjoyYourReading 📖 DUnE: A Versatile Dynamic Unstructured Environment for Off-Road Navigation 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/4/35 ✍ By Jack M. Vice and Gita Sukthankar 🏘️ From University of Central Florida #Robotics #offroadnavigation

#NewPaperOnline 📖 Design of a Compliant Six-Wheeled Robot for In-Pipe Inspection with Geometry Constraints 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/11/210 ✍ By Daniel R. McArthur, Derya Z. Tansel, Clint Hobart, Josh Ortiz and Stephen P. Buerger #Robotics #Fieldrobots

#EnjoyYourReading 📖 Effects of Haptic Feedback on Precision Peg Insertion Tasks Under Different Visual and Communication Latency Conditions 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/3/34 ✍ By Tomonari Tanioka, Hikaru Nagano, Yuichi Tazaki and Yasuyoshi Yokokohji #Robotics #teleoperation

#NewPaperOnline 📖 Perception–Affordance–Action: The Case of Agricultural Robots and Vehicles 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/10/198 ✍ By Juvenal Duval Ngakeu, Deborah Nsamba, Alben Cardenas and Amin Ghobadpour 🏘️ From University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres #Robotics #perception

#EnjoyYourReading 📖 The Art of Replication: Lifelike Avatars with Personalized Conversational Style 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/3/33 ✍ By Michele Nasser, Giuseppe Fulvio Gaglio, Valeria Seidita and Antonio Chella #Robotics #largelanguagemodels

#NewPaperOnline 📖 A Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Acoustic Monitoring of Low-Noise Sources in Shallow Water 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/11/221 ✍ By Aleksei A. Boreiko, Vladimir V. Kostenko, Yuriy V. Matvienko, Yuriy A. Khvorostov, Matthias Ehrhardt, etc. #Robotics #AUV

#MDPIBooks 📖AI for Robotic Exoskeletons and Prostheses 👉doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7… ✨Edited by Claudio Loconsole

#NewPaperOnline 📖 Design Optimization of Dexterous and Energy-Efficient Robotic Manipulators for Vineyard Spraying 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/10/202 ✍ By Fabian Andres Lara-Molina and Avital Bechar #Robotics #designoptimization

#EnjoyYourReading 📖 Enhanced Hybrid Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm for Three-Dimensional Path Planning Applied to Robotic Systems 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/3/32 ✍ By Ilias Chouridis, Gabriel Mansour, Vasileios Papageorgioum, Michel Theodor Mansour, etc. #Robotics #pathplanning

📢Welcome Prof. Guangya Zhou (National University of Singapore) as the steering committee of #AIS2027! 📅29 July – 3 August 2027 | Kunming, Yunnan, China 🔬Optical MEMS | Micro-optics | Nanophotonics 📚150+ publications 🌐 sciforum.net/event/AIS2027

⏰ Reminder: The deadline to apply for Early Career Editorial Board Members in Robotics is approaching! 🤖✨ 👉 mdpi.com/about/announcements… Application deadline: 3️⃣1️⃣ December 2026

#EnjoyYourReading 📖 Effects of Independent Links of the Lower Leg on the Ankle Joint in Walking Assistance 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/2/20 ✍ By Takamaru Saito, Ming Jiang, Marco Ceccarelli and Yukio Takeda #Robotics #biomechanics

🔓The 7️⃣th issue in 2025 of @RoboticsMDPI has been released, in which 23 manuscripts were published. 👉Read more at: mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/7 📰Cover Story: Gynecological Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots: Design and Experimentation, by Clara G. Kierbel and Matteo Russo.

#NewPaperOnline 📖 A Lightweight Vision-Guided Framework for Multi-Object Robotic Grasping and Polynomial Spatial Mapping 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/10/199 ✍ By Siyi Wan and Mohammad El-Yabroudi 🏘️ From Lawrence Technological University #Robotics #monocularvision

#CallforPaper 🔓 “Adaptive Agricultural Robots for Uneven Terrain: Navigation, Monitoring and Harvesting ” in @RoboticsMDPI , edited by Dr. Jose Luis Ordoñez-Avila . 🕒 Deadline: 3️⃣1️⃣ March 2027 👉 Welcome your submission: mdpi.com/journal/robotics/sp…

📢 Welcome Prof. Chwee Teck Lim (National University of Singapore) as Steering Committee Member of #AIS2027! 📅 29 July – 3 August 2027 | Kunming, China 📚 His work covers mechanobiology, disease diagnostics and soft wearable sensors. 🌐 sciforum.net/event/AIS2027

#NewPaperOnline 📖 Lending a Hand: Design of a Modular Wearable Robotic Arm with a Foot Control System 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/15/10/182 ✍ By Peter L. Bishay, Katsuki Yasuda, Yaroslav Tretiak, Sergio D. Rivas, Justin Brown, Hao Phan, etc. #Robotics #supernumeraryroboticarm

🚀 Congrats! MDPI Robotics has been indexed by EI Compendex! 🎉 A big thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, and Editorial Board Members for your continued dedication. 🔍 Looking to share your latest work in Robotics: mdpi.com/journal/robotics

#EnjoyYourReading 📖 Experimental Validation of Passive Monopedal Hopping Mechanism 👉 mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/2/18 ✍ By Jun-ya Nagase, Takuya Kawase and Syunya Ueno 🏘️ From Seta Campus of Ryukoku University #Robotics #passivedynamichopping