AURO Special Issue on "Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems"

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Call For Papers: Autonomous Robots

Special Issue on "Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems"

Initial Deadline for Paper Submission: *March 15, 2018*

Full Call at

http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1630679/application/pdf/CFP+AUR...

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Dear colleagues,

you are invited to submit a contribution to the Special Issue on "Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems" to be published on Autonomous Robots

http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1630679/application/pdf/CFP+AUR...

*SCOPE*

In the same way that computers have revolutionized the way we deal with information, robotics will enable a similar revolution in the way we operate in the real world. Future robots will form a backbone of pervasive, efficient networks of taskable agents; but, crucially, these will be systems of communicating, cooperative devices. Already multiple robot and multiple agent systems (MRS/MAS) have shown their worth in fairly structured and semi-structured domains such as logistics, cargo management, and agriculture. And far more is on the immediate horizon: vehicular networks for transportation, security and surveillance, food supply, environmental monitoring and ecological impact assessment, services for manufacturing and assistance in rescue settings.

*TOPICS*

The SI topics include (but are not limited to)
- Physical Interaction in/with MRS/MAS
- Cooperative/Collective Learning in MRS/MAS
- AI of Large Scale Systems
- Applications of MRS
- Technological and Methodological Issues
- MRS for Cooperative Manipulation
- Micro/Nano Scale MRS
- Communication in MRS/MAS
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking in MRS/MAS
- Human-robot and Human-agent interaction
- Game theoretic approaches for MAS/MRS
- Teamwork, team formation, teamwork analysis for robots

*INFO*
Extended versions of MRS papers are expected to have substantial new material w.r.t. their conference versions.
We expect this to be approximately 30% of the final journal article. Possible extensions may include: more detailed description of the methods and derivations; more analysis of the existing experiments; application of the approach to a new problem or domain; extended discussion and future work; and additional experiments or demonstrations of the method.

All submitted papers will be reviewed following the standard reviewing procedures for the journal.
Please note that only a selection of all accepted papers will be included in the special issue. The remaining accepted papers will be published as "normal" papers in Autonomous Robots.

*GUEST EDITORS*
- Dr. Nora Ayanian, University of Southern California, USA
- Dr. Paolo Robuffo Giordano, CNRS, France
- Dr. Robert Fitch, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Antonio Franchi, CNRS, France
- Dr. Lorenzo Sabattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

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Special Issue on "Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems" to be published on Autonomous Robots
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Thursday, 15 March, 2018