Advances in Aerial, Space, and Underwater Robotics

Dear Colleagues,

Aerial, space, and underwater robotics are increasingly important research areas, due to the increasing need to use autonomous or teleoperated robots in hostile or extreme environments and in operative scenarios in which human intervention is unsafe.

These research areas have similar challenges in that one or more robot manipulators (or end effectors) are mounted on a mobile base and, therefore, the design, kinematics, dynamics, and control of these systems must take into account the dynamic interaction between the base and the manipulator(s). Typical applications of these systems are inspection and maintenance, search and rescue, and structure assembly.

This Special Issue aims to disseminate the latest research achievements in aerial, space, and underwater robotics, with particular emphasis on the design, kinematics, dynamics, vibrations, and control (autonomous or via human–robot interfaces) of these systems.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Design of aerial, space, and underwater robots;
• Kinematics, dynamics, identification, and control of robots;
• Redundancy, kinematic control, and optimization;
• Underactuated robots;
• Motion planning;
• Vibration control;
• Grasping and manipulation;
• Human–robot interfaces, including teleoperation, VR/AR, and haptic systems;
• Variable autonomy, shared control, and mixed-initiative systems;
• Vision, sensing, perception, navigation, and object tracking;
• Cooperative and networked robots;
• Collaborative robots and human–robot interaction.

We look forward to receiving your submissions for this Special Issue.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Silvio Cocuzza
Prof. Alberto Doria
Prof. Benedetto Allotta
Guest Editors

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