Intelligent Perception, Planning and Control Technology for Autonomous Unmanned Systems

Dear Colleagues,

With the breakthrough development of automation and artificial intelligence technology, the application value of unmanned systems in manufacturing, agriculture, security, and medical care has become increasingly prominent. Mission planning, perception, and control are key technologies that improve autonomous decision-making and the intelligent operation of unmanned systems. On the one hand, while a series of developments have been made in the control and decision-making technologies of typical unmanned systems such as unmanned vehicles and unmanned aircraft, new theoretical and technological innovations are urgently needed for the reliable control and decision-making of extremely complex industrial systems represented by robots and power systems. On the other hand, the cluster intelligence of multi-modal heterogeneous unmanned systems, autonomous decision-making, and collaboration in wide-area complex and variable task scenarios pose new challenges.

By integrating both conference proceedings and external submissions, this Special Issue will enrich the existing dialogue within the technology community. It will expand on the discussions initiated at the 44th Chinese Control Conference (CCC 2025), providing a broader, more comprehensive view that bridges current research with emerging trends.

This invited paper invites original papers including innovative ideas, concepts, discoveries, improvements, and applications related to “Intelligent perception, planning, and control technology for autonomous unmanned systems”. We hope researchers in relevant fields take advantage of this opportunity to report the recent results to the scientific community. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:

• Intelligent control and trajectory planning of robots;
• Structural design, modeling, and high dynamic control of soft robots;
• Cooperative perception and mapping of heterogeneous unmanned systems;
• Dynamics and intelligent control of space unmanned systems;
• Multi-task decision-making and game confrontation for unmanned systems in wide-area environments;
• High-precision control of robot joint motors;
• Multi-motor coordination and control;
• Power system scheduling and energy management;
• Optimization and control of smart grids.

Dr. Zhuang Liu
Dr. Xinpo Lin
Prof. Dr. Yue Zhao
Dr. Yabin Gao
Prof. Dr. Jianxing Liu
Guest Editors

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• unmanned systems
• industrial systems
• task planning
• intelligent perception
• advanced control