About this Research Topic
The field of mobile robotics has seen rapid advancements, finding applications across various domains such as domestic services, industrial operations, medical assistance, military applications, and human-robot interactions. Mobile robots are designed to operate in unknown environments by integrating locomotion, perception, cognition, localization, and navigation. These systems are pivotal in aerospace, scientific exploration, security, and disaster relief. Despite significant progress, challenges remain in optimizing mechanism design, structure, kinematic and dynamic modeling, motion planning, and control to enhance robot performance in complex environments. Current research has made strides in these areas, yet there is a pressing need for further investigation to address existing gaps and improve the robustness and efficiency of mobile robotic systems.
This Research Topic aims to explore the design and control of mobile robots, encompassing ground, underwater, flying, and swarm robots. The objective is to present the latest advances and challenges in mechanism design, structure optimization, kinematic and dynamic control, motion planning, and autonomous control. We seek to answer specific questions related to the enhancement of mobile robots' performance in diverse and challenging environments, testing hypotheses on the integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning in robotic control systems.
To gather further insights into the design and control of mobile robots, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Bio-inspired mobile robots, including ground, underwater, and flying robots
- Swarm mobile robots and the integration of mobile robots with the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Architecture of mobile robotic and intelligent systems
- Mechanism design and structure optimization of mobile robots
- Manufacture of mobile robotic systems using 3D printing and other low-cost sources
- Kinematic and dynamic modeling of mobile robots
- Dexterous manipulation of mobile manipulator systems
- Artificial intelligence and other methods for motion control and motion planning of autonomous unmanned robots
- Task planning, path planning, and trajectory generation of mobile robots
- Teleoperation, haptic feedback, and control of mobile robots with consideration of machine learning
- User-centric design of mobile robots for human–robot interaction, including user experience and the overall integration of mobile robots into human environments
This Research Topic aims to explore the design and control of mobile robots, encompassing ground, underwater, flying, and swarm robots. The objective is to present the latest advances and challenges in mechanism design, structure optimization, kinematic and dynamic control, motion planning, and autonomous control. We seek to answer specific questions related to the enhancement of mobile robots' performance in diverse and challenging environments, testing hypotheses on the integration of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning in robotic control systems.
To gather further insights into the design and control of mobile robots, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Bio-inspired mobile robots, including ground, underwater, and flying robots
- Swarm mobile robots and the integration of mobile robots with the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Architecture of mobile robotic and intelligent systems
- Mechanism design and structure optimization of mobile robots
- Manufacture of mobile robotic systems using 3D printing and other low-cost sources
- Kinematic and dynamic modeling of mobile robots
- Dexterous manipulation of mobile manipulator systems
- Artificial intelligence and other methods for motion control and motion planning of autonomous unmanned robots
- Task planning, path planning, and trajectory generation of mobile robots
- Teleoperation, haptic feedback, and control of mobile robots with consideration of machine learning
- User-centric design of mobile robots for human–robot interaction, including user experience and the overall integration of mobile robots into human environments
Keywords: mobile robotic systems, autonomous unmanned robots, mechanism design, structure optimization, kinematic and dynamic modeling, motion planning and control, human-robot interaction
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