Collaborative Mechatronics Systems
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Robots and Mechatronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 8054
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical design; dynamic system and control; MEMS; robotics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mechatronics systems are multi-disciplinary systems, and their operation principles involve interactions of different principles in different scientific domains, typically electric and mechanical domains (1). To mechatronic systems that operate together with humans, human factors become extremely important in terms of the ultimate task performance and the safety of human operators. Mechatronic systems in this context are called collaborative mechatronic systems. The key issues with collaborative mechatronic systems are communication and cooperation with human operators (2). More specifically, they are about how a mechatronic system knows a human operator’s physical and mind state and how a mechatronic system operates with a human operator to accomplish their common goal while guaranteeing a high degree of safety and health to the human operator.
This Special Issue calls for papers that address the aforementioned issues as well as related issues, e.g., how a mechatronic system knows about an accident crash with humans, how a mechatronic system makes an optimal plan to change its cooperative behaviour (3), etc. It is noted that the scope is not restricted to one human operator and one mechatronic system only but a group of them, perhaps in the physical-cybernetic setting.
Prof. Dr. Wenjun (Chris) Zhang
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yingzi Lin
Guest Editor
References
- Zhang, W. Double Meaning. Letters to Editor. ASME Mechanical Engineering 2009, 131, 8.
- Lin, Y. Toward Intelligent Human Machine Interactions. ASME Mechanical Engineering 2017, 139, doi:10.1115/1.2017-Jun-4.
- Zhang, T.; Zhang, W.J.; Gupta, M.M. An Under-actuated Self-Reconfigurable Robot and the Reconfiguration Evolution. Mechanism and Machine Theory 2018, 124, 248-258.
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Robotics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.
