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Call for Papers

Special Issue on Replicable and Measurable Robotics Research

Deadline for Paper Submission:10 November 2014 - EXTENDED TO 10 December 2014

Publication Schedule:September 2015

There are a number of issues in robotics, related to performance measurement, methods for the objective

comparison of different algorithms and systems, the possibility itself to replicate published results.

We are now at a point where it is possible to give concrete d irections for experiment planning, execution, and

reporting, allowing objective performance comparisons and potentially affecting the content of obtained results, not

only their 'productionprocess'. The key point to allow replication and comparison of results is having adequate data

support: all the data necessary to repeat a given experiment. This will be the very first well-structured example of a

publication in robotics,whichwill list a series of replicable and objectively measurable results.

Contributed papers reporting about experiments, benchmarking methods, challenges and competitions are

solicited. They need to include results on real robots and be described in such a way to allow their replication. In

particular challenges and competitions might be needed to compare intelligent or system level behaviors and

capabilities. We seek papers on challenges and competitions describing real world events with real robots and

designed as robotics replicable experiments.

Scope, Description and Information

Contributions from ANY area of Robotics and Automation are sought, under the condition that they are replicable.

The topics include but are not limited to:

Experiments in Robotics; Benchmarking methods;

Challenges and Competitions;

Examples of Good Practice;

Evaluation of Experimental Robotics Work;

Relationship between benchmarking and replication of experiments with robots;

Comparison of experimental methodology in neurosciences/ neurophysiology and in Robotics;

Comparison of experimental methodology in neurosciences/ neurophysiology, in AI and Robotics;

Comparison of experimental methodology in Biology and in Robotics; Success metrics in Robotics;

Well grounded experimental methods to compare artificial and natural systems, and their interaction

Any application area of Robotics and Automation can be considered, such as: Aerial Robotics, Rehabilitation and

Assistive Robotics, Medical Robotics, Industrial robotics, Prosthetics and Exoskeletons, Wearable Robotics, Marine

Robotics, and more.

RAM allows the attachment of extended materials (e.g. datasets, software tools, experimental protocols, code and or

hardware identifiers, open source software, open source hardware designs, etc.), accompanying the submission of apaper. Instructions on the preparation of this material can be found on www.ieeeras. org/ram/for_authors. Extended

materials will appear side-by-side to the accepted paper in the electronic version of the Special Issue within IEEE

Xplore.

Timeline:

Call for papers June 2014

Submission deadline: 10 November 2014 - EXTENDED TO 10 December 2014

First Review: 6 February 2015

Final Review: 20 May 2015

Publication: September 2015

Guest Editors:

Fabio Bonsignorio,Institute of Biorobotics, Scuola Superiore S. Anna. Pisa, Italy and CEO and founder of Heron

Robots. (Corresponding guest editor)

John Hallam,Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Angel P. del Pobil,Robotic Intelligence Laboratory, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain.

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If you have an idea for a special issue please submit a proposal with the following details to [email protected]

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Each Special Issue proposal (2-3 pages max) should typically include:A. A summary explaining the scope, maturity,

and significance of the proposed theme in general, and also with specific reference to the IEEE Robotics &

Automation Magazine (RAM) scope (i.e. why do you expect the Special Issue will attract papers that fit well into RAM).

This proposal may include a summary of what authors may reasonably be expected to submit papers, pointers at

other publications or conferences that might constitute evidence of maturity, a list of people who might be invited

to submit papers, and other similar material. The primary intent of this summary should be to provide the editorial

team with a clear rationale for choosing this topic. One important aspect is to demonstrate that no other journals in

the robotics and automation field are already running special issues on same or very similar topic. Authors of

proposals should be cautioned against actually pre-inviting papers. B. A proposed call for papers (1 page) including

the topic, a short rationale for the topic, and a proposed timeline (submission date for papers and the issue date) -

dates, of course, may get modified before the call is published). The call for papers shall adequately take into

account the RAM scope and the type of papers that are typically published on the magazine (real world robotics,

deployment to application of basic findings, etc.) C. (Optional) Suggestions for who might edit the special issue. If the

proposed Guest Editor(s) is an author of the proposal, a short bio-sketch should be included with the proposal,

together with a listing of who else might be an appropriate choice. In any case, a short (1-2 sentence) explanation of

why each candidate would be a good choice should be included.

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