ISSN 1729-8806 Abbreviated key title: Int J Adv Robotic Sy Published by: I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria Start year: 2004 Actual issue:Volume 5, Number 2, June 2008 Abstracted & Indexed in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Compendex, Embase, Geobase, INSPEC, Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Scopus

Scope & Topics
Papers suitable for publication in the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems should provide up-to-date coverage of international activities that relate to the design (mechanical, control architectures, actorics, sensorics...), experimental results and application of:
Autonomous robotic vehicles (aerial, ground, underwater)
Weehled Mobile Robots
Reconfigurable Robots
Micro Robots
Multi-robot systems
Swarm and Cooperative Robotics
Soccer Robotics
Navigation
Perception
Localisation & Mapping
Path Planing
SLAM Algorithms
Robot cognition, adaptation and learning
Evolutionary robotics
GA and neural networks for mobile robots
Simulation and visualisation tools for mobile robots Publication Procedure

1. Instructions for Authors
To ensure rapid refereeing and publication, submit the Manuscript in MS Word and PDF formatted according to the Instructions for Authors.
Downlad Instructions for Authors in MS Word or PDF format.

2. Submit the Paper
Submissions must represent original work, whose copyright is not already owned elsewhere. Originality, creativity and cross-disciplinary approach or perspectives are strongly encouraged. Publication of conference papers which have been substantially rewritten and augmented Submissions must represent original work, whose copyright is not already owned elsewhere. Originality, creativity and cross-disciplinary approach or perspectives are strongly encouraged. Publication of conference papers which have been substantially rewritten and augmented to be suitable for journal publication are allowed. However it is the authors' responsibility to check for possible copyright conflict with the copyright holder.
Significant duplication of the conference paper and parallel submissions are not allowed. In such case INRA can withdraw the publishing right to author and all co-authors of the paper for a substantially long time.
The review process is done entirely electronically, so it is essential for you to provide an electronic file of your paper. Submission have to be done electronically. Use the Submission Form below.

Submission Form (for draft and final papers)

3. Review Process
All contributions are submitted to referees. Names of referees will be kept confidential, but their comments will be relayed at the discretion of the Editor. We aim to have your paper reviewed within 4 months of receipt of an electronic file.

4. Submission of final paper
Corresponding Author of accepted paper will get Notification of Acceptance, review notes, dadline for final paper submission and publishing schedule per e-mail. For final submission use Submission Form above or submit the final paper in MS Word and PDF format by replaying on Notification of Acceptance e-mail.

5. Publishing
Final papers delivered before the final submision deadline will be published as scheduled.