8 October 2009

Call for papers: Design and Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles

A special issue of International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems

Focused on autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) systems, this special issue aims to present a unique source with a theme of autonomy research associated with military commissions, homeland security and scientific explorations. The objective of the special issue is to promote emerging technologies, up-to-date achievements and pioneer techniques in the sector of design and control of intelligent robotic platforms with superior mobility and functionality.

Topics of interest including but not confined to the following technical areas:
  • Autonomous operating systems for mobile robotic platforms
  • Sensor-based situation awareness and dynamic route planning algorithms
  • Modelling and control of UGV systems in virtual environment
  • Environmental impacts on the performance of UGV systems
  • Modelling and simulation of UGV-terrain interactions
  • Mobility and survivability of UGV over certain/uncertain terrains
  • Dynamic analysis and performance evaluation of UGV systems
  • Steering control and stability analysis of UGV systems
  • UGV subsystems, including powertrain, chassis, mechatronics, etc.
  • Dynamic communication/interaction between UGV subsystems
  • UGV system state estimation and configuration optimization
  • Tools/methodologies for integrating, testing and prototyping UGV systems
Important Dates
Submission of full paper before: 15 February, 2010
Completion of first review (Notification of Acceptance): 15 June, 2010
Submission of revised paper: 15 August, 2010
Completion of final review: 15 September, 2010
Final paper due: 15 October, 2010

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