Special issue on the International Symposium on Robotics Research, 2017

Abstract

Welcome to this special edition of the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), showcasing some of the most advanced and recent research in robotics. It features papers from the 2017 International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR), which was held in December 2017 in Puerto Varas, Chile. ISRR 2017 featured 53 full length papers, organized into ten sessions, and 16 “blue sky ideas” papers, organized into three sessions. The manuscripts in this special issue were carefully selected from those that received uniformly strong reviews. This issue includes 12 extended papers on the following topics:Blue sky ideas;Learning and perception;Planning;Human–robot interaction.The distribution of paper topics and themes provides a perspective on where energy is being devoted in the field. Planning had the greatest presence, with three sessions in the final ISRR 2017 program. This was followed by learning and perception, with two sessions focused on each.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0278364919877027