Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Simon Yang

Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems (ARIS) Lab, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

Research Interests:  robotics, intelligent systems, control systems, sensors and multi-sensor fusion, wireless sensor networks, bio-inspired intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, intelligent communications, intelligent transportation, computational neuroscience.

Advisory Editors

Tianyou Chai

State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.

Research Interests:  modeling, control, optimization and integrated automation of complex industrial processes.

Clarence W. de Silva

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Research Interests:  industrial process monitoring and automation, intelligent multi-robot cooperation, mechatronics, intelligent control, sensors, actuators, control system instrumentation.

Toshio Fukuda

Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.

Research Interests:  intelligent robotic systems, micro-nano robotics.

Licheng Jiao

The Key Laboratory of Intelligent Perception and Image Understanding of Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi'an, China.

Research Interests:  Artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, Image intelligent perception, natural computation, evolutionary optimization, deep learning, brain-like computing,Big data interpretation

Takeo Kanade

Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Research Interests:  computer vision, 3-D vision and recognition, facial recognition, multisensor data fusion, augmented reality, humanoids, sensing & perception, graphics & creative tools, imaging, human-centered robotics, human-robot interaction.

Deyi Li

College of Robotics, Beijing Union University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  artificial intelligence, deep learning, intelligent vehicles, cloud computing.

Section Chief Editors

Xiang Bai

Multimodal Perception and Computer Vision

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Research Interests:  computer vision, pattern recognition, deep learning.

Hani Hagras

AI Theory, algorithms, Applications

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.

Research Interests:  robotics and intelligent control, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), and data science.

Fakhri Karray

Human-computer Interaction, Language, and Collaboration

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Research Interests:  cognitive robotics, natural human-machine interaction, autonomous and intelligent systems, voice and media concept extraction.

Lei Lei

Embodied Intelligence and Embedded Systems

School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

Research Interests:  machine learning/deep reinforcement learning, internet of things/internet of vehicles, mobile edge computing, smart grid.

Chaomin Luo

Biological Intelligence and Bionic Robots

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA.

Research Interests:  intelligent systems and computational intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems, control systems and automation, embedded systems, VLSI electronic design automation.

Lei Shu

Intelligent Manufacturing and Agriculture

School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.

Research Interests:  wireless sensor networks, multimedia communication, middleware, fault diagnosis and security.

Hao Zhang

Robot Control and Navigation

Department of Control Science & Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  network-based control systems, multiagent systems, autonomous systems.

AI Theory, algorithms, Applications

Section Editors

Hongtian Chen

Department of Automation, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control, data-driven techniques, high-speed trains.

Muhammad Adnan Khan

Department of Software, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Software, Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea.

Research Interests:  Machine Learning, Image Processing & Medical Diagnosis, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

Section Members

Sagheer Abbas

College of Computer Engineering and Science, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests:  Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Explainable AI (XAI), and Federated Learning

Badong Chen

Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Research Interests:  machine learning, brain machine interfaces, brain inspired intelligence

Jinhai Li

Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Research Interests:  data mining, knowledge discovery, conceptual cognitive learning, intelligent system analysis and integration

Mingzhe Liu

School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wenzhou University of Technology, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Research Interests:  artificial intelligence, romote sensing, machine learning, computer vision.

Mihail Popescu

School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.

Research Interests:  machine learning, image processing, intelligent systems, and eldercare technologies.

Hong Qu

School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Research Interests:  neural networks, machine learning, big data.

Xiaosheng Si

Department of Automation, Rocket Force University of Engineering, Xi'an, China

Research Interests:  Fault diagnosis and tolerant control, remaining useful life prediction, prognostics and health management.

Yu Xue

School of Computer and Software, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Research Interests:  deep learning, evolutionary computation, machine learning, computer vision.

Guoxian Yu

School of Software, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.

Research Interests:  artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, bioinformatics.

Multimodal Perception and Computer Vision

Section Editors

Deepak Kumar Jain

College of Control Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Research Interests:  Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision,Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, and Biometrics

Rong Xiong

College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Research Interests:  intelligent perception, cognition, decision and control of robots, machine vision, machine learning, mapping, localization and navigation of mobile robots, humanoid robot

Section Members

Vijayan K. Asari

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, USA.

Research Interests:  signal processing, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, deep learning, artificial neural networks, brain-machine interface, and high performance embedded systems

Xinqiang Chen

Institute of Logistics Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  intelligent traffic situation awareness, smart ship, and intelligent transportation system.

Rui Fan

School of Electronics and Information Engineering and Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  robot environment perception.

Xin Jin

School of Software, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Research Interests:  neural networks and image processing.

Zhenyu Liu

Institution of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Medical Imaging Model

Kenji Suzuki

BioMedical Artificial Intelligence Research Unit, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests:  Machine/Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Image Analysis, Medical Imaging, Computer-aided Diagnosis, Signal and Image Processing, Computer Vision

Qi Wu

School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

Research Interests:  computer vision, machine learning, Vision-and-Language

Yudong Zhang

School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Research Interests:  artificial intelligence, deep learning, medical image analysis.

Robot Control and Navigation

Section Editors

Marcelo H. Ang

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore.

Research Interests:  robotics, automation, computer control, and artificial intelligence.

Zengguang Hou

State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  neural networks, intelligent systems, intelligent control and robotics with applications on minimally invasive surgical robots and rehabilitations robots.

Panfeng Huang

School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Research Interests:  intelligent space robot, robot teleoperation technology, intelligent spacecraft control, human-machine mixed intelligence, autonomous intelligent technology

Jianjun Ni

College of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Hohai University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Research Interests:  control systems, neural networks, robotics, machine intelligence, multi-agent system.

Jinhua She

School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

Research Interests:  estimation and compensation of disturbance, repetitive control, rehabilitation robot.

Fuchun Sun

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  Intelligent Control and Robotics, Guidance and Control for Mobile Robots & Spacecrafts, Networked Control Systems, Information Sensing and Processing in Artificial Cognitive Systems

Yueying Wang

School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  fuzzy control, intelligent and hybrid control systems, robust filtering, and control of unmanned surface vehicles.

Huaicheng Yan

School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  artificial intelligence, robotics, unmanned aerial vehicle, intelligent autonomous driving, multi-agent systems, networked control systems, fuzzy systems.

Xinsong Yang

College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Research Interests:  swarm intelligence and control, UAV group air-ground cooperative scheduling.

Daqi Zhu

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  autonomous underwater vehicle, path planning, tracking control, sensing and multi-sensor fusion, fault diagnosis.

Section Members

Gerasimos Rigatos

Unit of Industrial Automation, Industrial Systems Institute, Patra, Greece.

Research Interests:  computational intelligence and adaptive systems, mechatronics, robotics and control, optimization and fault diagnosis.

Biological Intelligence and Bionic Robots

Section Editors

Haibin Duan

School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  bio-inspired computing theory and applications, multiple UAVs cooperative control and decision, autonomous swarm flight control and guidance, biological computer vision and pattern recognition.

Qiang Huang

School Of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  robotics, biomimetic system, mechantronics and human-robot interaction

Shugen Ma

Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust, Systems Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Research Interests:  Biomimetics and Biologically inspired robotics, Field robotics, Environment-adaptive robots, Amphibious robots and Aerial-aquatic robots, Underwater robots

Hongliang Ren

Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Research Interests:  intelligent surgical robotics, continuum compliant cooperative and cognitive robotics, untethered flexible robotics and sensing, biorobotics & intelligent systems, medical mechatronics, continuum, and soft flexible robots and sensors, multisensory perception, learning and control in image-guided procedures, deployable motion generation, compliance modulation/sensing, cooperative and context-aware sensors/actuators in human environments, data-driven robotic surgery, flexible robotics and machine artificial intelligence

Xinyu Wu

Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Research Interests:  intelligent robots, exoskeleton robots, wearable robots, micro robots, bionic robots, service robots and intelligent systems, special robots, human-machine collaboration

Embodied Intelligence and Embedded Systems

Section Editors

Chen Peng

School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  networked control systems, security control, model and optimization of supply chain, intelligent control systems.

F. Richard Yu

School of Information Technology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Research Interests:  intelligent and autonomous systems, machine learning and embodied AI, the Internet of things (IoT), and blockchain

Section Members

Ben Abdallah Abderazek

School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan

Research Interests:  Fault-Tolerant NoC Architectures, Neuromorphic Computing, Edge AI Systems, Intelligent Robotics, Benchmarking and Evaluation, Scalable Manycore Systems, Adaptive Control and Learning, Cross-Domain AI Integration

Human-computer Interaction, Language, and Collaboration

Section Members

Hong Cheng

School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan, China

Research Interests:  pattern recognition , machine learning, computer vision, robotics

Yisheng Guan

School of Electromechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Research Interests:  bionic robots, intelligent robots, reconfigurable modular robots, advanced industrial robots, human-machine interaction, autonomous mobile robots/SLAM, service robots

Wen YU

Departamento de Control Automático, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, Mexico.

Research Interests:  robotics, neural networks, fuzzy systems, adaptive control, data mining.

Mobile Systems and Unmanned Platforms

Section Editors

Xin Xu

College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Research Interests:  reinforcement learning and approximate dynamic pprogramming, learning control, robotics and intelligent vehicles, machine learning and data mining.

Keping Yu

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan.

Research Interests:  network intelligence and security, Internet of Things, blockchain, future networks

Section Members

Liang Ding

State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.

Research Interests:  Planetary robots, legged robots, physical intelligence, robotic operating systems, terramechanics

Intelligent Manufacturing and Agriculture

Section Editors

Zhuming Bi

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, USA.

Research Interests:  mechatronics, parallel kinematic machines, human robot interactions, kinematics and dynamics, modeling and simulation.

Chris Zhang

College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Research Interests:  learning, emotional Intelligence, resilient robotics, soft robotics, decision making.

Junior Chief Editor

Jian Chen

Embodied Intelligence and Agricultural Robotics Research Center of College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests:  embodied intelligence, agricultural robotics, intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment, unmanned systems, multi-agent systems, bio-inspired perception, learning-based decision-making, intelligent control, swarm intelligence, cooperative control, low-altitude vehicle systems technology and engineering.

Junior Associate Chief Editors

Jianwen Huo

School of Information Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Research Interests:  autonomous motion planning and collaborative modeling of unmanned cluster.

Junfei Li

Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.

Research Interests:  Robotics, Human-robot Collaborations, Artificial Intelligence, Bio-inspired Intelligences, Path Planning, Multi-robot Systems

Chun Liu

School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests:  cooperative control, fault-tolerant control, reinforcement learning, unmanned systems