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Machine Learning for Robotics: Algorithms, Applications, and Emerging Trends

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2026 View: 2317 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Daniel-Ioan Curiac

Email: daniel.curiac@aut.upt.ro

Affiliation: Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Politehnica University Timisoara, Timisoara , Romania

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Research Interests: artificial intelligence, wireless sensor and actuator networks, information security


Assoc. Prof. Dan Pescaru

Email: dan.pescaru@cs.upt.ro

Affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Politehnica University Timisoara, Timisoara , Romania

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Research Interests: artificial intelligence, computer vision, databases, software engineering


Summary

Robotics is experiencing rapid growth, and the integration of machine learning (ML) is driving significant advancements in perception, decision-making, control, and autonomy. This special issue aims to present the latest research, applications, and emerging trends in ML for robotics and intelligent robotic assistance, spanning foundational algorithms to real-world implementations. We seek original research articles and review papers that demonstrate how ML techniques can enhance robotic and human-robotic systems in complex and dynamic environments.


Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
• ML for robot perception, environment modeling, and sensor fusion
• Deep learning, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning for autonomous navigation and control
• Federated and distributed learning in multi-robot systems
• Human–robot interaction and collaborative learning
• Applications in smart manufacturing, service robots, autonomous vehicles and ML-assisted driving, and medical robotics
• Explainable, reliable, and safe ML-driven robotic systems


Keywords

machine learning, robotics, multi-robot systems, deep learning, reinforcement learning, AI

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    REVIEW

    Machine Learning for Robotics: Algorithms, Applications, and Emerging Trends

    Ahmed Ismail Ebada, Yasmeen Abu-Seif, Hrushikesh Pardeshi, Nesma El-Sayed
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.081804
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Machine Learning for Robotics: Algorithms, Applications, and Emerging Trends)
    Abstract The integration of Deep Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning, and massive Vision-Language-Action (VLA) foundation models has catalysed a profound paradigm shift in robotics, transitioning systems from rigid automation to dynamic, open-world autonomy. Despite transformative breakthroughs in fields such as healthcare, ranging from adaptive robotic rehabilitation to autonomous surgical manipulation and silver care, widespread real-world deployment remains severely bottlenecked. This limitation primarily stems from the “Reality Gap” inherent to sim-to-real transfer and a fundamental epistemological tension: the stochastic, “black-box” nature of unconstrained neural networks fundamentally conflicts with the deterministic, zero-violation safety guarantees demanded by physical robotics. To… More >

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