[robocup-worldwide] [Journals] - [Robotics] - Deadline Extended - 2nd cfp - Special Issue "Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation"

[Linda Wang]

Dear colleague,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue
"*Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation*" in
/Robotics/. Both comprehensive review and original articles are welcome.

Special Issue Website:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/soft-machines
*Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *30 September 2019*
*Guest Editors*: Dr. Sina Naficy, Dr. Michael P.M. Dicker and Prof.
Jonathan M. Rossiter

*The particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:*

• Integration of sensing and actuation,
• Soft electronics,
• Soft actuators,
• Artificial muscles,
• Hydrogel- and gel-based sensors and actuators,
• Soft sensors,
• Electroactive sensors and actuators,
• Smart textiles,
• Additive manufacturing of soft sensors and actuators, and
• 4D printing of soft materials.

If you decide to contribute o this Special Issue, please inform us. The
Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient
peer-review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high-quality
manuscripts are published in a timely manner (if accepted after the
peer-review process).

In /Robotics/, all published papers will be added in Scopus. The journal
is also indexed in Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as part of the ESCI
database.

/Robotics/ is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access
by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as
indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors
and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 350
currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a
discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your
institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program
(IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap.

In case of questions, please contact us at robotics at mdpi.com.

For further details on the submission process, please see the
Instructions for Authors at the journal website
(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Ms. Linda Wang
Managing Editor

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