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Call for Papers

EXTENDED DEADLINE
Special Issue: Human-Centric Modeling for Collaborative Medical Robots

Journal of Medical Robotics Research (JMRR) seeks articles for a Special Issue on Human Centric Modeling for Collaborative Medical Robots. There has been significant research on more seamless integration between robotic systems and the humans that use or operate them. The challenge with including humans in the robotic control loop is that they are highly dynamic by nature - often changing due to environmental, physical, and emotional factors. However, the addition of the human user offers nearly-instantaneous decision making and intuition that would be difficult, if not impossible, to program on a fullyautonomous system. This research is especially important in fields such as surgical robotics and rehabilitation where the addition of a patient raises the stakes for both the human operator and robotic system in terms of safety and effectiveness.

The goal of this special issue is to highlight the technical and clinical challenges in developing medical robotic systems that are capable of interpreting and reacting to human behavior for the ultimate goal of improved collaboration in a medical context.

Aims and Scope

Some of the topics of the special issue include, but are not limited to:

  1. Teleoperation strategies for medical robots
  2. Haptic guidance and feedback systems for medical robots
  3. Adaptive control for patient safety
  4. Online operator skill assessment and feedback
  5. Adaptive rehabilitation robots
  6. Data-driven approaches to human-centric modeling
  7. Evaluation studies in clinical environments
Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines. http://www.worldscientific.com/page/jmrr/submission-guidelines.

Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the Editorial Manager. http://www.editorialmanager.com/jmrr/login.asp

Manuscript Due: June 15, 2019
First Round of Reviews: July 1, 2019
Revision Due: August 1, 2019
Manuscript Decisions: September 1, 2019
Publication Date: September 15, 2019

Special Guest Editor:

Ann Majewicz Fey
Human-Enabled Robotic Technology (HeRo) Laboratory
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX, USA
Ann.Majewicz@utdallas.edu