Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics is a new, peer-reviewed, electronic-only journal that publishes original, high-quality research on topics broadly related to neuronally and psychologically inspired robots and other behaving autonomous systems. The journal focuses, in particular, on approaches to robotics that draw on analogies between autonomous robotics and embodied cognition, cognitive development, and the emergence of cognition and communication from social behavior.
The aim of Paladyn is to become a premier source of knowledge and a worldwide-recognized platform of exchange for scientists of different disciplinary origins and backgrounds (e.g., engineers, computer scientists, physicists, neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists) who are inspired by the analogy between robotic autonomy and human behavior. The journal publishes robotic research from a broad range of topics and approaches including cognitive robotics, developmental robotics, evolutionary robotics, artificial embodied agents, self-organizing robot swarms, robot learning and adaptation, human-robot interaction, and neurally-inspired robot vision (see the scope listed below for more). However, we will accept both theoretical and empirical contributions in all subfields of robotics as long as they contribute in a broad sense to the core theme.
The papers accepted for publication in Paladyn are expected to contain original research results that report significant advances in their respective areas. A good level of English is a requirement. Studies at the boundaries of different fields or combining multiple perspectives are particularly encouraged. In addition to research articles and shorter communications, review articles may also be accepted.
Scope of the journal:
- cognitive robotics
- developmental robotics
- affective robotics
- evolutionary robotics, genetic algorithms
- artificial life, artificial intelligence
- assistance robotics
- visual cognition, computer vision
- neurally inspired robotics, animats
- neural networks, neural computation
- humanoids
- human-robot interaction, symbiotic robots
- machine learning, adaptation and imitation
- development of language, speech recognition
- emergent behaviors of mobile robots
- multi-robot systems, swarm robotics, robot self-organization
- computer-brain interfaces
- decision-making in autonomous robots
