Intelligent robots for specialised applications, multi-source information fusion and perception, and next-generation autonomous operation technologies

This research initiative moves beyond the homogenised research typically associated with traditional industrial robots, focusing instead on unstructured, specialised scenarios such as agriculture, power transmission, pipeline networks, forestry and precision operations. It prioritises the development of specialised robots addressing critical needs in agriculture, power line inspection, pipeline operation and maintenance, and flexible grasping. Addressing challenges such as insufficient environmental characterisation, difficulty in observing system states, challenges in weak-sensing detection, limited operational endurance and weak autonomous decision-making, this initiative integrates soft measurement, information fusion, generative decision-making and energy management technologies. By establishing a seamless end-to-end chain spanning perception, cognition, decision-making, actuation and operation, it drives the evolution of specialised robots towards highly autonomous, highly reliable and long-term stable field operations.

· Call For Paper

- Mechanical Design and Mechatronic System Integration for Special-Purpose Robots

- Multi-source Information Fusion and State Estimation under Low-Sensitivity Conditions

- Intelligent Decision-Making and Mission Planning for Autonomous Operations

- Energy Management, Cooperative Control and Field Applications of Special-Purpose Robots

· Chairs