Dear Colleagues,

The interest in robotics and automation is still increasing. Studies and applications have covered a wide range of topics and applications, including industry, automotive, biomedicine, and domotics. Indeed, the area of robotics does include numerous fields, and involves the definition of innovative solutions—especially in the area of mobile micro- and nanosensors, in which to have distributed information is necessary—and in the area of smart devices to achieve control strategies improving the reliability of systems. Furthermore, the energy-saving problem in robotics is becoming fundamental particularly for autonomous robots.

This Special Issue will aim to consider these concepts from the perspective of complex and emergent systems. This Special Issue covers original research and studies related to the abovementioned topics, including but not limited to the following: innovative and cooperative robots, ensembles of micro- and nanorobot control, energy harvesting in robotics and automatic control systems, methods of energy saving and sharing in robots, alternative supply in robots, green-energy-based robots, bio-inspired robots with emphasis on small devices, the coordination of flying and aerial robots, new materials for biomedical robots, and energy-saving innovative controls for sustainable robots. Moreover, contributions on robots history are welcome. People interested in plants could also propose visionary applications of plant behavior in robotics.

Prof. Dr. Luigi Fortuna
Dr. Arturo Buscarino
Guest Editors

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• micro- and nanorobots
• energy harvesting in robotics
• cooperative robots
• energy saving in robots
• green-energy-based robots
• bio-inspired robots
• flying and aerial robots
• new materials for biomedical robots
• sustainable robots
• collective behavior of robots
• materials and robots
• micronanofluidics and nanofluidics perspectives in robots