Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems is an annual peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews since 2018 that surveys control, robotics and autonomous systems and holds online ISSN 2573-5144, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.6《控制、机器人与自主系统年度评论》是由（Annual Reviews）自 2018 年起出版的年度同行评审综述期刊，评述控制、机器人与自主系统，在线 ISSN 为 2573-5144，2025 年影响因子为 14.6。

Scope

• It provides comprehensive reviews of significant theoretical and applied developments that impact the engineering of autonomous and semiautonomous systems该刊提供对影响自主与半自主系统工程的重要理论与应用进展的全面综述。
• Its major areas are control and robotics, connected to theoretical and applied mechanics, optimization, communication, information theory, machine learning, computing and signal processing其主要领域为控制与机器人，并与理论与应用力学、优化、通信、信息论、机器学习、计算与信号处理相衔接。
• It also covers intersections with fields outside engineering, including biology, neuroscience and the human behavioral sciences该刊也覆盖工程之外领域的交叉，包括生物学、神经科学与人类行为科学。
• As part of the Annual Reviews series it publishes invited review articles rather than primary research papers作为（Annual Reviews）系列的一员，它发表受邀综述而非原创研究论文。
• Its articles span topics such as autonomous vehicles, soft robotics, medical robotics, haptics and warehouse logistics其文章涵盖自动驾驶汽车、软体机器人、医疗机器人、触觉与仓储物流等主题。^[1]
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it is a Q1 title in Automation and Control Systems and in Robotics on the Science Citation Index Expanded在 2025 年（Journal Citation Reports）中，它在（Automation and Control Systems）与（Robotics）两个类别均为（SCIE）的 Q1 期刊。

History

• The journal was launched by Annual Reviews in 2018 as a new annual series, with its first volume appearing that year该刊由（Annual Reviews）于 2018 年作为新年刊系列创办，第一卷于当年面世。
• Naomi Ehrich Leonard of Princeton University served as its founding editor（Princeton University）的（Naomi Ehrich Leonard）为该刊创刊主编。
• By 2026 the journal had reached volume 9, confirming a single annual volume per year至 2026 年该刊已出至第 9 卷，确认每年仅出一卷。
• The title is one of the younger physical and engineering series within the Annual Reviews portfolio该刊是（Annual Reviews）期刊组合中较新的物理与工程系列之一。^[2]
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 11.943 in 2022 to 14.0 in 2024 and 14.6 in 2025其影响因子由 2022 年的 11.943 升至 2024 年的 14.0 与 2025 年的 14.6。
• Since 2026 its volumes are published open access through the Annual Reviews Subscribe to Open program自 2026 年起，其各卷通过（Annual Reviews）的（Subscribe to Open）计划以开放获取方式出版。

Editors

• Its editor is Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University其主编为（Naomi Ehrich Leonard），系（Princeton University）机械与航空航天工程的（Edwin S. Wilsey Professor）。
• Its associate editors are Lydia E. Kavraki of Rice University and Rodolphe Sepulchre of KU Leuven其副主编为（Rice University）的（Lydia E. Kavraki）与（KU Leuven）的（Rodolphe Sepulchre）。
• The editorial committee includes Brenna D. Argall, Antonio Bicchi, David Hsu, John Lygeros, Robert Mahony, Sophie Tarbouriech and Dawn M. Tilbury编委会成员包括（Brenna D. Argall）、（Antonio Bicchi）、（David Hsu）、（John Lygeros）、（Robert Mahony）、（Sophie Tarbouriech）与（Dawn M. Tilbury）。
• Committee members come from institutions worldwide, including Northwestern University, the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the Australian National University编委来自全球各地机构，包括（Northwestern University）、（Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia）与（Australian National University）。
• Production is handled by Annual Reviews staff, with Jim Duncan as production editor and Alan Stonebraker as illustration editor制作由（Annual Reviews）人员负责，（Jim Duncan）任制作编辑，（Alan Stonebraker）任插图编辑。^[3]