Top Robotics Journals
The University of Michigan Library subscribes to all of the top-ranked Robotics journals, as ranked by GoogleScholar metrics. For a complete list of journals associated with the Robotics field, see U-M Library Journals — Robotics.
Journals are listed below in order of ranking by H5-Index.
- IEEE Int'l Conference on Robotics & Automation
ICRA is an annual academic conference covering advances in robotics. These are their proceedings. - IEEE Robots & Automation LettersPublishes peer-reviewed articles that provide a timely and concise account of innovative research ideas and application results, reporting significant theoretical findings and application case studies in areas of robotics and automation.
- Science Robotics
Provides a forum for the latest technological advances and for the critical social, ethical and policy issues surrounding robotics. Sub-topics include: actuators, advanced materials, artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, bio-inspired design, exoskeletons, fabrication, field robotics, human-robot interaction, humanoids, industrial robotics, kinematics, machine learning, material science, medical technology, motion planning and control, micro- and nano-robotics, multi-robot control, sensors, service robotics, social and ethical issues, soft robotics, and space, planetary and undersea exploration. - IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conference on Intelligent Robots & SystemsAnnual academic conference covering advances in robotics, one of the premier conferences of its field. [also known as IROS]
- Robotics & Computer-Integrated ManufacturingPublishes in the areas of industrial robotics, human-robot collaborative manufacturing, cloud-based manufacturing, cyber-physical production systems, big data analytics in manufacturing, smart mechatronics, machine learning, adaptive and sustainable manufacturing, and other fields involving unique manufacturing technologies.
- IEEE Transactions on RoboticsCovers both theory and applications on topics including: kinematics, dynamics, control, and simulation of robots and intelligent machines and systems.
- IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsEncompasses all practical aspects of the theory and methods of mechatronics, the synergetic integration of mechanical engineering with electronic and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes.
- Int'l Journal of Robotics ResearchIJRR was the first scholarly publication on robotics research. It offers incisive and thought-provoking original research papers and articles, perceptive reviews, and lively editorials on ground-breaking trends issues, technical developments, and theories in robotics.
- Robotics: Science & Systems
Started in 2005 in MIT, the Robotics: Science and Systems conference has a long history of bringing together researchers in all areas of robotics for a focused week of single-track presentations, workshops, poster sessions, and tutorials. - Soft RoboticsA leading robotics journal publishing world-class peer-reviewed research on the emerging technologies and developments of soft and deformable robots.
Off-Campus Access
Lean Library Extension
The Lean Library Access browser extension offers quick and easy access to online library resources. You can download the extension (available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari on desktops and laptops) for free.
Instructions for implementing | Video on YouTube
Once the extension is installed, then when you are browsing the web, either for books or articles, you will see a pop-up on your screen if U-M Library has the resource in our collection. Here is an example of a Data Mining book at Amazon that the library has in ebook form.
The EZ Proxy Bookmarklet
The proxy bookmarklet lets you reload a web page through the U-M Library's proxy server. If the page you are visiting is one that the library has a subscription for, and you're presently off-campus, then you should get immediate access to the resource once you've logged in with your uniqname and UMICH password and have been verified to have a valid library account.
*note: the Proxy Bookmarklet will not work if you are connecting through the VPN
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*note: the Proxy Bookmarklet will not work if you are connecting through the VPN