Publications

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) is committed to advancing innovation, knowledge, and excellence in robotics and automation. Our publications serve as a global platform for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to share groundbreaking ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and practical applications that shape the future of intelligent systems.
Find essential resources and guidelines related to our journals, magazines, and submission processes, both RAS Sponsored Publications, Co-sponsored Publications and Technically Co-sponsored Publications. Whether you are preparing a manuscript, submitting a video, or exploring ethical standards, these links provide everything you need to contribute to and benefit from the RAS community.

Scope

IEEE Transactions on Soft Robotics (T-SRO) publishes fundamental advances to the interdisciplinary field of soft robotics. Soft robots are defined as robotic systems with intrinsic or structural compliance, making them adapt to external forces and use their embodied intelligence. Main technical areas involved span from materials, chemistry, sensors and actuators for soft robots to modelling, design, fabrication, simulation and control techniques, to models of embodied intelligence, algorithms, and AI-driven soft robots. In addition to full-length research papers, T-SRO publishes tutorials, perspective and review papers that are of interest to the soft robotics community.

Submission

To submit your paper, go to the T-SRO submission website at ras.papercept.net

Double Anonymous Review Process

Submissions to IEEE T-SRO must adhere to the Rules for the Double-Anonymous Review Process

Presenting your T-SRO Paper at IEEE RAS Conferences

Authors of an IEEE T-SRO full-length research paper are offered to transfer their paper to be presented at an upcoming conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS). A paper is eligible to be transferred to a given conference provided that it is transferred within 270 days of acceptance and that it falls within the transfer window of the conference.

Authors of accepted papers will receive an email from PaperCept regarding the transfer of their paper to a list of conferences, from which they choose the one they wish to present their paper. Authors will not receive any further reminders to transfer their accepted papers. However, the invitation to present at a conference is in the author’s workspace in PaperCept after acceptance of the paper. Eligible papers may only be presented at one conference. Authors may not request any acceleration or delay of the review process based on the conference transfer time windows.

Upcoming conferences

  • RoboSoft 2027: January 1, 2027 to January 31, 2027

Other conferences (ICRA, IROS and BioRob) will be added at a later time.