Robotics and automation related manuscripts of innovative researches are welcome and encouraged to submit to IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters (RA-L) (https://www.ieee-ras.org/publications/ra-l). Extensive topics in various automation systems are especially welcome and encourged to submit to "Automation & Logistics" area (see keywords at https://www.ieee-ras.org/publications/ra-l/keywords). Automation systems included but not limited to: manufacturing, logistics, health care management, inventory, supply chains, energy and power, and others; topics included but not limited to: scheduling, optimization, planning, control, maintenace, coordination, data analytics, material handling, machine learning, etc.

Any IEEE RA-L paper, other than survey papers, may be presented at one of the upcoming conferences of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), ICRA, IROS, CASE, RoboSoft, Humanoids, BioRob, RO-MAN.