Submission Guidelines
We invite researchers and practitioners to submit original and work in progress research articles and review articles, as well as extended versions of
previously published papers by April 27 June 22, 2025.
Feel free to contact the editor, including queries about the suitability of the paper’s scope.
Please use the Easy Chair system for submission:
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Chapters should be prepared using the Springer Book single column template:
| Overleaf Template |
| LaTeX Template |
| MS Word Template |
The recommended number of pages per chapter using the template is 20 pages (around 9,000 words), up to a maximum of 30 pages (around 13,500 words).
Topics of Interest
The book intends to present recent advances on robotic perception in forests.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Sensing and perception for Forestry Robotics, e.g., semantic segmentation, object detection, tracking of dynamic entities, terrain classification, etc.
- Scene understanding for perception systems for planning, decision-making and adaptive behavior in real-time under uncertainty.
- Self-adaptation and learning (e.g., neural networks and machine learning approaches for perception) in forest environments.
- Automated applications for tree monitoring, landscape clearing, wildfire fighting, precision forestry, etc.
- Localization and mapping, including semantic mapping.
- Robust (semi-) autonomous navigation, traversability, path-planning and locomotion for robots in the wilderness.
- Multisensory systems and sensor fusion (LIDAR, depth cameras, multispectral imaging, etc.).
- Design and technical solutions for (semi-) autonomous ground machinery, aerial system, manipulators, grippers, etc.
- Multi-robot architectures: coordination, formation control, cooperative perception, teamwork, communication aspects, exploration, etc.
- Human-robot interaction and safe collaboration.
- Datasets, benchmarking, evaluation methods and innovative methodologies.
- Realistic forest simulation environments for robotic research.
- Forestry 4.0 and the use of robotics together with big data analytics to improve efficiency, productivity, and sustainability in forest management.
- Industry needs, adoption, and future directions of robotics for forestry.
- Regulatory, ethical, legal, societal, economic and safety aspects of autonomous forestry machinery operation and development.
- Relevant studies on Robotics in related applications for woodlands, woods, groves, bosques, plantations or bushlands, and in related fields, such as agriculture, vineyards, etc.
Important Dates
| March 23rd | Abstract Submission (Optional, max. 900 words) |
| April 1st | Feedback on Abstract Submission |
| April 27th June 22nd | Chapter Submission Deadline |
| June 17th July 29nd | Chapter Acceptance Notification |
| July 20th September 7th | Final Chapter Submission |
| November 28th December 29th | Estimated Publication Date |
All submitted chapters are peer-reviewed on a single-blind review basis. Contributors may also be asked to work as reviewers.
Publisher
This book is expected to be published by the end of 2025 by Springer Nature.
It will appear under the Studies in Computational Intelligence series.
Contributing Authors should be aware and comply with the expectations as set out in the
Code of Conduct for Book Authors.
For additional information and guidelines regarding the publisher, please visit Springer Nature’s website.
The book will be indexed by Scopus and will be submitted for indexing to ISI Books, and DBLP.
