In celebration of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems' 10th year anniversary, the editorial team has launched a new section focusing on robotics-rekated videos as an addition to the journal’s current portfolio. The first video we are thrilled to publish is our team’s interview with Peter Corke, roboticist active in fields of Visual Servoing, Field Robotics, Machine Vision and the employment of MATLAB toolboxes in specific areas of robotics.
In this interview, Peter Corke takes an interesting retrospective on the differences between the field of robotics now and when he just started his carried 30 years ago, also pointing out to what strikes him as the most important milestones in robotics in the past 10 years. He goes on sharing his view on the role of editorship and the difference between robotics research papers and articles published in a robotics magazine, as well as his perspective on traditional publishing vs open access publishing.
He gives us a detailed overview on his latest work concerning the application of robotics in agriculture with the aim to increase food production while lowering the costs of farming efforts, the importance of further developing the sub-fields of environmental monitoring and preservation, and the advantages and disadvantages of starting a robotics labs nowadays and using social media to promote internal activities.
At last, Prof. Corke also reveals who inspired him the most in his career (including the likes of Malcolm C. Good, Richard Paul and Rodney Brooks), as well as what fictional robot he grew up watching - we give you a hint in the form of bright red claws tagged Class M-3 Model B9.
