<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We cordially invite you and your co-authors to publish your next research article or comprehensive review in the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Frontiers in Robotics and AI</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> journal,  Research topic on </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"Advances in Robot Learning-from-Demonstration for Smart Manufacturing Applications"</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This Research Topic aims to provide a forum for engineers, data scientists, researchers, and practitioners to present innovative research related to algorithms and methods supporting “Robot Learning-from-Demonstration” systems and frameworks concerning intelligent manufacturing processes. It covers all aspects of the field, from advances in more traditional low-level trajectory demonstration to high-level task understanding and goal inference that "mimics" human intelligent learning, allowing to improve synergistic human-robot collaboration. Review articles and innovative works on performance evaluation and benchmark datasets are also solicited. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Learning by observation</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">One-shot learning</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Collaborative robot learning</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Active learning for manufacturing</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Kinesthetic teaching</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Efficient data labeling</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Semantic scene understanding</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Transfer learning algorithms in smart manufacturing</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Knowledge generalization</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Robotics-based digital twins</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Human-robot interfaces</span></p></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The submission deadlines are:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Abstract: 31 March 2023</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Manuscript:  31 July 2023</span></p></li></ul><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More details on this special issue can be found at:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/51387/advances-in-robot-learning-from-demonstration-for-smart-manufacturing-applications" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-LPlnk153749"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/51387/advances-in-robot-learning-from-demonstration-for-smart-manufacturing-applications</span></a></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Looking forward to your contribution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Miguel Angel Guevara Lopez, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teresa Gonçalves, University of Évora, Portugal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Estela Bicho, University of Minho, Portugal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Manuel Graña, University of the Basque Country, Spain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emanuel Sousa, Center for Computer Graphics, Portugal</span></p></div>