機器人學和自主系統將攜帶描述機器人學領域基本發展的文章，特別強調自主系統。本雜志的一個重要目標是在自主系統的背景下擴展基于符號和感官的機器人控制和學習的技術現狀。機器人和自主系統將攜帶有關自主系統或此類系統模塊的理論、計算和實驗方面的文章。

Robotics and Autonomous Systems will carry articles describing fundamental developments in the field of robotics, with special emphasis on autonomous systems. An important goal of this journal is to extend the state of the art in both symbolic and sensory based robot control and learning in the context of autonomous systems.Robotics and Autonomous Systems will carry articles on the theoretical, computational and experimental aspects of autonomous systems, or modules of such systems.