本雜志定期出版，鞏固了社會(huì)機(jī)器人領(lǐng)域研究人員和開(kāi)發(fā)人員的高影響力貢獻(xiàn)，為讀者提供了對(duì)這一新興行業(yè)的整體看法。它的目的是多方面的。一方面，它是一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的出版物和指南，學(xué)生、工程師和研究人員可以從中獲得社會(huì)機(jī)器人各個(gè)方面的最新發(fā)展的快速介紹和概述。另一方面，它是一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的平臺(tái)，供已建立的研究人員發(fā)布相關(guān)工作，并在那里進(jìn)行健康的討論和信息/結(jié)果共享，以進(jìn)一步推動(dòng)社會(huì)機(jī)器人作為一個(gè)領(lǐng)域的進(jìn)步。潛在市場(chǎng)包括學(xué)生（本科生和研究生）、機(jī)械、電氣和計(jì)算機(jī)工程師/科學(xué)家、機(jī)器人倫理學(xué)家、社會(huì)科學(xué)家、大學(xué)研究人員、商業(yè)公司（例如玩具和娛樂(lè)行業(yè)）等。

This journal is a periodic publication which consolidates high impact contributions from researchers and developers in the field of social robotics, offering readers a holistic view of this emerging industry. Its purpose is manifold. On the one hand, it serves as a unified publication and guide from which students, engineers and researchers new to the field will be able to obtain a quick introduction and overview of the latest developments in all aspects of Social Robotics. On the other hand, it is a unified platform for established researchers to publish relevant work and where healthy discussions and information /result sharing can take place, to further spur the advancements of social robotics as a field. The potential market includes students (undergraduates and postgraduates), mechanical, electrical, and computer engineers/scientists, robo-ethicists, social scientists, university researchers, commercial companies (e.g. in the toy and entertainment industries), amongst many others.