Overall impression: The quality of a considerable number of RAL articles can reach or exceed the level of TRO short paper. There are individual articles whose quality has exceeded TRO, the number of pages is merely a little less. The quality of most articles is comparable to JFR/RAS/AURO. Generally speaking, it is a high-quality journal in the robotics field. Journal characteristics: RAL pays more attention to innovation and examines whether new ideas are conveyed, such as whether the method is novel, and whether it has opened up pioneering research directions. Due to the maximum of 8 pages, RAL’s requirements for experimental integrity are not as high as journals with relatively long articles, such as TRO/RAS/AURO. Review speed: the first review comments are usually given in two months, and one month for making revision, and then another month for giving the second review comments. It is worth mentioning that the probability of rejection in the RAL second review is not low.

(1268) Thank | 明月何曾是两乡

In the submission with ICRA at the end of 2018, I did not expect that the IF of the former one rushed to Q1 of JCR ROBOTICS. With fewer articles in the top journals of the robot every year, RAL continues to be bullish.

(411) Thank | Gomendy

The reviewer who rejected the first submission has reviewed the revised version that was resubmitted and has accepted it this time. However, there are still opinions from three new invited reviewers that need to be addressed, and we are still waiting for the final decision.

(0) Thank | 搬砖香菜

2025.6.10 DP
2025.6.11 accept
Landed steadily.

(0) Thank | Tenny

It's been a whole month without any news, and I'm still waiting in UR. It feels like it's going to be sent soon.

(0) Thank | Tenny

May I ask what happened afterwards? Have you sent it to the previous reviewers?

(0) Thank | ss69431

Is it under review? Does lowercase review refer to reviewers' evaluation? I saw someone saying review means editing, and Review is for reviewers' evaluation. Is it true for RAL?

(0) Thank | bigbrz

02/05/2025 submit
04/05/2025 revise & resubmit
04/20/2025 resubmit
05/20/2025 decision pending
05/21/2025 accept

Submitted on 02/05/2025
Revised and resubmitted on 04/05/2025
Resubmitted on 04/20/2025
Decision pending as of 05/20/2025
Accepted on 05/21/2025

Submitted to this journal for the second time, as fast as always, the reviewer and editor are very kind and mild, maybe because I have more experience now haha. This work is an extension of the previous one, although it is double-blind, the editor and two reviewers should guess that it is the same author as the previous work. I was just about to go see Lady Gaga today when I received the good news of acceptance, I must be even more excited now :)

(0) Thank | lioplod

When just re-posted, it will not be displayed. After a period of time (which may take a few days), it will be displayed, possibly after passing an internal review of the journal.

(0) Thank | xgkjdxgz

Submitted for a month, rejected, was told there were no original ideas, and was even compared to someone else's work.

(0) Thank | nxpbobocy

Have you checked if the previous submission number is displayed after resubmitting? I filled it in the system, so why isn't the previous submission number showing in the system after resubmitting?

(0) Thank | ss69431

Have you seen the previous submission number after resubmitting? I filled out the system, why is the previous submission number not showing in the new submission system?

(0) Thank | ss69431

I submitted it on January 14th and still haven't received any feedback. It's been four months already, is this really normal? The agonizing wait continues, hoping for some good luck with RAL now.

(0) Thank | 哇咔咔的周大侠

The first version submitted on November 19th, revised on December 3rd, is still under review. Is this normal?

(0) Thank | Mehdiying

Received on February 19, 2025
Revised and resubmitted on April 8, 2025
Resubmitted and under review on May 3, 2025
Accepted on May 10, 2025
The review process was very fast, the reviewers were very professional, and they significantly improved the overall quality of the article.

(0) Thank | innocence778

2025.5.6 resubmitted, under review

(0) Thank | Tenny

Please translate the following passage into English: 

"Please do not exceed 8 pages, remove some references, and provide additional data in the reply letter."

(0) Thank | Tenny

Can I ask everyone if the number of pages must also be kept within 8 pages during rework? Can attachments such as PDFs be added, because there are experiments and various explanations to be added, and they simply cannot fit in anymore.

(0) Thank | MoonSheep

Could RAL initially invest in eight pages? Or is it six pages?

(0) Thank | 绝命硕士

Computer algorithms combined with biomedical engineering have been evaluated by TBME as relying on (TBME is indeed very difficult), so they have been transferred to Ral.
2.19 submit & under review
4.8 revise & resubmit
R3 feels like a GPT review, with overall high ratings, only two computer-related issues were mentioned.
R1 & editor: Hope to add three-dimensional experimental verification and algorithm comparison on the basis of the experiment itself, modify and explain some unclear content.

(0) Thank | Tenny

Great, thank you for letting me know!

(0) Thank | lizonggui

Submitted RA-L on the 31st, the status remained Received from the 31st to the 8th. Today it directly changed to Decision Pending. Is this a sign of rejection? An interesting point: the RA-L website stated that authors could choose single-blind or double-blind before the 31st, but strictly enforced double-blind from the 1st. I chose single-blind, could this be the reason? Was it due to timing?

(0) Thank | zouqingxiao

Hello, the email I sent did not include any attachments, only mentioning the paper title, the previous manuscript number, and the new manuscript number. The response to the review comments has been uploaded in the submission system.

(0) Thank | xgkjdxgz

Hello, may I ask what documents need to be attached to the emails sent to the eic and se after resubmitting a rejected manuscript? Do we need to include the previous reviewer comments and responses? Thank you!

(0) Thank | lizonggui

Thanks, brother.

(0) Thank | RQ.1314