Editorial · 01Adrian Mercer, Leila Rahman
Published 2026
Intelligent systems are moving rapidly from controlled experimental environments into operational settings where their decisions influence people, infrastructure, machines, and physical processes. Yet strong performance on curated benchmarks provides…
Keywords: trustworthy artificial intelligence; robust machine learning; operational reliability; distribution shift; explainable AI; autonomous systems; lifecycle assurance
Editorial · 02Daniel Okafor, Sofia Petrov
Published 2026
Autonomous and intelligent systems increasingly work alongside people in factories, vehicles, healthcare environments, service settings, and decision-support contexts. Their success, however, should not be defined by the extent to which human involve…
Keywords: human-centred autonomy; human–robot interaction; human-autonomy teaming; trust calibration; shared control; cognitive workload; collaborative robotics
Editorial · 03Adrian Mercer, Leila Rahman, Daniel Okafor
Published 2026
Intelligent automation increasingly depends on computation occurring close to sensors, machines, and physical processes rather than exclusively in centralized cloud infrastructures. Industrial Internet of Things deployments, embedded artificial intel…
Keywords: edge intelligence; industrial Internet of Things; cyber-physical systems; embedded artificial intelligence; smart manufacturing; edge computing; distributed automation
Editorial · 04Adrian Mercer, Leila Rahman, Daniel Okafor, Sofia Petrov
Published 2026
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are scientifically meaningful only when reported results can be independently understood, evaluated, compared, and, where feasible, reproduced. Yet contemporary research remains vulnerable to und…
Keywords: reproducibility; benchmarking; artificial intelligence; robotics; scientific standards; open science; experimental methodology
