The IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB) is a quarterly Green Open Access (see details in Information for Authors) multidisciplinary journal aimed at publishing peer-reviewed papers focused on innovative research ideas and medical application results. It reports significant theoretical findings and application case studies in the areas of medical robotics and bionics.

The IEEE T-MRB publishes non-incremental results on innovative systems that support the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of human diseases. These systems can be based on robotics and automation technology-related paradigms (e.g., surgical robots, devices for physical and cognitive rehabilitation, supporting systems for independent living, etc.), on bionics paradigms (e.g., medical systems that mimic living organisms or technologies that intimately interact with the human body), or combinations of both, such as robotic artificial organs and other active implantable devices featuring direct interfaces with the human body. In addition, T-MRB promotes works investigating mechanisms and principles observed in nature to unravel scientific issues and exploit them to develop innovative bionic technologies for medical applications.

Main journal topics include:

• Surgical robotics
• Rehabilitation and assistive robotics
• Bionic prostheses
• Sensory substitution
• Artificial/bioartificial bionic organs
• Medical biomimetic technologies

The journal also welcomes survey and commentary papers providing critical, systematic reviews of research areas and trends within its scope, evidence-based studies on the early clinical validation of robotic or bionic technologies, and contributions on ethical, social, economic, and organizational aspects concerning robotics and/or bionic solutions for medical and healthcare applications.