It is the policy of The International Journal of Robotics Research to encourage the application of theoretical advances to real problems and data. Results should represent a significant rather than incremental advance, and should be verified appropriately according to the topic. Experimental results are strongly encouraged. There should be an up to date literature review, and meaningful comparisons with previous work to demonstrate any proposed advance. All articles that pass initial editorial assessment are peer-reviewed by independent referees.

國際機器人研究雜志的政策是鼓勵理論進步應用于實際問題和數據。結果應代表顯著而非漸進的進展，并應根據主題進行適當驗證。強烈鼓勵實驗結果。應進行最新的文獻回顧，并與之前的工作進行有意義的比較，以證明任何擬議的進展。所有通過初步編輯評估的文章都由獨立的評審員進行同行評審。