The journal has high quality, high difficulty, high impact, strict review process, and a long review cycle. Below is the submission status record, which has been relatively smooth in the past 10 months:
January 17, 2024: Received
April 24, 2024: Revise and resubmit as Regular [RR], four reviewers, two very active, one slightly active, one more neutral; reorganized the Introduction, added many technical details, and a series of experiments
June 23, 2024: Received
August 26, 2024: Conditionally accept as Regular paper [CR], one reviewer had a few minor comments
September 1, 2024: Received
October 3, 2024: Accepted as Regular [AR], no comments.

(0) 讚！ | TangU

May I ask how is the blogger doing now? Has the submission been sent in? How long has it been since the submission was sent in?

(0) 讚！ | lllllan

The usual time for reviewing past comments is about a week, last year's submission took 10 days to be sent for review, while submissions from the same department took 7 days. The longer time may be due to the fact that the reviewers have not responded and are still searching.

(0) 讚！ | yifanma

How long does it usually take for review? It's been 16 days in received status and still hasn't been sent for review...

(0) 讚！ | Parachute_

2024 09 02 Under review.

(0) 讚！ | xx1107

8.25 received

(0) 讚！ | xx1107

It took more than two years to do one, and almost at the same time, the classmates in the adjacent laboratory who were working on AI training models had already published three or four papers in top conferences. However, I still feel that the value of TRO is quite high, after all, not many people have both TRO and IJRR. It may not be as impressive once the top conferences become oversaturated with papers.

After submitting, it took nearly half a year for the first round of reviews, with four reviewers who seemed to have examined the paper very carefully and provided many suggestions. It took another two months to conduct experiments and revise the paper based on their feedback, which significantly improved the quality. The second round of reviews took about three months, with the addition of a new reviewer by the editor. The reviewers confirmed that the previous feedback had been addressed and overall the paper was in good shape, but they raised some new concerns. The editor gave a conditional accept, and after making the necessary revisions, the paper was finally accepted.

In comparison to previous submissions that were occasionally dismissed as being published in top journals with little effort, TRO is truly a top-tier journal.

(1) 讚！ | TX

The first review consisted of four reviewers, three of whom were positive and one was neutral leaning towards positive. The four reviewers were very professional and their questions were all on point. After revising the manuscript, we received a conditional acceptance more than three months later. Two reviewers had left, but the other two agreed to accept the revised manuscript. However, the editor found another reviewer who provided some additional comments that need to be addressed before final acceptance.

(0) 讚！ | ultraleow

Date first received - November 15, 2023
Revise and resubmit as Regular paper [RR] - February 17, 2024
Re-submission - April 10, 2024
Conditionally accept as Regular paper [CR] - July 26, 2024
Re-submission - August 10, 2024
It took two years of work to dare to submit it, indeed it is a top journal, with extremely high requirements for both theory and experiments, it is very difficult to pass.

(1) 讚！ | ultraleow

Please record the previous submissions:
- Submitted in December 2022
- Revised and resubmitted in April 2023
- Resubmitted in August 2023
- Accepted in November 2023

It can be said that both the editor and the reviewers are very professional. They provided over 60 pages of comments, which greatly improved the quality of the article!

(1) 讚！ | 爱喝冰可乐

Under review == Your manuscript has been processed by the EiC (at least his assistant) and the SE. It is still unclear if an AE has already taken over and sent the review requests. The first review round should be finished within three months. I hope that you get positive feedback.

(1) 讚！ | haomingRWTH

2023.12.18 submitted
2024.03.10 revised and resubmitted
2024.06.06 resubmitted
2024.06.09 under review
2024.07.28 decision pending
2024.07.29 conditional accept

The initial review feedback was generally positive and included many professional suggestions. After making revisions, the quality of the manuscript has significantly improved.

(1) 讚！ | www_ww

The first review gave a rejection after three months, but I feel that the reviewers' comments can still be argued. Can I resubmit the revised content for a major overhaul?

(0) 讚！ | 博实结

Excuse me, does "under review" mean that the manuscript has been sent to the reviewers? Will we only receive a notification after it is revised or rejected? I heard that this stage usually takes about three months.

(1) 讚！ | Lininininininin

The journal is excellent.

(0) 讚！ | 虚极静笃

2023.09.12: received
2023.09.14: under review
2023.12.18: revise and resubmit
2024.02.19: resubmit
2024.07.14: conditionally accepted

Highly recommended: constructive comments, valuable questions, and a journal with a decent reputation. Also, the impact factor has been increasing, even in this year...

(2) 讚！ | haomingRWTH

2023-02-14 Manuscript submission
2023-04-26 Revise and resubmit
2023-07-23 Resubmit
2023-10-08 Conditionally accepted
2023-10-14 Resubmit
2023-11-24 Accepted

(0) 讚！ | Kocu

TRO and IJRR are recognized as the top journals in robotics. In the past, being able to publish in one of them was big news within the community. Now, with the improvement of domestic research levels, it is no longer as difficult to publish in TRO, and most major research groups in robotics will have several articles published. The number of publications from domestic researchers in IJRR is also increasing, and we hope that everyone's research achievements will continue to improve

(4) 讚！ | drrrrr

In the middle of last year. It is necessary to have a comprehensive and complete experimental design, outstanding experimental results, as well as innovation. Journals that can still increase their impact factor in 2022 are definitely top journals.

(0) 讚！ | administrator

The appearance of "Decision pending" means that it is likely to be rejected.

(0) 讚！ | shen123r35

It took about a year and a half to be admitted. I made multiple trips back and forth, and it feels like a promotion for my research.

(9) 讚！ | Alex2030

The top publication of robots.

(0) 讚！ | 罗继

The first review took four months for major revisions, but the progress was slow due to the school closure caused by the epidemic. The second review took two months and was directly accepted.
Downgrading TRO to the second tier and still not being in the top is just too speechless.

(5) 讚！ | caacb

The classification of the Chinese Academy of Sciences itself is a joke. Journal IoT, a pure water journal, has published over 1700 articles a year and has become a top tier journal in Zone 1. Our top journals in the field are only like this, but it's not too depressing. Look at the top journals in integrated circuit design and solid-state circuit journals, they have it even worse.

(0) 讚！ | frostalker

Hello, may I ask about your TRO application process and corresponding timeline, including any important notes?

(0) 讚！ | qiwang