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A comprehensive guide for technical writers revising manuscripts for top-tier robotics venues. It emphasizes shifting the paper's focus from system demonstrations to a primary, falsifiable scientific claim. Learn to structure your argument, size evidence to the claim scope, pre-answer reviewer critiques, maintain extreme concision, and report failures with scientific rigor.

This skill provides a detailed guide to the requirements and positioning of Science Robotics (Sci Robot), an AAAS journal. It helps authors determine if their robotics research meets the high bar for broad scientific or societal significance. Key areas covered include demonstrated real-world capability, required quantification of physical performance, AAAS submission structure, and best practices for venue selection, making it essential for authors targeting top-tier journals.

This skill guides authors on positioning foundational and conceptually general robotics research for submission to The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). It evaluates the manuscript's depth, generality, and conceptual framework, helping authors re-frame single-demonstration results into field-advancing principles. It also assists in choosing between IJRR and competing venues like IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO).