本雜志定期出版，鞏固了社會機器人領域研究人員和開發人員的高影響力貢獻，為讀者提供了對這一新興行業的整體看法。它的目的是多方面的。一方面，它是一個統一的出版物和指南，學生、工程師和研究人員可以從中獲得社會機器人各個方面的最新發展的快速介紹和概述。另一方面，它是一個統一的平臺，供已建立的研究人員發布相關工作，并在那里進行健康的討論和信息/結果共享，以進一步推動社會機器人作為一個領域的進步。潛在市場包括學生（本科生和研究生）、機械、電氣和計算機工程師/科學家、機器人倫理學家、社會科學家、大學研究人員、商業公司（例如玩具和娛樂行業）等。

This journal is a periodic publication which consolidates high impact contributions from researchers and developers in the field of social robotics, offering readers a holistic view of this emerging industry. Its purpose is manifold. On the one hand, it serves as a unified publication and guide from which students, engineers and researchers new to the field will be able to obtain a quick introduction and overview of the latest developments in all aspects of Social Robotics. On the other hand, it is a unified platform for established researchers to publish relevant work and where healthy discussions and information /result sharing can take place, to further spur the advancements of social robotics as a field. The potential market includes students (undergraduates and postgraduates), mechanical, electrical, and computer engineers/scientists, robo-ethicists, social scientists, university researchers, commercial companies (e.g. in the toy and entertainment industries), amongst many others.