IEEE RAS LaTeX Templates

Purpose

This repository provides an IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) journal template and a matching author-response template for use with LaTeX and VS Code (optional).

Available Templates

Additional paper templates may be added in the future. Currently available:

• ral: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)

Structure

• bare_jrnl_new_sample4.tex: journal manuscript example and main file.
• response.tex: main author-response file; compile this file for the response PDF.
• reviews/round1/response.tex: editable responses for review round 1; do not compile it directly.
• references.bib: shared bibliography for the manuscript and response.
• IEEEtran.cls: IEEE document class.
• .vscode/settings.json: LaTeX Workshop recipes and workspace settings.
• CleanFiles.bat / CleanFiles.sh: auxiliary-file cleanup scripts.

Compile the Journal

From the repository root, run:

latexmk -pdf bare_jrnl_new_sample4.tex

Compile the Response

Compile the journal first so that its PDF, labels, page numbers, and citation numbers are available. Then run:

latexmk -pdf response.tex

The response imports reviews/round1/response.tex and appends the compiled journal PDF automatically.

Citations and Cross-References

% Journal citation and label
\cite{floreano2015science}
\label{sec:introduction}

% Response: references imported from the journal
Section~\ref{ms:sec:introduction}
\cite{floreano2015science}

% Response-local reference and response-only bibliography entry
Equation~\ref{eq:response-example}
\citeR{zhao2023versatile}

VS Code

Install the LaTeX Workshop extension. Open the desired main file (bare_jrnl_new_sample4.tex or response.tex) and run LaTeX Workshop: Build with recipe, selecting LaTeXmk. Automatic building is disabled in the workspace settings.

Cleanup

Run the appropriate script from the repository root:

# Windows
.\CleanFiles.bat

# Linux / Ubuntu
bash CleanFiles.sh

These scripts recursively remove LaTeX auxiliary files while retaining source files and PDFs.

IEEE Template Source and Version

IEEEtran.cls declares version V1.8b (2015/08/26). The journal package was obtained from the IEEE Template Selector using:

Transactions, Journals and Letters → IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters → Original Research and Brief → LaTeX.

For visual PDF comparison, iLovePDF Compare PDF may be useful.