Actuators

Control and Dynamics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

edited by

and

submission deadline 19 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive control; robust control; fault-tolerant control; optimal control; machine learning; observer design; modeling and analysis; formation control; cooperative control; guidance method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)

Machine Learning for Actuation and Control in Robotic Joint Systems

edited by Gao Huang and Pan Yu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic joint control; robot joint design; machine learning; modeling; control; and optimization of electromechanical systems; adaptive control; neural networks; soft robot and actuation; humanoid robot; bio-inspired robot design; optimization of robot transmission; machine learning-based motion control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Harnessing Morphological Computation for Intelligent Actuated Systems

edited by

Matteo Cianchetti

,

Niccolò Pagliarani

, Perla Maiolino and

Marco Pontin

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: morphological computation; physical control; embodied intelligence; bioinspired simplification principles; control simplification; interaction-based intelligence; smart actuators; soft actuators; nonlinear systems; smart mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Actuator Fault Diagnosis, State Detection and Fault Tolerant Control for Ground and Rail Vehicles

edited by Yan Wang,

Yong Qin

, Qingchao Liu, Liwei Xu and Bin-Bin Hu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17749 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground and rail vehicles; actuator fault diagnosis; state detection; fault tolerant control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Surface Vehicles)

Actuators in Robotic Control—3rd Edition

edited by

Chih Jer Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17166 | Submission Open

Keywords: variable impedance actuators; soft actuators; elastic actuators; electric actuators; pneumatic artificial muscles; force/torque control; soft robotics; mobile robots; humanoid robotics; wearable robotic system; assistant robotics; upper limb exoskeletons; lower limb exoskeletons

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Advanced Mechanism Design and Sensing for Soft Robotics

edited by Martina Maselli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5866 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft robotics technologies; advanced mechanism design; sensing technologies; deformable structures; real-time monitoring; control algorithms; autonomy and adaptability; soft robotic performance optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Actuation and Control in Digital Fluid Power

edited by Matti Linjama and

Tatiana Minav

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3813 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital fluid power; actuator; hydraulics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Mechanical, Optical, and Acoustic Metamaterials and Anisotropic Design for Dynamic Control in Actuators and Sensors

edited by

Yasu Sakai

, Tomohisa Tanaka,

Xinyi Xie

and

Koki Jimbo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2604 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical metamaterials ; anisotropic design ; dynamic control ; actuators and actuators ; soft robotics ; functional materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Advanced Perception and Control of Intelligent Equipment

edited by

Bo Chen

, Zheming Wang,

Ming Chen

,

Rusheng Wang

and Wangzhuo Yang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1862 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent equipment; adaptive perception; robust control; fault diagnosis and isolation; distributed control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Advanced Actuation and Control in Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Systems

edited by

Mohamed Reda

, Ahmed Mahmoud Onsy and Ali Ghanbari

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1135 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent actuation; adaptive control systems; autonomous robotics; meta-heuristic optimization; path planning and trajectory control; embedded and real-time systems; artificial intelligence in control; fault-tolerant control; bio-inspired robotics; autonomous driving systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Actuators for System Identification, Vibration Analysis, and Control—2nd Edition

edited by

Francisco Beltran-Carbajal

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control; system identification; modal analysis; structural dynamics; finite element analysis; rotordynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Smart Control for Electromagnetic (EM) Actuation

edited by Nafiseh Ebrahimi and

Alexander Hošovský

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic actuation; smart control; adaptive control; AI-based control; soft robotics; distributed actuation networks; biomedical devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Design and Application of Actuators with Multi-DOF Movement-2nd Edition

edited by

Chien-Sheng Liu

,

Yu-Jen Wang

and Chien-Yu Chen

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20747 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-DOF; multi-DOF actuators; multi-DOF movements; humanoid robots; robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Miniaturized and Micro Actuators)

Dynamics and Control of Underactuated Systems

edited by

Iacopo Tamellin

and

Jason Bettega

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14827 | Submission Open

Keywords: underactuated systems; motion planning; control of underactuated systems; dynamics of underactuated systems; inverse dynamics; flexible systems; vibration control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Design and Control of Assistive and Rehabilitation Robots

edited by

Gokhan Erdemir

and

Gazi Akgun

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation robotics; assistive robotics; motor function recovery; active rehabilitation; passive rehabilitation; machine learning in robotics; EMG-based control; neural signal integration; soft robotics for rehabilitation; mobile robots for rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Design and Control of Parallel Robotics

edited by Huicheng Zhou

submission deadline 16 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: parallel robots; intelligent algorithms; forward kinematics; maximum singularity-free space; structural parameter optimization; parameter calibration; precision motion control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Advanced Theory and Application of Magnetic Actuators—3rd Edition

edited by

,

, Jin Zhou,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1286 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic bearing; maglev train; magnetic suspension; suspension control; new maglev technology; new applications of maglev technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Surface Vehicles)

Piezoelectric Actuators and Motors: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives for Actuators

edited by

Hu Huang

,

Zhixin Yang

and Zhi Xu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced design of piezoelectric actuators; smart piezoelectric materials; theoretical analysis of piezoelectric actuators; precision control technology; self-sensing for piezoelectric actuators; assessment and precision measurement; advanced manufacturing of piezoelectric actuators; emerging applications of piezoelectric actuators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuator Materials)

Intelligent Safety Control and Actuation Technologies for Aerospace Systems

edited by

Liang Sun

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 729 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerospace vehicle control; control systems design; safety control; intelligent control; model predictive control; adaptive control; human– machine shared control; trustworthy control design and decision-making; machine learning; command allocation; actuator modeling; simulation; and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)

Autonomous Vehicles Impact on Roads and Control Strategies

edited by

Stefano Coropulis

and

Md Abdus Samad Kamal

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent vehicles; vehicle control strategies; remote operators; active and passive safety systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Surface Vehicles)

Power Electronics and Actuators—Second Edition

edited by Dong Jiang, Sizhao Lu and Zewei Shen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 12443 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; actuator; drive; dynamic; power density

(This special issue belongs to the Section High Torque/Power Density Actuators)

Soft Actuators and Robotics—2nd Edition

edited by

Hamed Rahimi Nohooji

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9158 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft robotics; soft actuators; manufacturing methods in soft robotics; topology optimization in soft robotics; modeling and control of soft robotics; AI in soft robotics; soft grippers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Advanced Learning and Intelligent Control Algorithms for Robots

edited by

Haibo Du

, Lanlin Yu and

Xiaodong Cheng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3469 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; advanced learning; intelligent control algorithms; multi-robot control; autonomous navigation control; decision-making; swarm robotics control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Ti Chen

, Gangqiang Li, Zhengtao Wei and Caoqun Luo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3176 | Submission Open

Keywords: system dynamics; system identification; control system design; stability analysis; dynamics and control; aerospace vehicles; experimental investigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)

Intelligent and Precision Control for Mechatronic/Electro-Hydraulic Systems—Second Edition

edited by

Bobo Helian

and

Zheng Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2161 | Submission Open

Keywords: control; mechatronics; electro-hydraulic systems; intelligent control; machine learning; motion control; non-linear control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Advanced Underwater Robotics

edited by

João Falcão Carneiro

and

Nuno Cruz

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1441 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater robotics; autonomous underwater vehicles; underwater sensor platforms; underwater energy harvesting; underwater robot actuators; underwater robot sensors; underwater navigation

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuators and Their Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Dorin Sabin Copaci

,

Maria Dolores Blanco Rojas

and Janeth Ileana Arias Guadalupe

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 902 | Submission Open

Keywords: shape memory alloy actuator; actuator design ; control ; sensorless actuator; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuator Materials)

Smart Actuation and Flow Control Technologies for Next-Generation Aircraft Propulsion Systems

edited by

Subrata Roy

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart actuation; plasma actuators; flow control; aircraft propulsion systems; linear and serpentine designs; aerospace applications; distributed sensing; propulsion airframe integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)

Control of Hydraulic Robotic Manipulators

edited by

Daniel Hagen

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6005 | Submission Open

Keywords: electro-hydraulic/hydrostatic actuators; energy-efficient solutions; electric vs. hydraulics; modeling and simulations; model-based design; digital twin; optimal and health-aware control; applied AI/machine learning; offshore robotics; assistive technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Recent Advances in MEMS/NEMS Actuators and Sensors: From Theory to Application

edited by

Jian Lu

, Ryutaro Maeda and Chen Wu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 492 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro and nano sensors & actuators; micro and nano systems; micro and nano fabrication; micro and nano electronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Miniaturized and Micro Actuators)

Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Actuators and Motors—2nd Edition

edited by

Kai Li

and

Lu Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-frequency piezoelectric actuators; ultra-high-frequency driving technologies; piezoelectric– fluid coupling vibration control; microfluidic precision jetting; multi-DOF ultrasonic motors

Piezoelectric Actuators & Ultrasonic Motors: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Sidra Naz

and

Tian-Bing Xu

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric actuators; ultrasonic motors; manufacturing; fabrications; characterizations; drivers; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuator Materials)

Control System of Autonomous Surface Vehicles

edited by Jun Ning, Xin Hu,

Zhouhua Peng

and Jian-Chuan Yin

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6250 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface vehicle control; nonlinear control design; fuzzy logic control; observer design; automatic collision avoidance; sliding mode control systems; trajectory planning and optimization; autonomous surface vehicle control; networked control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Surface Vehicles)

Innovative MEMS: Merging Smart Materials with Electronic Techniques for Enhanced Sensing and Actuation

edited by Michele Rosso and

Alessandro Nastro

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1722 | Submission Open

Keywords: MEMS; actuation; sensing; energy harvesting; magnetic interaction; electromechanical coupling; piezoelectric; electronic techniques; circuits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Miniaturized and Micro Actuators)

Electrothermal and Electromagnetic Modeling of Actuator Power Cable Harnesses

edited by

Cristina Morel

and Nassim Rizoug

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuators; cable harnesses; multiconductor transmission line network; electromagnetic modeling; electromagnetic compatibility; electrothermal modeling; temperature distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section High Torque/Power Density Actuators)

High-Performance Control of Electromechanical Servo System Based on Motor/Hydraulic Actuator

edited by

Guichao Yang

,

Zhenle Dong

and Zhangbao Xu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3435 | Submission Open

Keywords: motor control; hydraulic control; electromechanical control; servo control; motion control; controller design; control theory and application; control engineering; modeling and simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Next-Generation Electric Machine Design and Control for Sustainable Mobility

edited by

Farshid Mahmouditabar

and

Mehmet C. Kulan

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric machine design optimization; control strategies; electric drives; transportation systems; energy efficiency; real-time control; multi-objective optimization; modeling and simulation; sustainable transportation; experimental validation

Advanced Actuation and Control Technologies for Vehicle Driving Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Md Abdus Samad Kamal

and Masakazu Mukai

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11917 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuation technology for vehicles; vehicle dynamics and control; intelligent vehicle; advanced powertrain control technology; advanced motion control applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Surface Vehicles)

Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control Strategies for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems: Mitigating Actuator Faults

edited by Jianhui Wang and Kairui Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4922 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear systems; multi-agent systems; adaptive fault-tolerant control; actuator failures; model predictive control; industrial robots or mobile robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Advanced Actuators and Magnetic Fluid Systems: Design, Control, and Applications

edited by

Zhenggui Li

,

Xiaolong Yang

, Fang Chen and

Wangxu Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3609 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced actuators; magnetic fluid systems; design and control; engineering applications; performance optimization; magnetic liquid Devices; microactuators; fluid machinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section High Torque/Power Density Actuators)

Cable-Driven Parallel Robot Actuators: State-of-the-Art and New Developments

edited by

Juan Fang

and Le Xie

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2038 | Submission Open

Keywords: cable-driven actuators; tendon-based robotic systems; dynamic modelling; force control; rehabilitation technology; robotic surgery; sport training; human– machine interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Bioinspired Intelligence for Soft Actuators: Learning, Control, and Embodied Design

edited by

Yanhong Peng

,

Fangchao Hu

and Yi Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2035 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinspired robotics; soft robotic actuators; biomimetic design principles; smart materials; artificial muscles; autonomous sensor integration; medical; wearable; and rehabilitation robotics; robotics in harsh environments; autonomous decision making; integrated sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Actuators and Robotic Devices for Rehabilitation and Assistance—2nd Edition

edited by

Monica Tiboni

,

Monica Malvezzi

and

Maria Cristina Valigi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitative robotics; assistive robotics; exoskeleton robots; end-effector robots; device control; device actuation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Medical Instruments)

Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Actuators

edited by Chao Zhang,

Zhenbao Liu

, Jie Chen and Qingbin Gao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 777 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuators; fault diagnosis; fault prognosis; fault detection; fault isolation; fault identification; signal processing; data-driven; machine learning; artificial intelligence; health management ; predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Magnetic Bearings and Actuators: From Theory to Industrial Innovations

edited by

Satoshi Ueno

,

Toshihiko Sugiura

and

Junichi Asama

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: active magnetic bearings; passive magnetic bearings; electrodynamic bearings; superconducting magnetic bearings; bearingless motors (self-bearing motors); sensors; actuators; power electronics for magnetic bearings; self-sensing techniques; fault detection; diagnosis; and tolerance; backup/touchdown bearings; blood pumps and vacuum pumps

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Innovations and Advanced Control in Fluid Power Actuation Systems

edited by

Paolo Casoli

and

Massimo Rundo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic actuators; pneumatic actuators; hydrostatic pumps and motors; advanced control strategies; smart sensors and diagnostics; sustainable fluids and materials; Industry 4.0 integration; energy efficiency in fluid power; noise and vibration reduction; fluid power control valves

(This special issue belongs to the Section High Torque/Power Density Actuators)

Design and Control of Agricultural Robotics

edited by Mehrdad R. Kermani

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17833 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; automation technologies; sustainable food production; mechatronic and vision systems in agriculture; autonomous harvesting; sensing technologies; crop health assessment; precision farming; human– robot interaction; field trials; ethics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Design, Modeling, and Control of UAV Systems

edited by

Lihui Wang

, Bailing Tian and Hongyang Bai

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3119 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV system design; aerodynamics; control system optimization; path planning; autonomous navigation; sensor fusion; fault-tolerant control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)

Advanced Model Predictive Control and Intelligent Actuation for Multi-Agent and Complex Systems

edited by

Constantin-Florin Caruntu

and

Anca Maxim

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 903 | Submission Open

Keywords: model predictive control (MPC); multi-agent systems (MASs); resilient actuation; data-driven predictive control (DDPC); coalition-based control; topology switching; machine learning integration; cyber-physical systems (CPSs); resource-efficient control strategies; robust control in dynamic environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Robotics)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Nonlinear Control and Dynamics for MEMS

edited by

Najib Kacem

and

Raffaele Ardito

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13507 | Submission Open

Keywords: MEMS; functionalized nonlinearity; nonlinear; dynamics and vibrations; bifurcation topology; multistability; frequency stability; chaos; modal interactions; nonlinear controllers; dynamic; stability; robust control; hybrid controllers; adaptive control; reduced order modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Miniaturized and Micro Actuators)

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