Actuators

Integrated Intelligent Vehicle Dynamics and Control

edited by

and Hongbo Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19109 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent vehicle; electric vehicle; rail vehicle; special vehicle; vehicle dynamics modelling and control; integrated vehicle control; dynamic modelling and control of powertrain; chassis system dynamics and integrated control; X-by-wire chassis system dynamics and control; fault diagnosis and control of intelligent vehicle; vehicle stability analysis; energy management strategy of electric vehicle; connected autonomous vehicle control; vehicle dynamics control in mixed traffic environment

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

Fault Detection and Isolation, Fault Tolerant Control for Autonomous and Transport Vehicles

edited by

Cristina Morel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12651 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection and isolation faults; fault tolerant strategy; inverter; converter and machine; vehicle dynamics; vehicle control; integrated chassis control; suspension control

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

Intelligent Systems, Robots and Devices for Healthcare and Rehabilitation

edited by Duk Shin,

JaeHyo Kim

and

Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8766 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent healthcare and biomedical systems; rehabilitation; actuator control; biomimetic robots

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

Advancement in the Design and Control of Robotic Grippers—Second Edition

edited by

Rocco Antonio Romeo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5686 | Submission Open

Keywords: design; actuation; instrumentation; real-time control; performance evaluation; modeling and test

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

Soft Actuators and Robotics—2nd Edition

edited by

Hamed Rahimi Nohooji

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4393 | 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)

Power Electronics and Actuators—Second Edition

edited by Dong Jiang, Sizhao Lu and Zewei Shen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2915 | Submission Open

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

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

Control of Hydraulic Robotic Manipulators

edited by

Daniel Hagen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2549 | 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)

Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Ti Chen

, Gangqiang Li, Zhengtao Wei and Caoqun Luo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1187 | 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)

Design and Control of Agricultural Robotics

edited by Mehrdad R. Kermani

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9192 | 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)

Recent Advances in the Design and Applications for Magnetoelastic and Electroelastic Actuators

edited by

Lucian Pîslaru-Dănescu

and

Alexandru M. Morega

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2694 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic actuator; magnetostrictive actuator; piezoelectric actuator; electrostrictive actuator; polymeric actuator; electro-magnetorheological elastomer; electrostatic actuator; thermoelastic actuator; thin-film/planar manufacturing processes; MEMS technology

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

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

edited by

Constantin-Florin Caruntu

and

Anca Maxim

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 361 | 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)

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

edited by Michele Rosso and

Alessandro Nastro

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 176 | 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)

Recent Developments in Precision Actuation Technologies

edited by

Bin-tang Yang

,

Yikun Yang

and

Xiaoqing Sun

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15960 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuator; smart material; actuator design; actuator application; actuator control; active vibration control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision Actuators)

Recent Advances in Soft Actuators, Robotics and Intelligence

edited by Brian Byunghyun Kang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2349 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft technologies; soft robots; cable-driven robots; sensors; soft actuators; mechanisms; control for soft robots; modeling for soft robots; AI algorithm for soft technologies

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

Recent Advances in the Design, Manufacturing and Control of Soft Actuators

edited by

Lianjun Wu

and Yue Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2313 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft actuator; robotic gripper; soft matter; bio-inspired actuator; position control; torque control; nonlinear control; manufacturing of soft actuator; additive manufacturing of soft materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Nonlinear Control of Mechanical and Robotic Systems

edited by Arturo Zavala-Río,

Victor Santibañez

and Fernando Reyes-Cortés

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical systems; robot manipulators; mobile robots; underactuated systems; networked robots; finite-time control; bilateral teleoperation; passivity-based control; force control; constrained control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Advanced Learning and Intelligent Control Algorithms for Robots

edited by

Haibo Du

, Lanlin Yu and

Xiaodong Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 650 | 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)

4D Printing and 3D Printing in Robotics and Actuator Manufacturing

edited by

Stelios K. Georgantzinos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 577 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics and actuator manufacturing; 3D printing; 4D printing; polymers and composite materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Manufacturing Systems)

Electrical Actuators for Eco-Friendly Internal Combustion Engines, Powertrains and Vehicle Testbeds

edited by

Soo-Jin Jeong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-friendly combustion engines; electric actuators; low emission; engine performance; combustion control; engine testing and measuring

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

Modeling and Nonlinear Control for Complex MIMO Mechatronic Systems

edited by Gang Li, Huimin Ouyang and Tong Yang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3986 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent designing and modeling of MIMO systems; trajectory planning; adaptive control; vibration control; observer-based control; robotics; robustness; fault diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Motion Planning and Control of Wearable Device Driven by Advanced Actuator

edited by

Qing Guo

,

Feiyan Min

and Wei Li

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 902 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable device design; flexible manipulator design; motion trajectory planning; motion gait learning; human posture identification; wearable exoskeleton control; impedance control; admittance control; flexible actuator design; flexible joint drive

Magnetorheological Actuators and Dampers

edited by

Michal Kubík

and

Janusz Gołdasz

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11133 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiactive control; magnetorheological damper; design; modeling; magnetorheological fluid; damper; actuator

(This special issue belongs to the Section Precision Actuators)

Industrial and Biomechanical Applications of Actuators and Robots and Eco-Sustainability

edited by

Giorgio Olmi

,

Dario Croccolo

and

Mattia Mele

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6639 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial applications; actuators for manufacturing; testing and control; actuator design; energy source for actuators; actuators in biomechanics; eco-sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Manufacturing Systems)

Bio-Inspired Soft Robotics

edited by

Erik Prada

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6289 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinspired soft mechanisms; bio-inspired actuators; biorobotics; bio-inspired soft robotics; biomimetic soft robots; soft robot control; locomotion of bio-inspired soft robots

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

Aerospace Mechanisms and Actuation—Second Edition

edited by

Ignazio Dimino

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4882 | Submission Open

Keywords: rigid-body mechanisms for aerospace; compliant mechanisms for aerospace; centralized and distributed actuation architectures; conventional actuators (mechanically signaled and hydraulically supplied); EMA and full electrical actuation; mechanism design and optimization; multibody simulations; non-linear mechanics; manufacturing; integration; and maintenance; safety and reliability; high-lift devices and other aerospace applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)

Modeling, Perception and Control of Robotic Systems with Real-World Applications

edited by

Ahmad Taher Azar

, Mohamed DJEMAI,

Haoping Wang

,

Abdulkareem Alzahrani

and

Ibraheem Kasim Ibraheem

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open

Keywords: automation; computer vision; control systems; cyber-physical systems; machine learning; mechatronics; mobile robotics; motion planning; perception; real-world applications; robot dynamics; robot localization; robot sensing; robotic manipulation; sensor fusion; simulation; soft robotics; swarm robotics; teleoperation; virtual reality

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

Actuation and Control in Digital Fluid Power

edited by Matti Linjama and

Tatiana Minav

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2115 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital fluid power; actuator; hydraulics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Intelligent Control for Pneumatic Servo System

edited by Satoru Shibata and Shenglin Mu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1276 | Submission Open

Keywords: pneumatic servo system; intelligent control; adaptation to parameter fluctuation; compensation of nonlinearity; high-precision positioning control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

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

edited by

Juan Fang

and Le Xie

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | 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)

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

edited by Jianhui Wang and Kairui Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 683 | 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

and Fang Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 567 | 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)

Novel Design and Optimization Techniques for Thermal Actuators

edited by

Adam Długosz

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal actuators; bio-inspired optimization algorithms; multiobjective optimization; boundary condition identification; shape optimization; topology optimization

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

Analysis and Design of Linear/Nonlinear Control System

edited by

Chao-Chung Peng

submission deadline 22 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4934 | Submission Open

Keywords: system modeling and parameter identification; linear/nonlinear control design; sliding mode control (SMC) systems; model reference adaptive control (MRAC) systems; proportional– integral– derivative (PID) control; robust observer design for disturbance/state estimation; sensor-fusion-based control technology; servo mechanism control design and applications; artificial intelligence (AI) for control systems; path planning and optimization; control design of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); advanced control applications and optimization; robot control; navigation; localization; and mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Design, Modeling, and Control of UAV Systems

edited by

Lihui Wang

, Bailing Tian and Hongyang Bai

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1980 | 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)

AI, Designing, Sensing, Instrumentation, Diagnosis, Controlling, and Integration of Actuators in Digital Manufacturing—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11393 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuators for Manufacturing Systems)

Soft Robotics: Actuation, Control, and Application

edited by

Han Yuan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10952 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft actuators; soft robots; flexible electronics; strain sensors; artificial muscle; electroactive polymers; compliant mechanism; sensors; tactile sensors

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

New Control Schemes for Actuators—2nd Edition

edited by

Oscar Barambones

,

Jose Antonio Cortajarena

and

Patxi Alkorta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10278 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control; real time implementation; nonlinear control; robust control; observer-based control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

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

edited by

Najib Kacem

and

Raffaele Ardito

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9416 | 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)

Actuators in Magnetic Levitation Technology and Vibration Control

edited by

Guang-Zhong Cao

and

Zigang Deng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 7235 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic bearing; magnetic levitation; motor; control; vibration; applications

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

Flow Control and Beyond Enhancing Performance and Energy Efficiency in Complex Fluid System

edited by

Frederico Miguel Freire Rodrigues

and

M. Abdollahzadeh

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5500 | Submission Open

Keywords: flow control; actuators; fluid systems; electro-hydro dynamics; magneto-plasma dynamics

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

Actuator Technology for Active Noise and Vibration Control

edited by

Bilong Liu

and Qianqian Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3070 | Submission Open

Keywords: active noise control; active vibration control; actuators; smart materials; feedback control systems; signal processing algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Applications

edited by

Chang Peng

and Yangbin Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2576 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic transducers; CMUT; PMUT; HIFU; flexible ultrasound; wearable ultrasound; ultrasound imaging; ultrasound therapy

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

Data-Driven Control for Vehicle Dynamics

edited by Yashar Mousavi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2350 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; fault-tolerant control; machine learning in vehicle dynamics; electromechanical coupling; predictive control technologies; vibration suppression techniques; vehicle-to-user interaction; energy efficient actuators; actuator control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Piezoelectric Actuators in MEMS

edited by Anqing Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1812 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric actuator; MEMS; precise motion and control; micro devices

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

Autonomous Soft Robotic Systems for Surgical Applications with Integrated Actuation and Sensing

edited by

Majid Roshanfar

and Thomas Looi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft surgical robotics; soft autonomous robotic systems; soft actuation mechanisms; adaptive control strategies; real-time sensing and feedback; soft robots for minimally invasive surgery

Advances in Piezoelectric Actuators and Materials

edited by

Dalius Mažeika

,

Piotr Vasiljev

and

Andrius Čeponis

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric actuators; piezoelectric motors; piezoelectric transducers; piezoelectric energy harvesters; materials; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Actuator Materials)

Control System of Autonomous Surface Vehicle

edited by Jun Ning, Xin Hu,

Zhouhua Peng

and Jian-Chuan Yin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1836 | 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)

Intelligent Sensing, Control and Actuation in Networked Systems

edited by

Guangtao Ran

,

Yanning Guo

and Chuan-jiang Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5542 | Submission Open

Keywords: networked systems; intelligent sensing and control; actuator applications; data-driven control; fault-tolerant control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Control Systems)

Modeling, Dynamics, Intelligent Control, and Fault Diagnosis of Vehicle Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Yongjun Pan

and Weicheng Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2112 | Submission Open

Keywords: modeling; dynamics; intelligent control; fault diagnosis; parameter identification; comfort and riding

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

Advances in Dynamics and Motion Control of Unmanned Aerial/Underwater/Ground Vehicles—2nd Edition

edited by

Han Sol Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned vehicle; vehicle dynamic modeling and control; remotely operated vehicle; unnamed aerial vehicle; actuator and sensor faults

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

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