Intelligent and Precision Control for Mechatronic/Electro-Hydraulic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Precision is a core requirement of industrial machines, including mechatronic and electro-hydraulic systems. Advanced control techniques are widely used for high-performance operations in the fields of manufacturing, mobile machines, industrial robots, etc. Control difficulties that challenge control precision are prevalent in mechatronic and electro-hydraulic systems. These control difficulties can be summarized as dynamic non-linearities, parametric uncertainties, constraints, time-varying working conditions, unknown workloads, disturbances, friction, vibration, etc. To overcome these control difficulties and improve control accuracy, intelligent and precision control strategies can be effective solutions, including non-linear model-based control and machine learning. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to provide an opportunity for international researchers to present their latest findings on intelligent and precision control for mechatronic/electro-hydraulic systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to：

• Control of mechatronic systems,
• Control of electro-hydraulic systems,
• Intelligent control,
• Data-driven modelling, diagnosis, optimization, and control,
• Machine learning,
• model-based non-linear control,
• precision motion control,
• modelling and identification,
• adaptive robust control,
• robotic control.

Dr. Bobo Helian
Prof. Dr. Zheng Chen
Guest Editors

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