Smart Control for Electromagnetic (EM) Actuation
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Control Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human-robot physical interaction; soft robotics; soft actuators
Interests: soft actuators and soft robotics; computational intelligence; automatic control; system identification; bio-inspired computational methods; optimization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electromagnetic (EM) actuation plays a key role in a broad range of modern technologies, including robotics, biomedical devices, precision manufacturing, and adaptive systems. These actuators offer numerous advantages such as fast response, contactless force generation, and high scalability. However, the dynamic behaviors of EM actuators—often nonlinear, time-varying, and sensitive to environmental conditions—pose significant challenges to traditional control methods.
To address these challenges, research has increasingly focused on the integration of smart control strategies, including adaptive, robust, model predictive, and AI-based approaches. These methods aim to enhance the performance, reliability, and energy efficiency of EM-actuated systems, particularly in complex or uncertain environments. Recent advances in sensing, system identification, and data-driven modeling further support the development of closed-loop and intelligent control architectures tailored to EM actuators.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect original research contributions in the field of smart control for EM actuation. Contributions may include theoretical, numerical, or experimental studies on actuator design, control implementation, or application-driven performance evaluation. Submissions addressing novel algorithms, real-time control, and multidisciplinary applications—such as soft robotics, wearable and assistive systems, biomedical devices, micro/nano systems, human–machine interfaces, and distributed actuation networks—are particularly encouraged.
Theoretical, computational, and experimental studies are all welcomed, particularly those that highlight innovative control strategies and their implementation in real-world systems.
Dr. Nafiseh Ebrahimi
Dr. Alexander Hošovský
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electromagnetic actuation
- smart control
- adaptive control
- AI-based control
- soft robotics
- distributed actuation networks
- biomedical devices
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