Intelligent Actuation and Control Systems for Electrified Mobility and Robotics

Dear Colleagues,

The ongoing electrification of transportation, robotics, and industrial automation is catalyzing rapid innovation in actuator and control technologies. Today’s intelligent actuators combine high-efficiency electric machines, wide-bandgap (WBG) power electronics, advanced control algorithms, and AI-assisted design methodologies to achieve superior energy utilization, fault tolerance, and precision. Building on these advances, this Special Issue will present state-of-the-art research on intelligent actuation and energy systems that bridge machine design, motor drive control, and power electronics.

For this Special Issue, we welcome contributions spanning modern motor and actuator topologies—such as IPMSM, SynRM, axial-/radial-flux machines, and magnetic levitation systems—together with data-driven and AI-enhanced control; converter and drive optimization using WBG devices and active gate drivers; and energy-efficient, high-reliability drive systems. Works on high-voltage power supplies, microwave/high-power pulsed technologies, and protection/insulation coordination are of particular interest, as are integrated diagnostics and tolerance control for EV/UAM propulsion and industrial robotic actuation. We invite the submission of original research articles, authoritative reviews, and rigorously validated application studies from academia and industry to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration across electrical machinery, energy conversion, and intelligent systems.

Dr. Ho-joon Lee
Prof. Dr. Changhyun Kim
Dr. Dongwoo Lee
Dr. Hyunjong Park
Prof. Dr. Kun A. Lee
Guest Editors

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