Digital Technologies Enabling Modern Industries, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 3
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Interests: robotics; mobile manipulators; grasping; AI-based systems; perception
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Interests: robotic process automation; artificial intelligence in robotics; virtual and augmented reality in industry; digital twins of industrial systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Digital technologies are becoming the main factor fostering the development of modern industries and have come to affect all industrial sectors and all aspects thereof, from orders and resource management to final product delivery and maintenance.
In this upcoming Special Issue, entitled "Digital Technologies Enabling Modern Industries, 2nd Edition", we aim to highlight the transformative power digital technologies have to reshape modern industries. This Special Issue is dedicated to uncovering how advancements in robotics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of things (IoT), and other digital innovations are synergizing to redefine traditional practices, enhance productivity, and facilitate sustainable growth. The focus ranges from the deployment of robotic solutions in complex environments to the seamless integration of AI for smarter decision-making and operational efficiency. Robotics, central to this transformation, are evolving beyond their conventional roles, driven by breakthroughs in perception, navigation, grasping techniques, natural language processing, and many other aspects. These technologies are enabling autonomous operations in diverse environments and their power to enhance synergy with human workers is constantly evolving. Simultaneously, sensors and the IoT, technologies that stand at the forefront of the digital revolution, are another pivotal aspect covered by this Special Issue. These technologies are instrumental to creating interconnected ecosystems within industries, enabling the seamless collection, transmission, and analysis of data.
Dr. Janis Arents
Prof. Dr. Vytautas Bucinskas
Dr. Andrius Dzedzickis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- perception
- navigation
- robotics
- automation
- robotic grasping
- sensors
- IoT
- simulation
- synthetic data
- multiagent systems
- smart manufacturing
- artificial intelligence
- virtual and augmented reality
- digital twins
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