Intelligent Automation and Robotics for Future Factories: Vision Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Engineering
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editors
2. MEtRICs Research Center, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: automation and industrial control; Industry 4.0; mechatronics; artificial intelligence; industrial, mobile and colaborative robots and industrial network protocols and advanced communication networks
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Interests: software engineering; AI; 3D modelling and programming; mobile development; distributed systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on practical and applied research in intelligent automation and robotics for future factories, with particular emphasis on machine vision, artificial intelligence, digitalization, and advanced machine engineering for real industrial environments. We welcome contributions on the design, integration, and deployment of robotic and automated systems; AI-driven inspection and quality control; perception and sensing technologies; edge/industrial IoT and data architectures; digital twins and simulation for manufacturing; human–robot collaboration; and methods that improve productivity, flexibility, safety, and sustainability in industrial machines and manufacturing lines. Both methodological and application-oriented works are encouraged, including validation in laboratory pilots or real factory case studies.
Dr. Filipe Pereira
Dr. Miguel Oliveira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- intelligent automation
- industrial robotics
- machine vision
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- quality inspection
- edge computing
- industrial IoT (IIoT)
- digital twins
- human–robot collaboration
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