Recent Developments in 3D Mechatronics Design
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechatronics and robotics; mechanical engineering; rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing; manufacturing technologies; advanced technologies and nano-technologies; applied statistics in engineering
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2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, North University Center at Baia Mare, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: computational mechanics; nonlinear numerical methods; optimal control; elasticity theory; elastic contact problems with friction; control of balance and stability of robots; balancing and optimizing effort from actuators
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New advanced technologies and materials have known significant development lately due to the complex smart mechatronic systems. These systems ensure high precision, efficiency, and, not least, efficacy in processing and manufacturing.
The increasingly evident climate changes have impacted people's everyday life and, therefore, motivated a high focus on developing alternative non-pollution solutions for energy production, sustainable agriculture, green buildings, and, not least, environmentally friendly transport. One of the means to reach these targets is to be assisted by complex and smart mechatronic systems in concept, planning, and offering to the market adequate products.
Health, curative and palliative curing of diseases, assistive living, and well-being of the population stand as priorities in the socio-cultural environment. Prosthetic limbs, exoskeletons, robots for rehabilitation, and extraordinary surgical robots are relevant representatives of the achievements in mechatronic design.
A range of advanced tools, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, 3D-printing equipment, 3D scanning lasers, and smart or CNC machines, are instrumental in developing innovative, useful, and affordable user-friendly mechatronic systems.
The scope of this SI is to present and disseminate relevant research results on the concept, design, modeling, simulation, prototype, manufacture, and/or validation of mechatronic systems.
Dr. Mihaiela Iliescu
Prof. Dr. Nicolae Pop
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechatronics
- systems
- design
- modeling and simulation
- 3D printing
- prototype
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