Dear Colleagues,

The rapidly developed information technologies have dramatically shaped the morphology and semantics of modern industry behavior, which played an important role in massive production in the third industrial revolution. This is what is happening now with Industry 4.0, in which technological giants around the world are accelerating change via Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), Mixed Reality (MR), Cloud Computing, Big Data, and 5G technologies throughout the design, simulation, and manufacturing processes of the modern factory. These changes not only dramatically increase productivity, but also customize products and reduce waste and operating cost.

With such background, this MDPI Special Issue of Inventions will cover the following topics with the aim to update the new development of different disciplines on the way to Industry 4. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Industry 4.0, including critical literature review of recent developments and changes;
• Digital twin implementation and processing on forging and manufacturing;
• IoT systems and developing connectivity of the modern factory;
• 5G network communication technology application and developing in the smart factory;
• Modern visualization technology, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality applied on the digital factory and manufacturing process;
• Cloud computing for the digital factory;
• AI for Big Data;
• Robotics-related computer hardware, software, and architectures;
• Robotics in manufacturing and flexible automation;
• AI for design and manufacturing;
• AI for operational research and management;
• Additive manufacturing application on the digital factory;
• AI for STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine);
• AI for Science and Government (ASG)

Dr. Leo Chen
Dr. Jianfeng Huang
Dr. Erfu Yang
Dr. Jun Ding
Guest Editors

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• Industry 4.0
• Cyberphysical systems
• Digital manufacturing
• Digital twins
• Digital enterprise
• Artificial Intelligence
• Multidisciplinary applications
• Big Data