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Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Smart Manufacturing" submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5481 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
New Trends in Robotics and Automation
edited by Jian Wu, Xiangkun He and Guangfei Xu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 23748 | Submission Open
Keywords: new theories and studies in robotics; advanced control strategies; control decision-making with multi-source information; artificial intelligence (AI) technology applied in vehicles; system state information acquisition and parameter identification; intelligent connected vehicles; strategy and control of multi-agent cooperative operation; application of linear nonlinear analysis and control; modeling and control of human– machine cooperation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
Design and Applications of Service Robots submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7632 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial service robots; domestic robots; robotic home assistant; humanoid robots; social robots; socially assistive robots; machine learning for well-being; human– robot interaction; human– machine systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
Selected Papers from OPROTEH 2023: 18th International Conference of Constructive Design and Technological Optimization in Machine Building
edited by , and Florin Nedeff
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5413 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
Design, Analytical Modeling, Optimization, and Application of Motor Drives
edited by Hang Zhao and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4031 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
Cutting-Edge Research in Tribology and Its Applications to Rolling Element Bearings
edited by Dongwu Li and Yaguang Wu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2660 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; rolling element bearings; friction; wear; lubrication; contact; surface engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Friction and Tribology)
Intelligent Factory 4.0: Advanced Production and Automation Systems, Volume II
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2095 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
Reliable Design, Safe Operation and Smart Maintenance of Machines in the Industry 5.0 Context submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1966 | Submission Open
Keywords: industry 5.0; reliable machines design; machines’ safe operation; machines’ smart maintenance; risk management; reliable systems engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Systems)
Towards Intelligent Machinery Health Monitoring: Detection, Diagnostics, and Prognostics
edited by Carlotta Orsenigo and Masoud Jalayer
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1894 | Submission Open
Keywords: predictive maintenance; machine diagnostics; machine prognostics; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
Cutting-Edge Technologies and Applications in Automatic Control Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1873 | Submission Open
Keywords: automatic control systems; advanced control strategies; machine learning; intelligent automation; machine design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
Design Methodology for Soft Mechanisms, Machines, and Robots submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1634 | Submission Open
Keywords: soft power generator (e.g.; chemical power); soft actuator; soft control; soft mechanism; compliant mechanism; soft body; soft sensor; hydrogel machines; hydrogel robots; soft robots in healthcare systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
Technology Integration for Smart Manufacturing/Re-manufacturing Systems Development submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1487 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Design and Control of Assistive Robots submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1335 | Submission Open
Keywords: assistive robots; soft robotics; social robotics for assistance; human-robot interaction; autonomous and semi-autonomous assistive robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
Advancements in Emerging Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Multifunctional Sustainable Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1174 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced technologies; additive manufacturing; advanced structures; sensors and actuators; robotics; clean energy; biomedical applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Design and Application of Underwater Vehicles and Robots submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
Electrical Machine Health Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis
edited by Alessandro Goedtel and Marcelo Favoretto Castoldi
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrical machines; fault identification; prognosis; drives; motors; generators; transformers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
Industrial Applications: Industry 4.0 Challenges in the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Context submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open
Keywords: -Practices of social and sustainable processes -Electric vehicle and energy storage-Renewable energy-Industry applications-Industry 4.0-Robotics and mechatronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Systems)
Advances in MEMS Energy Harvester
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS))
Dynamics and Lubrication of Gears
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open
Keywords: gear dynamics; lubrication; tribological behavior; vibration analysis; tooth contact; gear tribology; friction and wear; gearbox dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Friction and Tribology)
New Research and Developments in Metal Additive Manufacturing
edited by Guher P. Toker and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Dynamics and Optimization of Compliant and Flexible Mechanisms submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4714 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
Advanced Control and Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
edited by Giuseppe Silano and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2535 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)
Recent Advances in Robotics, Factory Automation and Intelligent Networked Systems
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10515 | Submission Open
Keywords: automation; robotics; mechatronics; networks; control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Systems)
AI-Integrated Advanced Robotics towards Industry 5.0 submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1572 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Research on Braking Systems of Railway Vehicles
edited by Jacek Jackiewicz
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1334 | Submission Open
Keywords: railway braking system; emergency braking; service braking; parking braking; brake control system; long-lasting brake; braking system for high-speed railways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)
Advanced Power Electronic Technologies in Electric Drive Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15483 | Submission Open
Keywords: power converter; inverters; three-phase drives; multiphase drives; switching losses; fault tolerance control; modulation techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems)
Precision Manufacturing and Machine Tools submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7895 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision manufacturing; machine tools; advanced production systems; dimensional accuracy; surface quality; parts finishing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Application of Deep Learning in Fault Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4603 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
Biorobotic Locomotion and Cybernetic Control submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4552 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-robotics; cybernetics; locomotion; dynamics modeling; motion control; robot-fish modeling; walking-crawling robots; ornithopters modeling; musculoskeletal control; softrobotics; insect-like robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Advances in Vehicle Brake and Clutch Systems submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4012 | Submission Open
Keywords: brake; clutch; friction; wear; friction material; mechanical design; modeling; slip control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)
Recent Advances in Mobile Robots submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3077 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced perception; localization; navigation; cooperation and collaboration; intelligent behaviors; autonomy; challenging environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
New Advances in Precision and Ultra-Precision Machining Technology submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2618 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Material Processing Technology)
Design and Dynamic Control of Wind Turbines submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2442 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind energy; energy prediction; blade and rotor; wind turbine upscaling; noise; control; modeling; floating wind; structure; tower
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
Feature Review Papers on Material Processing Technology submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2261 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Material Processing Technology)
Advances in Applied Mechatronics, Volume II submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2122 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)
Design and Manufacture of Advanced Machines, Volume II submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1782 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
Recent Applications in Non-destructive Testing (NDT)
edited by Qiuji Yi
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1742 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Material Processing Technology)
Sensors and Signal Processing in Manufacturing Processes
edited by Alain Gil Del Val, Mariluz Penalva and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1384 | Submission Open
Keywords: manufacturing processes (cutting; joining; welding; additive; etc.); CNC machine tools; cyber-physical systems; digital twins; big data management and analytics; automation; interoperability; digital thread; multisensor data fusion; data acquisition; smart monitoring and control; precision machining; intelligent process planning; digital manufacturing; additive manufacturing sensor integration; human– machine interfaces; adaptive interfaces; human tracking and monitoring; virtual reality; augmented reality and mixed reality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)
State-of-the-Art Machining Technology: Advancing Precision Metrology, Fabrication, and Positioning
edited by Tianyi Wang, , and Xiaolong Ke
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
Dynamic Performance Analysis and Control of Engines for Aerospace
edited by Nanjia Yu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: rocket engine; combustion dynamics; rotor dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Turbomachinery)
Advanced Technologies in Vibration Measurement and Active Control of High-Speed Rotational Machines
edited by , Ming Liu, Hu Liu and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine design; vibration measurement; vibration control; numerical analysis; advanced control theory; signal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
Industry 4.0: Intelligent Robots in Smart Manufacturing
edited by , Hongxing Wei, and Guangzhe Zhao
submission deadline 3 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 572 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent robots; smart manufacturing; collaborative robots; industrial robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)
Computational Intelligence for Fault Detection and Classification
edited by
submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
Research in Design and Analysis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
Key Technologies in Intelligent Mining Equipment
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent control systems of mining equipment; artificial intelligence and machine learning in mining sensing and perception of mining sensors; human-machine interaction of mining robot; safety and reliability of mining technologies; case studies and applications of intelligent mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)
Advances in Combustion Science for Future IC Engines submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12391 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems)
Mechatronic Systems: Developments and Applications submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10406 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechatronics; control of mechanical systems; robotics; industrial applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)
Sustainable Manufacturing and Green Processing Methods submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6859 | Submission Open
Keywords:   sustainable manufacturing;   green processing methods;   environmental impact;   eco-friendly processing technologies;   energy-efficient processes;   waste reduction;   recycling methods;   environmental footprint;   renewable resources;   carbon footprint;   resource efficiency;   process optimization for waste reduction;   environmental sustainability;   circular economy;   clean production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Material Processing Technology)
Recent Advances in Surface Integrity with Machining and Milling
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4507 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface roughness; surface topography; residual stresses; milling; machining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
New Advances in Precision Machining submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4312 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Material Processing Technology)
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