Design and Manufacture of Advanced Machines, 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to compile papers that report on recent advances and challenges in addressing problems and designing new solutions for industry digitalization, a process aligned with the context of Industry 4.0. Original contributions that present successful solutions to solve real problems in industry are welcome. We believe that this Special Issue will be useful and informative to both researchers and practitioners. In addition, we hope to deliver readers promising new ideas and directions for future developments in the field of industry digitalization. This Special Issue will present the contemporary innovations and engineering achievements of senior scientists and industrial practitioners in these areas.

This Special Issue represents a continuation of our previous Special Issue, “https://www.mdpi.com/journal/machines/special_issues/advanced_machines”. Suitable topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Additive manufacturing and new hybrid processes;
• Advanced mechatronics devices;
• Automation and Robotics;
• Case studies and testbeds on Smart Manufacturing;
• Cyber physical systems;
• Cybersecurity;
• Developments in Intelligent Manufacturing Systems;
• Industrial communication protocols;
• Mechatronics sensing and control;
• Modelling and simulation for Smart Manufacturing;
• Smart actuators and materials;
• Smart material handling and transportation vehicles;
• Sustainable materials, products and processes;
• IoT and IIoT;
• 5G in Industry;
• Big Data and Machine Learning;
• Industrial Vision Systems;
• Vision Guided Robotics;
• NFC, RFID, BLE and other wireless technology applications;
• Asset tagging and indoor geolocation.

Dr. Pedro M. B. Torres
Prof. Dr. Volker Lohweg
Dr. Géza Husi
Dr. Eduardo André Perondi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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