Advanced Control of Industrial Electro-Hydraulic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Electro-hydraulic systems have been widely applied in various industrial applications for decades because of the key advantage of a high power-to-weight ratio. Recently,  rapid developments in engineering machineries, hydraulic robotics, heavy-duty manipulators, industrial pump stations, etc. have put forward ever increasingly stronger demands for high-performance hydraulic systems, which should be more reliable, precise, energy efficient, intelligent, and so on. Thus, how to achieve the desired high performance is an unending pursuit in this field, and advanced control design is one of the corresponding solutions.

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together recent studies on the advanced control of electro-hydraulic systems. Control of hydraulic multi-DOF manipulators, intelligent/data-driven control, in-depth system modelling/analyses, smart power management, and precise motion/force control are particularly encouraged, and contributions with industry applications are welcome. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, including review papers, for this Special Issue. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Applications of novel hydraulic robots (e.g., exoskeleton, legged robot, and underwater manipulator);
• Advanced motion control of hydraulic systems for unknown environments, uncertainties, and disturbances (adaptive control, sliding-mode control, backstepping control, etc.);
• Optimal control of hydraulic systems for energy saving, power management, etc.;
• Modelling and identification of complex hydraulic systems;
• Model-based position/force hybrid control design for hydraulic systems;
• Data-driven models, diagnostics, prognostics, and machine learning for hydraulic systems;
• Digital hydraulics;
• Smart fluid power components and systems.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Zheng Chen
Prof. Dr. Litong Lyu
Guest Editors

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