Machines

Advanced Design, Control, and Optimization for Parallel Manipulators

edited by

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel architectures and topologies for parallel manipulators; kinematic and dynamic modeling techniques; trajectory planning and motion optimization; AI-augmented model predictive control; fault diagnosis and robust control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)

Adaptive Human–Machine Networks

edited by Jiangbo Yu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; adaptive systems; human– machine collaboration; distributed intelligence; multi-agent systems; human-in-the-loop; cyber– physical– social systems; sociotechnical systems; reinforcement learning; trustworthy AI; self-organizing systems; resilient networks; human-centered AI; ethical AI systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)

Control Engineering and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Dan Zhang

and Zhengtao Ding

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: control engineering; artificial intelligence; intelligent automation; automated guided vehicles; factory modeling and automation; flexible manufacturing systems; robotics; mechatronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)

Innovations in the Design, Simulation, and Manufacturing of Production Systems

edited by

Vitalii Ivanov

,

Ivan Pavlenko

and

Katarzyna Antosz

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 44262 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced manufacturing; AR/VR technology; collaborative system; condition monitoring; digital transformation; digital twin; drive units; finite element modeling; industrial growth; industrial robotics; industry 4.0; intelligent systems; machine tools; maintenance service; mechatronics; metalworking equipment; model-based systems engineering; numerical simulation; process innovation; product innovation; quality assurance; rotary machines; smart manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; transport machines and logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Smart Manufacturing and Beyond: Bridging Innovation in Industry 4.0 and 5.0

edited by

Ratna Babu Chinnam

and Sara Masoud

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 31633 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; Industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; advanced manufacturing; cognitive manufacturing systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Compensation for Geometric Errors and Improvement in Accuracy Through Innovative Design and Advanced Control Strategies

edited by

Bo-Lin Jian

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9943 | Submission Open

Keywords: geometric error compensation; advanced control systems; precision engineering; error modeling and prediction; real-time error correction; image processing for accuracy; sensor fusion for precision; thermal error compensation; control system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Cutting-Edge Research in Tribology and Its Applications to Rolling Element Bearings

edited by Dongwu Li and Yaguang Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9152 | Submission Open

Keywords: tribology; rolling element bearings; friction; wear; lubrication; contact; surface engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Friction and Tribology)

Wound Field and Less Rare-Earth Electrical Machines in Renewables

edited by

Udochukwu B. Akuru

and

Zhongze Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8779 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine topology; design and analysis; modeling; optimization; multi-physics; control; electrical-excited; wound field; wound rotor; brushless; field-excited; hybrid-excited; less rare earth; rare earth-free; fault tolerance; electric vehicle; wind power generation; multiphase; synchronous condenser; hygrogenerators; DC-excited; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

Design and Control of Assistive Robots

edited by

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8476 | 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)

Digital Twins Applications in Manufacturing Optimization

edited by Lelio Campanile,

Laura Verde

and

Stefano Marrone

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7099 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; smart manufacturing; predictive maintenance; modeling and simulation; IoT edge architecture; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Advancements in Control and Diagnostics for Electric Motor Drive Systems

edited by Giacomo Scelba and Luigi Danilo Tornello

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5385 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced motor drive topologies; modulation strategies; intelligent control and diagnostics in motor drives; high-efficient drives; fault detection and fault tolerant motor drives; predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

New Trends in Reliability and Lifetime Improvement in Power-Electronic-Controlled Machines and Devices

edited by

Gian Carlo Montanari

and

Sukesh Babu Myneni

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4101 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric machines; machine insulation; partial discharges; power electronics; lifetime improvement; reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

Active and Passive Safety and Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH) of Intelligent Vehicles

edited by

Yan Wang

, Hui Zhang, Lanchun Zhang and Liwei Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3953 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent vehicles; active safety systems; passive safety systems; autonomous driving; noise vibration Harshness (NVH); vehicle dynamics and control; electric and autonomous vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)

Compliant Mechanisms and Actuators for Exoskeletons and Human–Robot Interactions

edited by

Shaoping Bai

,

Lin Liu

, Guimin Chen and Zhongyi Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3636 | Submission Open

Keywords: compliant joints; variable-stiffness mechanism; serial elastic actuators (SEAs); exoskeletons; humanoids; energy harvesting; energy efficiency; sensing and perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)

Power Converters: Topology, Control, Reliability, and Applications

edited by Tamer Kamel

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3612 | Submission Open

Keywords: power converters topologies; power converters for renewable energy sources; fault diagnosis of power converters and their reliability; grid-tided power electronics; smart grid implementation; distributed power generation; innovative control for power converters; AI applications in power systems; transportation electrification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robots and UAVs, 2nd Edition

edited by

Changwon Kim

and

Seong-Jin Kwon

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2612 | Submission Open

Keywords: path planning for autonomous agents; enhancing the localization of a mobile robot; motion control of a mobile robot; application of mobile robots to specific areas; multi-agent management system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)

AI-Driven Intelligent Maintenance and Health Management for Complex Industrial Systems

edited by Dandan Peng,

Xiaoxi Hu

, Jipu Li and Chuanjiang Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2384 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; diagnostics and prognostics; digital twin; explainable AI; large foundation models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Aerodynamic Analysis of Wind Turbine Blades

edited by

Guowei Qian

and Hang Meng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2177 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind turbine aerodynamics; blade design; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); aeroelasticity; wake dynamics; unsteady flow; experimental aerodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Turbomachinery)

Digital Farming in Agricultural Machinery: Revolutionizing Farming Through Smart Technologies

edited by Abhijit Nagchaudhuri and Madhumi Mitra

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1787 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; digital farming; GPS; drones; vertical farming; indoor and urban agriculture; smart combine harvesters and sprayers; agronomic sensors; data science and AI; sustainability; STEM education and agriculture; farm machinery and robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)

Integration of Industrial Machines into Smart Manufacturing, Digital Twin Technology for Industry 4.0 Machinery

edited by Chakib Alaoui

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1412 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0 methodologies; Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); Artificial Intelligence (AI); cloud computing; Virtual Reality (VR); Digital Twin (DT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Advances in Dynamic Analysis of Multibody Mechanical Systems

edited by

Pietro Davide Maddio

and

Rosario Sinatra

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1402 | Submission Open

Keywords: multibody dynamics; nonlinear dynamics; system stability; numerical simulation; vibration analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)

Data-Driven RUL Prediction: Innovations in Generalization, Uncertainty, and Efficiency for Industrial PHM

edited by Diwang Ruan, Jianping Yan,

Mengdi Li

and

Junxing Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1318 | Submission Open

Keywords: prognostics and health management (PHM); remaining useful life (RUL) prediction; data-driven approaches; cross-domain generalization; long-term prediction; uncertainty quantification; physics-informed neural networks (PINNs); LLM-based transfer learning; industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Cutting-Edge AI and Deep Learning Techniques for Anomaly Detection

edited by

Mustafa Demetgül

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 756 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; machine learning; predictive maintenance; computer vision; data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Innovations and Challenges in Additive Manufacturing Technologies

edited by Khalil Khanafer and

Ibrahim Deiab

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 748 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; simulation and modeling; materials characterization; additive manufacturing process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Design and Control of Surgical Robots

edited by Yongzhuo Gao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 574 | Submission Open

Keywords: continuum robots; concentric tube robots; micro-nano surgical robots; novel instrument design; surgical robot modeling and control; image-guided robot control; data-driven control method; haptic/shape sensing method; perception methods for biological tissue

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)

Quality Prediction and Control in Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Processes

edited by

Xinyi Xiao

and Byeong-Min Roh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid additive manufacturing (AM); quality prediction; predictive modeling; real-time monitoring; adaptive control systems; finite element analysis (FEA); predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Emerging Technologies in Vibration Control: Advances in Suppression and Isolation

edited by Diego Ledezma-Ramirez, Pablo Ernesto Tapia-González and

César M. A. Vasques

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration suppression; vibration isolation; nonlinear vibration control; active and passive control systems; metamaterials and metastructures; smart materials; adaptive structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)

Advances in Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Prediction and Predictive Maintenance of Industrial Equipment

edited by

Huitian Lu

,

Mohammad Omidi

and

Ali Naderi Bakhtiyari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: remaining useful life (RUL); prognostics and health management (PHM); performance degrading and assessment; predictive maintenance; deep learning; fault diagnosis; data-driven prognostics; turbomachinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Digital Twin-Driven Machine Performance and Reliability: Replication, Prediction and Front Running Simulation

edited by Michael Grieves

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: factory health prediction; digital twin-enabled machine; industrial reliability management; health monitoring; reliability-driven digital Twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Digital Twins and Advanced Fault Modeling in the Condition Monitoring of Electric Machines

edited by Nur Sarma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; electric machine monitoring; fault modeling and simulation; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring; fault detection; fault diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

Intelligent Path Planning for Robotic Systems: Modeling, Optimization and Real-Time Decision-Making

edited by

Jingrui Zhang

, Yu Xie and

Po Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinodynamic planning; anytime algorithms; model predictive control; chance-constrained optimization; mul-ti-objective optimization; subgoal replanning; latency-aware scheduling; uncertainty-aware mapping; human– robot spatial cognition; neuromorphic computing for planning; physics-informed neural planners; federated learn-ing for multi-robot systems; bio-inspired navigation; heuristic/meta-heuristic path planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)

Intelligent Propulsion Systems and Energy Control

edited by

Hao Shi

,

Mohammad Alnajideen

, Dongsheng Dong and Fuxing Wei

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: engine knock analysis; marine engine innovations; combustion optimization; energy control systems; flying car technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems)

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Improving Fatigue Behavior of Metal Components

edited by

Galya Velikova Duncheva

and

Jordan Todorov Maximov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue behavior; fatigue life enhancement; material structure modification; surface modification; cold working; hybrid; combined technologies; sustainable technologies; numerical simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Vehicle Systems: Modeling, Control Optimization and Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Yougang Sun

,

Hongliang Pan

, Haiyan Qiang and Daofang Chang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; vehicle dynamics modeling; intelligent control; fault diagnosis; reinforcement learning; predictive maintenance; rail transit systems; digital twin; intelligent vehicles; system optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)

Advanced Estimation, Control, and Optimization Techniques for Synchronous Machines in Next-Generation Electrified Systems

edited by Peter Azer and Ahmed Abdelrahman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: synchronous motors; motor control; power electronics; electric machines; synchronous machines; PMSM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

State-Wise Safe Learning and Control for Robotics

edited by Weiye Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: safe learning and control; state-wise safety; reinforcement learning; dynamical systems modeling; energy-function-based methods; data-driven control; robotics applications; real-world autonomous systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)

Industry 5.0: Key Enabling Technologies, Requirements, Current Applications and Future Directions

edited by

Ludovica Maria Oliveri

,

Federico Briatore

and

Simone Arena

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced cobots; IoT; edge/fog/cloud computing; digital twins; CPS; AI; Industry 5.0; sustainability; resilience; human-centricity; cognitive workload; ergonomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Systems)

Recent Advances in Control for PMSM Drives

edited by Xin Yuan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: motor drives; sensorless control; model predictive control; parameter identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Yancai Xiao

, Tianyang Wang and Shaodan Zhi

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5093 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance; health management; failure simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)

Health Condition Monitoring, Intelligent Operation and Maintenance of Wind Turbines

edited by Ronghua Zhu, Cailiang Zhang,

Chaoge Wang

and Zepeng Liu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1862 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind turbines; digital twin; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Turbomachinery)

Smart Design and Maintenance of Electrical Machines

edited by

Jose E. Ruiz-Sarrio

, Claudia Martis and

Jose Alfonso Antonino-Daviu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: AC machines; fault diagnosis; design for sustainability; machine learning; condition monitoring; optimization; RUL prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

New Trends in Industrial Robots

edited by

Sever-Gabriel Racz

and

Radu-Eugen Breaz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 12880 | Submission Open

Keywords: continuous path control; machining with robots; digital twins for robots; collaborative robots; mobile industrial robots; humanoid robots for industrial tasks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Systems)

Advancements in Condition Monitoring of Electric Motors: Integrating Digital Twins, AI, and IoT for Enhanced Operational Efficiency, Fault Diagnosis, and Cybersecurity

edited by

Antonios Gasteratos

and

Theoklitos Karakatsanis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9857 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric motors; industrial applications; fault diagnosis; prognosis; predictive maintenance; smart sensors; condition monitoring; data collection and security challenges; digital twins; artificial intelligence; secure communication protocols; critical infrastructure protection; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)

Modelling, Design and Optimization of Wind Turbines

edited by

Francesco Papi

and

Mircea Neagoe

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9731 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind; renewable; energy transition; experiment; simulation; optimization; design; load; co-design; wake; wind farm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Turbomachinery)

Components of Hydrostatic Drive Systems

edited by

Paweł Śliwiński

,

Piotr Osiński

and

Mykola Karpenko

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8209 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)

Advances in AI-Enabled Applications for Robotics and Autonomous Systems

edited by

Wilfried Yves Hamilton Adoni

,

Moez Krichen

and Jamal Berrich

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6661 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; drones; swarm robotics; unmanned aerial vehicle; machine learning; autonomous systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)

Emerging Approaches to Intelligent and Autonomous Systems

edited by

Manos Tsardoulias

and Andreas L. Symeonidis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5885 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous and intelligent systems; autonomous robotics; multiple agent systems; autonomous systems algorithms; autonomous cars; internet of things; cyber– physical systems; model driven engineering; systems security; testing and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)

The New Digital Era in Industrial Robotics, Mechatronics and Factory Automation

edited by

Roman Ružarovský

,

Tibor Horak

and

Ivan Virgala

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5312 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial robotics; factory automation; industrial mechatronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines)

Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration Monitoring and Fault Diagnostics in Rotating Systems

edited by

Lei Hou

,

Nasser A. Saeed

and

Shun Zhong

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5045 | Submission Open

Keywords: rotating systems; nonlinear dynamics; vibration monitoring; fault diagnostics; intelligent modeling; experimental investigation; multi-physics and multi-scale; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)

Intelligent Applications in Mechanical Engineering

edited by

Haibo Huang

, Jun Wu and Chongrui Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5014 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven applications; active and passive control; prognostics health management; noise; vibration and harshness; vehicle road noise analysis; vehicle sound package analysis; acoustic metamaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)

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