Machines

Friction Stir Welding and Processing for Advanced Machines and Manufacturing

edited by

Mohamed M. El-Sayed Seleman (Mohamed El-Nagar)

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1694 | Submission Open

Keywords: friction stir welding; friction stir processing; advanced manufacturing; machine design; process monitoring; advanced composites; smart manufacturing; dissimilar materials; solid-state joining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Spacecraft and Space Robots

edited by

Alessia Nocerino

and

Roberto Opromolla

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1640 | Submission Open

Keywords: guidance navigation and control; autonomous spacecraft operations; robust control; fault-taulerant control; flight dynamics; attitude dynamics; artificial intelligence for space applications; space robotics

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

Recent Advances in Machinery Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis: From Typical Algorithms to the Era of AI Blooming

edited by

Moussa Hamadache

and Emiliano Mucchi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1598 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; class imbalance; maintenance; AI-based solutions; shallow and deep learning algorithms; early fault detection

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

Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Automation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nand Jha

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1517 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; industrial automation and robotics; industrial Internet of Things (IIOT); data acquisition and data analyses; industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Key Technologies in Intelligent Mining Equipment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianbo Dai

and

Lei Si

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1281 | 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 Nonlinear and Adaptive Control of High-Precision Intelligent Machines

edited by

Saleem Riaz

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1183 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive control; intelligent machines; nonlinear control; hybrid adaptive control; artificial intelligence; intelligent control; cyber– physical systems; high-precision servo systems; precision engineering

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

Fault Diagnostics and Fault Tolerance of Synchronous Electric Drives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Davide Fonseca

and

Antonio J. Marques Cardoso

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1121 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnostics; fault tolerance; synchronous motors; line-start synchronous motors; permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors

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

Data-Driven and AI-Based Fault Diagnosis for Industrial Dynamic Systems

edited by

Ping Wu

,

Qian Zhang

and

Siwei Lou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 793 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnosis; condition monitoring; prognostics and health management (PHM); artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning; dynamic systems

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

Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Control

edited by Guoqiang Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous driving; deep reinforcement learning (DRL); vehicle dynamics control; motion planning and decision-making; multi-agent systems; safe reinforcement learning; end-to-end control; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs)

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

Embodied AI in Robotics

edited by Shan An

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 560 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodied intelligence; foundation models for robotics; dexterous manipulation; sim-to-real transfer; perception-action loop

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

Advanced NVH, Human Factors, and Intelligent Control in New Energy Vehicles

edited by

Xu Zheng

, Zunming Wang and Chi Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open

Keywords: new energy vehicles (NVH); human factors; electric powertrains; intelligent control; electric vehicle; sound field; smart cockpit acoustics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)

Toward Sustainable Smart Manufacturing: Physical and Logical Enablers for Industry 4.0

edited by

Ahmad Z. Naser

and

Ahmed Azab

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 433 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; AI-driven design; sustainable manufacturing; process planning and optimization; smart sensors and IoT; predictive maintenance; digital twin; automation and robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Advances and Challenges in Wearable Robotics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tommaso Proietti

and

Richard Nuckols

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: control; sensing; real world; adaptive; exosuit; exoskeleton; prosthetic; wearable

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

Recent Advances in 3D Printing in Industry 5.0

edited by

Zbigniew Pilch

and

César M. A. Vasques

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D printing; additive manufacturing; human– machine collaboration; Industry 5.0; machine learning; digital twins; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Design Methodology for Soft Mechanisms, Machines, and Robots, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wenjun (Chris) Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft power generator; soft actuator; soft control; soft mechanism; compliant mechanism; soft body; soft sensor; hydrogel machine; hydrogel robot; soft robots in healthcare systems

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

Innovations in Hydraulic Systems: Design, Control and Applications

edited by

Gyan Wrat

and

Mohit Bhola

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic systems; electro-hydraulic systems; electromechanical energy conversion; hydraulic system design; advanced control strategies

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

Vibration-Based Machines Wear Monitoring and Prediction, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zoltan-Iosif Korka

and

Michael I. Friswell

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; prediction; rotating machine; simulation; signal processing; vibration; wear monitoring

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

Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Tool Condition Monitoring

edited by

Minh-Quang Tran

and

Viet Q. Vu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: tool condition monitoring; tool wear; machining; prognostics and health management; signal processing; machine learning; deep learning; multi-sensor fusion; industrial IoT

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

High Performance and Hybrid Manufacturing Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ali Abdelhafeez Hassan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: manufacturing; additive; subtractive; forming; joining; performance; hybrid

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Intelligent Robots and Mechatronic Systems for Complex Outdoor Infrastructure: Perception, Fusion, SLAM and Robust Control

edited by Feng Shen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental perception; multi-sensor fusion; localization and SLAM; defect detection and condition assessment; robust planning and control

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

Advanced Control and Fault Diagnosis in Electrical Drives

edited by Karol Wróbel and

Piotr Derugo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric drives; electrical machines; power electronics; fault detection; conditions monitoring

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

Sliding Bearing Performance Analysis

edited by

Jan Gorecki

and

Boris Kostov

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: sliding bearings; tribology; friction and wear; energy efficiency; machine reliability

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

Advances in Dynamics and Control of Vibratory Systems: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Hugo Filipe Diniz Policarpo

and Tiago Silva

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control; structural dynamics and optimization; damage identification and control; condition monitoring; structural health monitoring; machine health management; machine tool dynamics; rotating machinery; additive manufacturing; vibroacoustics; lightweight structures

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

Wound Field and Less Rare-Earth Electrical Machines in Renewables

edited by

Udochukwu B. Akuru

and

Zhongze Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21942 | 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)

AI-Driven Reliability Analysis and Predictive Maintenance

edited by

Phuc Do

and Cristiano Cavalcante

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15022 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive maintenance; data-driven prognosis; AI-driven reliability analysis; machine learning

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

Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Yancai Xiao

, Tianyang Wang and Shaodan Zhi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11208 | Submission Open

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

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

Power Converters: Topology, Control, Reliability, and Applications

edited by Tamer Kamel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9809 | 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)

Advanced Research and Development in Fluid Machinery: Design, Optimization, and Applications

edited by Yandong Gu,

Christopher Stephen

,

Leilei Ji

and Guoyi Peng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 8088 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid machinery; pump; bearing– rotor systems; multiphase flow; water turbine performance; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); fluid-structure interaction

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

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 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8039 | 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)

Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing

edited by Qinglin Qi, Lin Wang, Matteo De Marchi and

Christophe Danjou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5240 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Smart Electrified Energy–Motion Systems: Design, Control, and Intelligence from Machines and Vehicles to the Grid

edited by Chao Gong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4093 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrified energy– motion systems; design; control; system-level; intelligent methodologies

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

Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence Technology for High-End Equipment Fault Diagnosis (2nd Edition)

edited by Bingyan Chen, Yao Cheng and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3444 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; machine condition monitoring; machine fault diagnosis; high-end equipment

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

Recent Analysis and Research in the Field of Vehicle Traffic Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by

Konrad Jan Waluś

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3259 | Submission Open

Keywords: automotive; autonomous vehicles; vehicle dynamics; mobile measurement; active deceleration device; intelligent speed assist; tire/road contact; TPMS; road condition; driving behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)

Advanced Machine Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis

edited by Gómez María Jesús

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2969 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance; machine learning; signal processing

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

Design and Control of Surgical Robots

edited by Yongzhuo Gao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2909 | 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)

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

edited by Peter Azer and Ahmed Abdelrahman

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2893 | 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)

Dynamic Analysis and Condition Monitoring of High-Speed Trains

edited by

Yaoxiang Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2842 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamics modelling; intelligent fault diagnosis; vibration analysis; condition monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicle Engineering)

Transforming Classic Machining into Smart Manufacturing

edited by

Jonghyun Kim

and

Haewoon Choi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2718 | Submission Open

Keywords: machining; automation; human– machine interaction; smart factory; smart and hybrid manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

Innovations and Challenges in Additive Manufacturing Technologies

edited by Khalil Khanafer and

Ibrahim Deiab

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

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

edited by

Michael Grieves

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1890 | 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)

Towards Embodied Intelligence: Novel Kinematic Structures and AI-Guided Mechanism Design

edited by

Yang Liu

and Zhiyuan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1692 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; embodied intelligence; kinematic design; mechanism synthesis; AI-guided optimization; robot dynamics; configuration innovation; computational design; morphology & control co-design

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

Design and Control of Compliant, Energy-Efficient Mechatronic and Robotic Systems

edited by

Luigi Tagliavini

and

Luca Bruzzone

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1579 | Submission Open

Keywords: compliant robots; robots design; robots control; energy-efficient systems

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

Digital Twins and Intelligent Systems for Condition-Based Industrial Maintenance

edited by

Nasser Amaitik

,

Yuchun Xu

,

Jihong Yan

, Muftooh Siddiqi and

Chao Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; condition-based maintenance (CBM); predictive maintenance; machine learning and AI in maintenance; fault detection and diagnostics; remaining useful life (RUL) estimation; life cycle cost modelling; sustainable maintenance strategies; intelligent decision support; prognostics and health management (PHM); data-driven maintenance systems; maintenance planning optimisation; Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); smart manufacturing; cyber– physical systems

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

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 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1132 | 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)

Advanced Design, Control, and Optimization for Parallel Manipulators

edited by

Ameer Hamza Khan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 946 | 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)

Advanced Control Techniques for Power Electronics in Modern Energy Systems

edited by Moria Sassonker Elkayam and

Dmitri Vinnikov

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 902 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-resonant and adaptive controllers; predictive and nonlinear control strategies; advanced feed-forward and multi-loop control techniques; grid-forming and grid-following inverter control; scalability and thermal management considerations; machine learning and AI-based controllers; control techniques for hybrid energy storage and power management; experimental and comparative studies of advanced controllers; control strategies for Power-to-X (P2X) systems; wireless power transfer (WPT) control techniques

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

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

edited by

Yougang Sun

,

Hongliang Pan

, Haiyan Qiang and Daofang Chang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 897 | 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)

New Advances in Science of Mechanisms and Machines

edited by

Mircea Neagoe

,

Ioan Doroftei

and

Erwin Lovasz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanisms; mechanical transmissions; machines; robots; design; modeling; simulation; experimental testing; control; optimization; kinematics; dynamics; applications

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

Human-Centred Manufacturing Towards Industry 5.0

edited by

Dimitris Mourtzis

and

Dimitris F. Papadopoulos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 495 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; human-centricity; resilience; sustainability; digital manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)

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

edited by

Ludovica Maria Oliveri

,

Federico Briatore

and

Simone Arena

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 402 | 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)

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