Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Advanced Materials, Machinability, and Smart Robotics

Dear Colleagues,

The global economy—and particularly sectors focused on the design and production of advanced materials, material processing, advanced intelligent manufacturing systems, and intelligent robotics with autonomous mobile transport robots—requires continuous research and innovation to develop new solutions that ensure a competitive market advantage.

One of the major challenges of the modern economy is the pursuit of a circular economy. It is therefore essential to reduce emissions associated with technical solutions, both in end products and their manufacturing processes. Given the need to decrease the weight of machines and devices while maintaining their strength, the development of new structural materials is crucial. Research in materials science focuses on creating new alloys, composite materials, and spatial structures with predictable and designable mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, recyclability, and reusability.

The introduction of new materials often requires the development of innovative technologies for their processing and formation, as well as new methods for decommissioning and recycling. Integrating these new technologies into manufacturing systems demands effective process management and reliable solutions in industrial robotics and autonomous robotic transport.

Transformations in the global economy also encompass the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. In addition to self-adaptive production systems, smart materials that can alter their properties under external stimuli—such as changes in radiation intensity or temperature—play an increasingly important role.

In this Special Issue, we welcome the latest research results contributing to the development of advanced materials, machining technologies, and broadly defined intelligent robotic manufacturing systems, as well as innovative methods and techniques for managing production processes.

We invite researchers to submit papers focusing on new materials and their processing methods. Studies presenting smart solutions for manufacturing processes are of particular interest, as they offer valuable support for future industrial applications. The submitted papers should highlight recent advances, address gaps between research areas, and inspire new directions for future studies.

We particularly welcome submissions on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Materials for additive manufacturing of safety-critical components;
• Manufacturing of metal matrix composites (MMC) and ceramic matrix composites (CMC);
• Characterization and machinability of MMC and CMC materials;
• Novel machining techniques for difficult-to-cut materials;
• Processes and applications in the manufacturing of biological materials;
• Modeling of materials and manufacturing processes;
• Modeling the machinability of composite materials;
• Characterization of additively manufactured materials;
• Modeling of intelligent manufacturing processes;
• Intelligent robotic systems in production;
• Algorithms for managing autonomous transport robots.

Prof. Dr. Anna Burduk
Dr. Andre Batako
Prof. Dr. Anthony Xavior Michael
Dr. Suthep Butdee
Dr. Kamil Krot
Guest Editors

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