Sensing Technologies in Industrial Defect Detection
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Fault Diagnosis & Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: intelligent sensing and measurement; sensor-based monitoring, diagnosis, and control; smart instruments for equipment operation and maintenance; sensing and data analytics in intelligent manufacturing systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial defect detection plays a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and sustainability of modern manufacturing systems. As industries move toward intelligent and autonomous production, sensing technologies have become fundamental to achieving precise, efficient, and automated quality control. Recent progress in sensing hardware, signal acquisition, and intelligent data analytics has significantly advanced the precision and automation of industrial inspection. The integration of multi-modal sensing, artificial intelligence, and adaptive monitoring systems is transforming defect detection from offline quality control to continuous, intelligent, and predictive inspection throughout the manufacturing lifecycle.
This Special Issue aims to bring together original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, applications, and challenges in the field of industrial defect detection based on sensing technologies.
Prof. Dr. Peng Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- industrial defect detection
- sensing technology
- non-destructive testing
- infrared thermography
- ultrasonic sensing
- acoustic sensing
- machine vision
- data fusion
- intelligent inspection
- smart manufacturing
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