Embodied Intelligent Wireless Systems: Key Technologies, Applications, and Challenges
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 184
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Embodied intelligence has recently emerged as a transformative paradigm in artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems, emphasizing the tight coupling between perception, action, and interaction with the physical environment. Unlike traditional AI systems that rely primarily on abstract data processing, embodied intelligent systems integrate sensing, communication, and actuation to enable intelligent agents, such as robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, and wearable devices, to interact adaptively with the real world.
Sensors play a fundamental role in enabling embodied intelligence. Through multimodal sensing technologies, including vision, tactile, acoustic, and environmental sensing, embodied systems can perceive and interpret complex environments in real time. At the same time, the increasing deployment of distributed intelligent agents requires efficient wireless communication and networking infrastructures to support data exchange, collaborative perception, and coordinated decision-making. As a result, wireless systems and networks are becoming an essential foundation for embodied intelligence applications. Recent advances in wireless communication technologies, including 5G/6G networks, Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, and intelligent sensing systems, are creating new opportunities for the development of embodied intelligent wireless systems. However, many technical challenges remain unsolved. These include reliable and low-latency communication for real-time interaction, efficient sensing and data fusion, distributed intelligence and learning across networked agents, energy-efficient system design, security and privacy in large-scale sensor-enabled intelligent systems, and so on.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together and disseminate state-of-the-art research advancements in the analysis, design, optimization, and implementation of embodied intelligent wireless systems, with a particular focus on the role of sensors and sensing technologies. We welcome original research articles and review papers that address theoretical and practical aspects of this emerging interdisciplinary field. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Architectures and system design of embodied intelligent wireless systems;
- Sensor technologies and multimodal sensing for embodied intelligence;
- Wireless communication and networking for embodied intelligent agents;
- Collaborative perception and distributed sensing in multi-agent systems;
- Edge intelligence and edge computing for embodied intelligent systems;
- AI and machine learning techniques for sensor-enabled embodied systems;
- Resource allocation and optimization in embodied intelligent wireless networks;
- Low-latency and reliable communication for real-time embodied interaction;
- Wireless sensing and perception for robotics and autonomous systems;
- Internet of Things (IoT) for embodied intelligent applications;
- Security, privacy, and trust in embodied intelligent wireless systems;
- Energy-efficient design and resource management for embodied intelligent devices;
- Testbeds, prototypes, simulation tools, and experimental platforms;
- Applications of embodied intelligent wireless systems in smart cities, healthcare, industry, and transportation.
Dr. Xiaoying Liu
Dr. Kechen Zheng
Dr. Zhao Li
Dr. Yang Xu
Dr. Jia Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- embodied intelligence
- wireless system
- sensors
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