Smart Infrastructure for Sensor-Driven Systems
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: include intelligent agentic systems; edge-cloud computing; networked robotics; cyber–physical systems; smart infrastructure and computational modelling
Interests: intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS); smart signal processing; massive MIMO; 5G and beyond; machine learning; optimization; Internet of Things (IoT); smart energy cities
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Dear Colleagues,
Agentic sensors represent a new development in intelligent sensing, integrating autonomy, dynamic provisioning, systems orchestration, and embedded design directly within sensor systems. Drawing on cyber–physical principles and enhanced by cloud engineering, artificial intelligence (AI), mechatronics, and advanced modelling techniques, these sensors form the foundation for transforming smart grids, mobile ecosystems, and Industry 4.0 infrastructure into self-aware, responsive, and sustainable systems.
Unlike traditional sensors, agentic sensors not only perceive and transmit environmental data but also interpret, react to, and optimise real-world performance based on contextual feedback. This makes them ideal for applications in smart cities, public health, environmental monitoring, intelligent transport systems, robotics and resilient infrastructure.
By converging sensing with computation, control, and cloud-based architectures, agentic sensors enable infrastructure systems to learn from past data, predict future states, and act autonomously, driving improvements in societal outcomes. As adaptive components, they are key to building scalable, robust, and energy-efficient smart systems.
This Special Issue invites contributions on a broad range of topics, including sensor design for intelligent infrastructure, embedded AI for real-time perception and decision-making, sensor–cloud integration frameworks, agent-based control systems, and scalable modelling for smart environments. The submission of both original research papers and review articles is welcome, especially those exploring agentic sensing mechanisms, infrastructure-based sensor systems, and intelligent networked environments.
Dr. Kennedy Chinedu Okafor
Dr. Kelvin Anoh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart social infrastructure
- cloud-based sensor systems
- artificial intelligence integration
- mechatronic systems
- complex system modelling
- sensor data analytics
- cyber–physical systems
- edge-cloud collaboration
- intelligent monitoring
- scalable sensing architectures
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