Smart Manufacturing: Advances and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has shown the necessity to strengthen our industrial sector, enhancing its resilience and flexibility in order to reduce dependencies on other countries. Digital transformation seems inevitable and the only way to improve the production system. It appears crucial to master digital-enabling technologies in order to improve production efficiency. However, digital transformation is just beginning.

This has encouraged scientists and researchers to contribute to advanced techniques in the field of artificial intelligence applied to manufacturing processes, industrial applications of the Internet of Things, industrial sensor networks, collaborative robots, augmented reality in industrial environments, and many more.

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and new challenges in smart manufacturing. We welcome original research contributions and reviews of state-of-the-art studies from academia and industry. The Special Issue topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Industry 4.0;
• Smart manufacturing;
• Industrial Internet platforms;
• Collaborative robots;
• Automated guided vehicles (AGV);
• Industrial applications of the Internet of Things;
• Smart logistics related to industrial applications;
• Industrial sensor networks;
• Augmented reality in industrial environments;
• Automatic object identification (e.g., RFID);
• Real-time locating in production and logistics;
• Artificial intelligence for industrial applications;
• Digital twin;
• Cloud/digital manufacturing and edge computing.

Prof. Dr. Hilde Perez
Dr. Javier Díez-González
Prof. Dr. Rubén Álvarez
Guest Editors

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