Sensors

Integration of Sensor Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Tomás Mateo Sanguino

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12820 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; intelligent transportation systems; sensor integration; embedded computer vision; artificial intelligence; real-time decision making; resource-constrained hardware; sensor fusion; edge computing; cloud computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Robotic Systems for Future Farming

edited by

Xiaojun Jin

and Dong Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10730 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic farming; precision agriculture; agricultural robotics; AI-enabled sensors; sensor fusion; autonomous systems; smart farming; environmental sensing; IoT in agriculture; agricultural automation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Sensors for Space Situational Awareness and Object Tracking

edited by

Regina Lee

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10351 | Submission Open

Keywords: space situational awareness; object tracking; RSO detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Recent Advances in Antenna Measurement Techniques

edited by

Claudio Gennarelli

, Stuart Gregson,

Claudio Curcio

and

Rocco Guerriero

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9630 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in indoor and outdoor test ranges; advances in far-field, compact, and RCS range measurement techniques; OTA antenna measurements; UAV, drone, and robotic-based measurements; advances in NF–FF transformation techniques; innovative NF measurement techniques; electromagnetic algorithms and data processing; microwave holography; phased array testing; measurement uncertainty analysis; phase retrieval methods; probe position correction; specialized antenna NF measurements; millimeter-wave and terahertz antenna measurements; time-domain NF measurements; NF probe design and characterization; numerical methods related to EM measurements; measurement standards and laboratory comparisons; compressed sensing for antenna test applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Applications

edited by Ning Wu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9136 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed acoustic sensing (DAS); signal Processing; machine learning; distributed acoustic sensing networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Vehicular Communications in 5G and 6G: Technologies, Architectures, and Challenges for Future Mobility

edited by

David Martín-Sacristán

and David Garcia-Roger

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9060 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicular communications; V2X; 5G/6G; sensing and communication; autonomous vehicles; artificial intelligence/machine learning; mobile edge computing (MEC); digital twin; big data/API driven services; sustainability/green communications; modelling and simulation; field trials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Intelligent Robotic Systems: Integration of Perception, Calibration, and Adaptive Control

edited by

Yukang Cui

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8598 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-robot systems; cooperative perception; sensor calibration; adaptive control; path planning; sensor fusion; formation control; real-time robotics; learning-based control; intelligent navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Image Processing and Analysis in Sensor-Based Object Detection

edited by

Ruichao Hou

and Kangjian He

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7751 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; multi-sensor data; fusion image processing; object detection; salient object detection; LiDAR and radar perception; machine learning for sensor data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Multi-Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Vehicles and Driver Assistance Systems

edited by

Iván García Daza

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7451 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles; LiDAR; perception; machine learning; localisation; behavioural decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges

edited by

Paolo Borlenghi

, Ilenia Rosati,

Carlo Rainieri

and

Carmelo Gentile

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5401 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage identification; operational modal analysis; machine learning; model-based SHM strategies; data fusion; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Wearable Sensing in Rehabilitation Therapy and Human Activity Analysis

edited by

Cláudia Regina Pereira Quaresma

and

Carla M. Pereira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4879 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; personalized rehabilitation; physiological monitoring; functional assessment; activity recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Systems Through Advanced Sensor and Process Monitoring

edited by

Xun Chen

,

Tahsin Öpöz

and

Andre Batako

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4769 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy-efficient manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; smart sensors; process monitoring and control; metrology and condition monitoring; machine tool diagnostics; condition-based maintenance; sensor integration; operational efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensing and Control Technology of Intelligent Robots

edited by

Vladimir Gurau

and

Doyun Lee

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4274 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot sensing; robot perception; adaptive robotics; real-time sensing; feedback control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advancements in Wearable Sensors for Affective Computing

edited by

Dan Zhang

and Zhao Lv

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4255 | Submission Open

Keywords: affective computing; ubiquitous computing; wearable sensors; physiological signals; emotion recognition; daily life; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Edge Computing for Beyond 5G and Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

He Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3609 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge intelligence; beyond 5G networks; edge–cloud architecture; secure edge computing; blockchain in edge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Mobile Sensing and Computing in Internet of Things

edited by

Tien-Wen Sung

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3446 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile sensing; ubiquitous computing; internet of things; artificial intelligence; smart city

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Cutting-Edge Proximal and Remote Sensing Solutions for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Francisco Jesús Moral García

,

João Manuel Pereira Ramalho Serrano

and Francisco Javier Rebollo Castillo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3059 | Submission Open

Keywords: proximal soil sensing; remote soil sensing; precision agriculture; digital mapping; agroforestry systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Technologies for Grid Monitoring, Protection, and Control

edited by Bo Zhang,

Pei Liu

, Yuanai Xie and

Huaian Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2883 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing theory and technology for new-type power systems; sensing technologies in power equipment condition monitoring and diagnosis; application of novel sensor networks in distribution grids and microgrids; communication, cybersecurity, and reliability design for sensing systems; application of advanced sensing technologies in enhancing grid resilience and fault response; integration and collaborative application of multi-source sensing technologies in wide-area grid monitoring systems; adaptive protection strategies and operational control methods for power grids based on advanced sensing; real-time control and dispatch technologies for power grids empowered by sensing technologies; power system state detection based on image recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Edge Computing for Resource Sharing and Sensing in IoT Systems

edited by

Elisa Rojas

,

Isaias Martinez Yelmo

,

Joaquin Alvarez Horcajo

and Diego López-Pajares

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2757 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; resource sharing and discovery; cooperative and distributed sensing; IoT systems and architectures; edge intelligence and orchestration; heterogeneous networks; federated and collaborative learning at the edge; low-latency communication; energy-efficient edge systems; 5G and 6G networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Challenges and Future Trends of UAV Communications

edited by

Wei Wu

, Mingzhe Chen,

Lisheng Fan

and Tianwen Guo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2534 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle; 6G mobile communication; semantic communication; embodied artificial intelligence; edge computing; Internet of Things; integrated sensing and communication; non-terrestrial networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

AI for Sensor-Based Robotic Object Perception

edited by Gan Sun and Zhenyu Lu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2470 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic; object perception; sensor-based perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Multi-Sensor Integration for Mobile and UAS Mapping

edited by Ahmed El-Rabbany and

Ahmed Elamin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; LEO; INS; LiDAR; camera; multi-sensor integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)

Fluorescent Probes for Biosensing and Cell Imaging

edited by

Jian Xu

, Jia Chen and

Yonglei Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent probe; biosensing; cell imaging; cellular structure; small molecule dye; fluorescent antibody; fluorescent nanomaterial; microscopic image; biomarker

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Magnetic Sensor Applications: Status, Challenges and Perspectives

edited by

Stan Zurek

and

Branko Koprivica

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1950 | Submission Open

Keywords: induction coil; Hall effect; fluxgate; magneto-resistive and magneto-impedance; magnetoelastic; SQUID; proton resonance; electron spin; Faraday effect; Kerr effect; voltage and current transformers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Artificial Intelligence for Medical Sensing, Imaging, and Signal Classification

edited by

Ali Farzamnia

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1789 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical signal processing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; biomedical signal classification; physiological signals; wearable health monitoring; clinical decision support; time–frequency analysis; robust signal interpretation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Intelligent Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Communications

edited by

Stefano Savazzi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1672 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven signal processing; learning-based wireless networks; intelligent transceiver design; semantic communications; network optimization; consensus-based distributed algorithms for multi-agent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Applications of Spectroscopy and Imaging in Environmental and Biomedical Studies, as Well as Clinical Diagnosis

edited by Sayo O. Fakayode and

David Bwambok

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1638 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy; microscopic imaging; nanoscience; materials science; nanotechnology; sensing; disease process; disease diagnostics; cancer detection; pathogen detection; biological sample analysis; emerging contaminants; perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); microplastics; pharmaceuticals; hyperspectral data analysis; photocatalysis; molecular recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Technologies in Hydraulic Engineering

edited by

Lin Cheng

, Fei Tong,

Rui Pang

and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1455 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic engineering; optical fiber sensing; electromagnetic sensing; structural health monitoring; hydraulic structure monitoring; numerical simulation; digital twin; fiber bragg grating (FBG); distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS); light de-tection and ranging (LiDAR); multi-physical field coupling monitoring systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

INS/GNSS Integrated Navigation Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiyuan Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1295 | Submission Open

Keywords: inertial navigation systems; GNSS; sensor fusion; integrated navigation; Kalman filter; positioning with high precision; path planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)

Applied Robotics and AI in Agriculture: Sensing and Autonomy for Deployment and Adoption

edited by

Santosh Pitla

and

Luan Pereira De Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1186 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; artificial intelligence in agriculture; autonomous farm machinery; precision agriculture; computer vision for crops and livestock; edge AI and real-time analytics; robotic planting and harvesting; human–robot collaboration; scalable automation in farming; technology adoption in agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Innovative Technologies Using Biosensors

edited by

Salzitsa Anastasova-Ivanova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative biosensing technologies; point-of-care diagnostics; wearable biosensors; implantable sensors; artificial intelligence in biosensing; environmental monitoring; food safety detection; personalized medicine; continuous health monitoring; sensor integration and miniaturization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Microwave Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Biomedical Application

edited by

Wenyi Shao

and Zheng Gong

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: antennas; tissue dielectric properties; diagnosis and screening; image reconstruction; wearable medical sensors; AI-assisted diagnosis; electromagnetic medical imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

AI-Driven Sensor Technologies for Biomedical Applications

edited by

He Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven sensors; biomedical signal processing; multimodal sensor fusion; deep learning for healthcare; data privacy in sensor systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Passive RFID Technology: Integrated Communications and Sensing

edited by

Piotr Jankowski-Mihułowicz

and

Mariusz Węglarski

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open

Keywords: RFID; passive transponder; tag-sensor; UHF/HF/NFC; textronics; IoT/IIoT; antenna design; energy harvesting; backscatter communication; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Research and Development of Signal Processing for Radar Sensors

edited by

Wei Xue

, Yue Yang and Wei Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing theory; application of signal processing; implementation of signal processing; signal processing combined with deep learning algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Advanced Bio-Signal Processing for Health Monitoring

edited by

Gaetano D. Gargiulo

and

Upul Gunawardana

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 830 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiological monitoring; performance monitoring; wearable (bio)sensors; continuous health monitoring; multimodal sensing; artificial intelligence in biosensing; edge-processing; biomimicry (bio)signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensor Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Sport, Rehabilitation, and Clinical Practice

edited by

Themistoklis Tsatalas

,

Minas A. Mina

,

Spyridon Plakias

and

Giannis Giakas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; machine learning; explainable AI; data analytics; sports performance; fatigue and readiness; movement and gait analysis; injury prevention and return-to-sport; computer vision and markerless motion capture; rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advances in Integrated Flexible Electronic Sensors

edited by Zhiqiang Ma,

Dawei Shen

and

Weibin Zhu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated flexible sensors; flexible conductive and sensing functional materials; stretchable electrode and circuit; multi-functional flexible sensor arrays; wearable and implantable flexible sensor; flexible intelligent skin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Advanced Medical Sensing and Intelligent Processing for Precision Medicine and Clinical Decision Support

edited by

Juan Zapata-Perez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical medical sensing systems; clinical decision support; MRI and CT analysis; surgical planning; edge computing in healthcare; image-derived information; precision medicine; automated diagnosticse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

AI-Driven Sensor Data Intelligence: Multimodal Learning, Knowledge-Aware Reasoning, and Trustworthy Decision Support

edited by

Zafar Ali

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor data intelligence; multimodal learning; knowledge graphs; retrieval-augmented generation; large language models; trustworthy AI; explainable AI; IoT sensing; biomedical sensors; decision support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Development of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors: From Design and Synthesis to Real-World Applications

edited by

Estefanía Núñez-Carmona

and

Veronica Sberveglieri

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 717 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal oxide gas sensors; nanostructured sensing materials; selectivity and sensitivity enhancement; environmental and industrial monitoring; smart and wearable gas sensors; hybrid and composite materials; low-power and flexible sensors; mechanisms of gas detection; Internet of Things (IoT) sensing applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Deep Learning Based Intelligent Fault Diagnosis—2nd Edition

edited by

Long Zhang

,

Jiayang Liu

, Zhenghong Wu and

Xiaoli Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnosis; deep learning; transfer learning; domain generalization; feature extraction; condition monitoring; fault prognostics; anomaly detection; condition assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Sensor Technologies and Agricultural Robotics for Applications in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Muhammet Fatih Aslan

,

Kadir Sabancı

and

Akif Durdu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 667 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; agricultural robotics; smart sensors; remote sensing; UAV/drone applications; IoT in agriculture; machine learning; sensor fusion; autonomous farming systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Modern Radar Sensing Technologies: Advances in Antennas, AI, Waveform Design, and Signal Processing

edited by

Michael Baginski

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 522 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar sensing technologies; radar signal processing; antenna arrays and beamforming; MIMO radar; waveform design and diversity; artificial intelligence and machine learning in radar; cognitive radar; automotive radar and autonomous vehicles; remote sensing and weather radar; integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); indoor sensing and healthcare radar

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Technologies in Robotic Surgery

edited by Adrian Rubio-Solis, Yang Jianlin,

Mark S. Runciman

and

George Mylonas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor fusion; smart sensors; AI-based sensing systems; haptic and force sensing; miniaturized and embedded sensors; surgical robots; robotic surgical vision; AI-based digital twins; sensor fabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Flexible Electronics for Human–Machine Interaction

edited by

Huamin Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; flexible actuators; low-dimensional materials; wearable electronics; human–machine interactions; artificial intelligence; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Bioelectrochemical Sensing Systems

edited by Inga Morkvenaite-Vilkonciene

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioelectrochemical sensors; electrochemical biosensing; nanomaterials; biorecognition elements; wearable sensors; lab-on-a-chip; real-time monitoring; signal transduction; biofuel-cell sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Sensors for Biomarker Detection and Bioinformatics Analysis

edited by

Marios Krokidis

and

Panayiotis Vlamos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable devices; data analytics; remote sensing platforms; biosensors; biomarkers; bioinformatics; digital health; neurodegenerative diseases; clinical trials; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

AI-Driven Intelligent Sensor Systems for Healthcare and Medical Applications

edited by Delaram Jarchi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: multisensor fusion; AI-driven sensor systems; wearable health monitoring; IoT sensor networks; medical IoT; edge AI; agentic AI; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Resilient and Trustworthy Sensor Networks for Intelligent IoT Systems

edited by

Md Masuduzzaman

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: trustworthy AI; sensor networks; Internet of Things (IoT); edge intelligence; federated learning; blockchain; 6G communications; autonomous systems; quantum computing; cyber–physical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

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