Sensors

The Evolving Landscape of Ultrasonic Sensing and Testing

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submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1509 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic testing; signal processing; automation; AI; ML; digital twin; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic process monitoring; scanning acoustic microscopy; ultrasound metrology

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

Wireless Sensor Networks and Next-Generation Communication Technologies

edited by Li Chen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); 5G/6G communication systems; internet of things (IoT); edge/fog computing; AI-driven data fusion; energy-efficient protocols; security and privacy; heterogeneous network interoperability; smart city and industrial IoT; distributed network architectures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Micro-/Nanorobots for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Applications

edited by Ali Ghanbari and

Tapas Sen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro-/nanorobots; micro-/nano sensors; medical diagnosis; micro-/nanorobotic systems; micro-/nanofabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

A New Era of Embodiment: Cognitive Breakthroughs and Scene Adaptation in Robot Perception, Decision-Making and Autonomous Control

edited by

Yuanlong Xie

, Wenlong Li and Shuting Wang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning (ML)-based robot grasping detection; visual language model (VLM)-driven robot perception– plan– grasp framework; sensor-augmented visual language action (VLA) model for complex dual-arm operations; multi-modal sensing; recognition; mapping; and localization based on learning; perception fusion; decision-making; and collaboration across cross-domain clusters; foundational models for environmental perception and interaction under embodied intelligence; sensing and modeling of a collaborative environment for multiple autonomous systems; vision– language-based general target recognition and localization; human– machine– environment interaction modeling of embodied intelligence; perception; planning; and control of integrated embodied intelligence navigation

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies, Data-Driven Analytics and Information Integration for Structural Damage Detection and Localization

edited by

Rocco Ditommaso

, Vincenzo Gattulli and

Felice Carlo Ponzo

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); damage detection and localization; data-driven analytics; machine learning and deep learning; physics-informed models; multisensor data fusion; hybrid digital twin; resilience-oriented assessment

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies in Sports Biomechanics

edited by

Alejandro Molina-Molina

,

Luis Enrique Roche-Seruendo

,

Antonio Cartón-Llorente

and

Alberto Rubio-Peirotén

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports; biomechanics; sensors; wearable technology; IMUs; motion capture; force platforms; computer vision; AI in sport; performance analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Computer Vision and Sensors-Based Application for Intelligent Systems

edited by

Jungpil Shin

and

Yutaka Watanobe

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 26136 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing technology; computer vision; human– computer interaction; image processing; pattern recognition; object detection; 3D reconstruction; virtual reality; machine learning; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

EEG Signal Processing Techniques and Applications—3rd Edition

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16171 | Submission Open

Keywords: electroencephalography; EEG signal processing; artificial intelligence in EEG data analysis; brain connectivity; time– frequency analysis; deep learning in EEG data analysis; machine learning techniques in EEG data analysis; computer-aided diagnosis systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Recent Developments and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Advanced Sensing Systems

edited by

Kah Phooi Seng

and

Li-Minn Ang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14991 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI sensors; intelligent sensing; advanced sensing; deep learming; AI internet of things; AI wearables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Intelligent Transportation Systems with Connected Vehicle, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things Technologies

edited by Yongxing Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12287 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; IoTs; connected vehicle; vehicle sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Wearable Inertial Sensors for Human Movement Analysis

edited by Britta Berg-Johansen and Stephen Klisch

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10957 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; wearable devices; digital health; musculoskeletal; movement; motion analysis; inertial measurement units

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

UAV Secure Communication for IoT Applications

edited by

Xiao Tang

and Wei Liang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8692 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; IoT communications; security protocols

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

Advances in Sensing Technologies for Sleep Monitoring

edited by

Mahnoosh Kholghi

, Moid Sandhu and

David Silvera-Tawil

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7036 | Submission Open

Keywords: sleep monitoring; sensing technology; AI; IoT; data science; remote monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Deep Learning Based Intelligent Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Long Zhang

,

Jiayang Liu

,

Xiaoli Zhao

and Zhenghong Wu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6303 | 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)

Blockchain-Based Solutions to Secure IoT

edited by

Zhaofeng Ma

, Yuwei Xu and Yuntao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5318 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; blockchain; decentralized security; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Dynamics and Control System Design for Robotics

edited by

Taewon Seo

,

Taegyun Kim

and Sungkeun Yoo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5051 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot design; robot control; robot sensing

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

Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing

edited by

Xiaojun Yu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4925 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-optical imaging; biomedical image denoising; biomedical signal processing; computer-aided disease diagnosis; biomedical image segmentation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

SPAD-Based Sensors and Techniques for Enhanced Sensing Applications

edited by

Leonardo Gasparini

and

Alessandro Tontini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3595 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-photon avalanche diode arrays (SPAD); time-resolved imagers; photon counting imagers; time-of-flight (ToF) sensors and systems; LiDAR; fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); Raman spectroscopy; positron emission tomography (PET); time-domain near infra-red spectroscopy (TD-NIRS)/diffuse optical tomography (DOT); high dynamic range (HDR) imaging; quantum imaging super-resolution spectroscopy; sub-shot noise imaging; ghost imaging; non-line-of-sight (NLoS) imaging; time-to-digital converters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors and Sensor Fusion for Decision Making for Autonomous Driving

edited by

Eloisa Macedo

and

Jorge Bandeira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3141 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobility innovations; simulation and real-world testing; autonomous mobility solutions; driving behaviour; sustainable mobility

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

Ultrasonic Sensors and Ultrasonic Signal Processing

edited by

Ming Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3104 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic sensor technology; ultrasound signal processing; materials science; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Security Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things (IoTs)

edited by Laurent Gallon and

Richard Chbeir

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3001 | Submission Open

Keywords: security; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Techniques in Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Dakun Lai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2301 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; biomedical imaging; electrophysiological signal; heart; brain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing and Intelligent Technologies for Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things Systems

edited by

Mohammed Al-Mhiqani

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2280 | Submission Open

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

Applications and Perspectives of Real-Time Data Collection in Sensor Networks

edited by

Shabir Ahmad

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2146 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time data collection; sensor networks; edge and fog computing; AI-driven sensing; IoT-based real-time monitoring; security and privacy in sensor networks; energy-efficient data transmission; machine learning for sensor data analysis; multimodal sensor fusion; smart cities and industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances in Sensors and IoT for Health Monitoring

edited by

Mehdi Adda

and

Hamid Mcheick

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2032 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor technologies; Internet of Things (IoT); health monitoring systems; real-time monitoring; healthcare applications

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

Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Applications

edited by Ning Wu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2031 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Based on Sensing Technology

edited by Xiao Yu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1802 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; computer vision; image analysis; intelligent sensors

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

Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things Applications

edited by

Lexi Xu

, Chaowei Wang,

Feng Yin

and Keke Zu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1632 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; wireless sensor networks; IoT; applications; resource allocation and management; distributed optimization; big data; wireless localization and tracking; ISAC

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

Advancing Global Connectivity: Efficient Transmission and Intelligent Sensing in Satellite Communications

edited by Ziyi Yang,

Xuhui Ding

,

Jianguo Li

, Xiang Gao,

Yujie Lin

and Dekang Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1496 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite communications; advanced antenna design; signal processing techniques; MIMO; intelligent reflecting surfaces; intelligent sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Wearable Medical Sensors and AI-Driven Signal Processing for Next-Generation Healthcare

edited by

Wanqing Wu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1385 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart biosensors; physiological monitoring; health informatics; edge computing in healthcare; multimodal biomedical data; digital health technologies; chronic disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Biomedical Electronics and Wearable Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

José Machado da Silva

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1362 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioelectronics; wearables and smart clothing; neuroprosthetics; biosensors; bionic and biorobotic devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Robust Measurement and Control Under Noise and Vibrations

edited by

Zhiqiang Liao

,

Md. Shamim Sarker

and

Fabing Duan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1097 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty and disturbance mitigation; high-fidelity sensing technologies; resilient cyber– physical systems; signal integrity and data fusion; next-generation smart sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Sensing Technology in Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV)

edited by

Wenqi Lu

, Ziwei Yi and

Yikang Rui

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 812 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected automated vehicles; advanced sensing technologies; V2X communication and cooperative perception; autonomous decision-making and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Inertial Sensors: Advances, Challenges and Applications: Second Edition

edited by

Peng Xu

and

Xing Bian

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-precision inertial sensors; inertial navigations; newtonian and relativistic gravity field measurements in space; gravitational wave detections; autonomous orbit maintenances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensor Integration and Signal Processing Algorithms for Industrial Automation

edited by

Hsiung-Cheng Lin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; sensor integration; automatic measurement; intelligent sensor system; sensing signal collection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Technical Progress of Electrochemical Sensors

edited by

M'hamed Chahma

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface modifications; electrochemical sensors; microlectrodes; biosensors; molecular recognitions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Nuclear Radiation Detectors and Sensors

edited by

Virginia Strati

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 511 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental radiation monitoring; energy spectra analysis ; deep learning algorithms for signal processing; portable nuclear radiation detectors; detector calibration; real-time data analysis; IoT-integrated sensing systems; smart sensors network; proximal and remote sensing for radiation mapping; radiological risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Computational Discovery: Diversity Supplement with Sensor Technology

edited by

Hwa-Young Jeong

,

Jason C. Hung

and

Jeongeun Byun

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal data fusion techniques; real-time data processing algorithms; digital twin using VR; MR; XR and AR; empirical systems and applications using Digital Twin; bias detection and mitigation in sensor data; machine learning for sensor data; applications in healthcare monitoring; environmental monitoring; smart city innovations using sensors; human-computer interaction with sensors; technology for autonomous vehicles; systems or applications using IoT (Internet of Things) and IoE (Internet of Everything); Fog/Edge computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Metrology, Sensors, and Instrumentation for Industry 4.0 and IoT

edited by

Oscar Casas

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial sensors; virtual sensors; IoT enabled sensors and measurement systems; wireless sensor networks; energy harvesting methods; data management

Advancements in the Use of Distributed Sensing and Edge/Cloud Diagnostics in Structural Health Monitoring Systems

edited by

Vittorio Memmolo

and

Jochen Moll

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnostics; damage detection; edge detection; predictive maintenance; artificial intelligence; inspection; continuous monitoring; real-time diagnosis; safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Photonics and Optics for Biochemical Sensing Applications

edited by Yunhan Luo, Lei Chen and

Yaofei Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber; biochemical sensor; SPR; AI; microcavity; biomagnetic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Recent Advances in Wearable and Flexible Antennas and Sensors

edited by

Sima Noghanian

and Ali Shahid Muhammad

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable antennas and sensors; body-centric wireless devices; flexible and stretchable electronics; wireless power transfer for wearables; specific absorption rate (SAR) and thermal safety; smart textiles and e-textile integration; miniaturized biomedical wearable sensors; real-time data acquisition and telemetry; on-body and off-body communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensing in Marine Autonomous Robotic Systems

edited by Ikuo Yamamoto

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous marine robotics; sensor design; data fusion; autonomous systems; marine environments

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

NEMS for Precision Sensing: Self-Sensing Transduction, Noise, and Drift Control

edited by

Pengcheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: NEMS sensing; self-sensing transduction; capacitive/piezoresistive/piezoelectric readout; frequency tuning and stabilization; nonlinear dynamics for sensing; noise and drift mitigation; Q-factor engineering; calibration and metrology; low-power; CMOS-compatible integration; RF timing and filtering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Smart Infrastructure for Sensor-Driven Systems

edited by

Kennedy Chinedu Okafor

and

Kelvin Anoh

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

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

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

Sensors in Electric Vehicles and Charging Networks

edited by

Omprakash Kaiwartya

,

Yue Cao

and Neetesh Kumar

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor data fusion for EV and charging energy network; sensor data security for EV and charging station networks; EV charging infrastructure management framework; performance improvement in EV’ s OCPP framework; cyber security in EV and its charging or energy network; in-vehicle automotive network performance improvement; physical layer security for connected and autonomous vehicles; zero trust-based security framework for EV and its energy network.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sensing for Future Internet of Intelligent Things (IoIT)

edited by

Abayomi Otebolaku

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-based sensing; internet of intelligent things (IoIT); sensor fusion; edge computing for AI sensing; context-aware systems; intelligent automation; smart environments; predictive maintenance; healthcare IoIT applications; ambience intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Application of Signal Processing and Communication Technologies in Urban Environment

edited by

Hanxiao Yu

, Aihua Wang,

Xu Zhang

and Jingxuan Huang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; short-distance communications; channel modeling and prediction; intelligent transceiver design; RIS-assisted communication; integrated sensing and communication; digital twin technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Proximal Sensing in Precision Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Somsubhra Chakraborty

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; sensor; crop; image analysis; PXRF; DRS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Sensor-Based Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis

edited by

Ying Zheng

, Ke Zhang, Lina Yao and

Yang Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnosis; prognostics and health management (PHM); intelligent sensors; industrial process monitoring; signal processing and feature extraction; predictive maintenance; industrial IoT; condition monitoring

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

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