Sensors

Recent Innovations in Computational Imaging and Sensing

edited by

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7570 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational imaging; image reconstruction; machine learning; inverse problems; compressive sensing; medical imaging; coherent imaging; remote sensing; tomography; industrial applications

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

Biomedical Electronics and Wearable Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

José Machado da Silva

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6505 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Sensor Technologies for Neuroimaging and Neurorehabilitation

edited by Fares Al-Shargie

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4933 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor technology; wearable sensors; neuroimaging; neurorehabilitation; brain–computer interfaces; real-time monitoring; virtual reality; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Wearable Sensor for Health Monitoring

edited by

Pillalamarri Srikrishnarka

and

Sritama Mukherjee

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4836 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; non-invasive monitoring; breath metabolites; sweat sensing; heart rate; breath pattern; tear metabolites; continuous monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors for High Temperature Sensing Applications

edited by

Jie Huang

,

Bohong Zhang

and Koustav Dey

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3862 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; distributed sensors; high-temperature measurement; sapphire fiber bragg gratings; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advanced Electrochemical Sensors: Design and Applications

edited by

Nikola Sakač

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3459 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety analysis; environmental monitoring (air, water, and soil quality); biomedical and health monitoring; gas detection; detection of explosives; corrosion and industrial process monitoring; sensors for harsh environments.; microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip electrochemical devices; portable and wearable electrochemical sensors; printed and screen-printed electrochemical sensors; metal oxides; carbon nanomaterials; polymers; novel electrode materials.; machine learning; computational modeling of electrochemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in GNSS/INS Integration for Navigation and Positioning

edited by Yangyang Liu, Chengkai Tang and Zesheng Dan

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3405 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; INS; precise positioning; multi-sensor fusion; PPP-RTK; urban navigation; ambiguity resolution; integrity monitoring; autonomous systems; low-cost receivers; signal processing

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

Integrated Sensing, Control, and Communication (ISC²) for Low-Altitude Intelligent Networks

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submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3282 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-altitude intelligent networks (LAINs); integrated sensing, control, and communication (ISC2); air-to-ground channel modeling; transmission control protocols; trajectory design; resource allocation; UAV communication; real-time optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Sensors for Path Planning and Navigation in Challenging Environments

edited by

Jianguo (Jack) Wang

,

Gregor Klančar

and

Shiwei Lin

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2841 | Submission Open

Keywords: positioning sensors; sensor fusion; navigation; AGV path planning; dynamic environment; AGV applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Progress in 3D Computer Vision and Robotics

edited by

Antonio Adán

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2602 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D computer vision; 3D robotic perception; point cloud processing; 3D robotic inspection and monitoring; learning-based 3D perception; environment reconstruction

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

Recent Trends in Quantum Sensing

edited by

Changhao Li

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2578 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum sensing; quantum metrology; semiconductor spin defects; biosensing; quantum control; noise spectroscopy; magnetometry; quantum imaging; quantum sensor design; distributed sensing.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Biomedical Sensing Technologies for Assistive Robotics

edited by

Liang He

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2405 | Submission Open

Keywords: assistive robotics; soft robotics; wearable sensors; sports medicine; rehabilitation robotics; exoskeletons and prosthetics; human–robot interaction; biosignal processing (EMG/EEG); sensor fusion; injury prevention and performance monitoring; artificial intelligence in healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Localization for Positioning Applications and Mobile Robot Navigation: Third Edition

edited by

Henrik Hesse

and

Chee Kiat Seow

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2231 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications of SLAM for mobile robot navigation; AI and machine learning algorithms for precise localization; location-based AI applications for (mobile) robots; data fusion for localization/navigation using vision, inertial, LiDAR, UWB, or other time-of-flight sensors; fast SLAM and localization for edge deployment; map-based or landmark-based navigation; 3D SLAM for indoor mapping; algorithms and methods for mobile robot navigation; co-operative localization and SLAM; ultrawide-band (UWB)-based and other GPS-denied localization approaches; AI for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) detection and mitigation; Wi-Fi, 5G technology, and Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) applications for localization

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

Sensor and IoT Technologies for Next-Generation/6G Communication Systems

edited by

Peng Yu

and

Lisu Yu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1833 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G communication systems; energy-efficient sensor networks; intelligent IoT architectures; generative artificial intelligence; low-altitude economy and infrastructure; autonomous and vehicular IoT systems; intelligent sensing

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

Sensing Technologies for Intelligent Robotics and Human–Robot Interaction

edited by Hang Su

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1793 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-robot interaction (HRI); sensor fusion; robotics

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

Distributed Edge Intelligence for Vehicle–Road Collaborative Systems: Sensing, Communication and Computation Synergy

edited by

Lei Liu

and

Kan Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1531 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle–road collaborative systems; internet of vehicles; distributed computing; edge intelligence; resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Cardiac Signals Processing

edited by

Omar Escalona

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1094 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiac signals processing; wearable dry ECG electrodes; ambulatory cardiac contractility monitoring; long-term cardiac diagnostics; transcutaneous coupling bioimpedance spectroscopy; cardiovascular therapeutic destination implanted devices; capacitive coupling wireless power supply; impedance cardiography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Emerging Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks: Architectures, Intelligence, and Applications

edited by

Sabrine Kheriji

,

Faouzi Derbel

and

Olfa Kanoun

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1079 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); Internet of Things (IoTs); AI; green technology; security; cloud computing; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Next-Generation Geophysical Sensing

edited by

Andrea Barone

and

Maurizio Milano

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysical sensors; distributed sensor networks; UAS platform; applied geophysics; planetary geophysics; energy transition; natural hazard; data fusion; artificial intelligence; data modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Integrated Sensing and Communications: Recent Advances and Challenges

edited by Muhammad Arslan Usman, Muhammad Rehan Usman and

Muhammad Azfar Yaqub

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication; next-generation networks; wireless networks; antenna design; 6G; AI; beamforming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Progress in Soft Robotic Systems: Design, Control and Applications

edited by

Jahan Zeb Gul

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft robotics; soft sensors; tactile sensing; robot skin; control strategies; stretchable electronics; self-sensing material

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

From Lab to Clinic: The Expanding Role of Robots and Actuators in Biomedicine

edited by Zhixing Ge and

Xingyue Hu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro- and nanorobots; soft robotics; intelligent control systems; minimally invasive therapy; biomedical robotics; clinical translation

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

Challenges in Electrochemical Nucleic Acid-Based Sensing

edited by

Elise Daems

and

Giulia Moro

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; nucleic acids; electrochemical sensors; diagnostics; biomarkers; aptamers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Sensor Fusion 3D Object Recognition and Applications

edited by

Félix Escalona Moncholí

,

Francisco Gomez-Donoso

,

Edmanuel Cruz

and Jose Carlos Rangel Ortiz

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D object recognition; sensor fusion; 3D perception; rgbd data; deep learning; multimodal; robotics; autonomous vehicles

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

Optical-Chemical Sensing Technologies for Water Quality, Microplastics Detection and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Roberto Pizzoferrato

and

Eleonora Nicolai

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical chemical sensors; in-situ water quality monitoring; microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) detection; environmental sensing; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); fluorescence-based sensing; Raman spectroscopy; portable and wearable environmental sensors; plasmonic sensing; smart sensing and AI-driven data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Sensors and IoT Technologies for the Smart Industry

edited by

Michalis Michaelides

,

Herodotos Herodotou

and

Sheraz Aslam

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28588 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Internet of Things (IoT); predictive maintenance (PdM)

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

Recent Advances in Smart Mobile Sensing Technology

edited by

Chien Aun Chan

,

Ming Yan

and

Chunguo Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23123 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enabled smart mobile sensing technology; hardware, material, and signal processing of smart mobile sensing technology; smart mobile sensing applications and use-cases; machine learning, deep learning, and big data analytics; privacy-preserving and security of smart mobile sensing; intelligent AR/VR application with machine/deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances in Robotics and Sensors for Rehabilitation

edited by

Vidas Raudonis

,

Arunas Lipnickas

and Ligita Šilinė

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14674 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic assistive devices; sensor integration; wearable technology; remote patient monitoring

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

Advancements in Power Amplifier Design and Linearization Techniques for Wireless Communication Systems

edited by Pere L. Gilabert and

Anna Piacibello

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9924 | Submission Open

Keywords: power amplifier design; load-modulated balanced amplifiers (LMBAs); outphasing power amplifiers; Doherty power amplifiers; all-digital transmitters (TX); linearization techniques; efficiency enhancement; Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD); envelope tracking; radio frequency (RF) and microwave engineering; nonlinear distortion compensation; 5G and beyond wireless networks; phased arrays and beamforming; MIMO power amplifiers; high-efficiency PA architectures; machine learning for PA optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Real-Time Object Detection and Classification Using Advanced Sensing Techniques

edited by Chuang Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8950 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; lightweight model; real-time algorithm; advanced sensors; computer vision

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

Sensors and Wearables for AR/VR Applications

edited by Mario Lorenz

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8812 | Submission Open

Keywords: XR; AR; VR; HCI; human factors; presence; wearables; spatial computing; haptics; training

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Metrology in Modern Measurement Systems and Sensors: Design, Application, Research and Challenges

edited by

Piotr Kuwalek

,

Grzegorz Wiczyński

and Mariusz Rząsa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8647 | Submission Open

Keywords: measurements; measurement diagnostics; measurement infrastructure; metrology; signal analysis; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

LoRa Communication Technology for IoT Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Luca Leonardi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8435 | Submission Open

Keywords: LoRa; LoRaWAN; LPWANs; IoT and IIoT; wide area coverage; mobile communications; network configuration; network management; machine learning techniques; security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Intelligent Sensing and Control Technology for Unmanned Vehicles

edited by

Xiaojie Sun

, Dongdong Mu and Yue Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8200 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned vehicles; intelligent sensing; sensor fusion; motion-planning; AI-driven control; decision-making; behavior prediction; collision avoidance; safety control; autonomous driving

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

Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Sensing Applications in Precision Agriculture

edited by Dequan Zhu, Juan Liao, Wentao Ma and

Yuwei Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7759 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image processing; multimodal fusion; intelligent sensing; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Deep Learning for Hyperspectral Data Analysis and Manipulation of Augmented Medical Data

edited by Saad Bin Ahmed

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7163 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral data; explainable AI; augmented data; deep learning; medical report generation; generative AI; early diagnosis; textual image analysis; pattern identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Gas Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring

edited by

Yinsheng Chen

,

Yunbo Shi

and Wenjie Zhao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6728 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; machine olfaction; electronic nose; gas detection; concentration estimation; deep learning; signal processing; gas sensitive material

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Applications for Fault Diagnosis and Reliability Analysis of Elector-Mechanical Systems

edited by Chao Zhang,

Yong Zhou

, Shangjun Ma, Wen Zhao and

Qixun Zhou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6193 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and manufacturing of precision sensors for electro-mechanical systems; active and passive sensing methods for electro-mechanical systems; advanced signal processing and data processing for electro-mechanical systems; sensor fusion techniques for electro-mechanical systems; fault diagnosis methods for electro-mechanical systems; reliability analysis methods for electro-mechanical systems

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

Feature Review Papers in Sensors and Robotics

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6152 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot design; robot sensors for control; autonomous functionalities; robot perception; human–robot interaction

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

Advanced Sensors in Nondestructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Miguel A. Machado

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5717 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced sensors; nondestructive testing (NDT); structural health monitoring (SHM); sensor technologies; smart materials; numerical simulation; remote monitoring; proactive maintenance; structural integrity; real-time monitoring; wireless sensor networks; terahertz inspection; eddy currents; ultrasounds; thermography

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

Sensors and Sensing Techniques in Petroleum Engineering

edited by Rita Esuru Okoroafor and Ding Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5466 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensing; distributed acoustic sensing (DAS); distributed temperature sensing (DTS); subsurface monitoring; fracture diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Intelligent System Engineering for Smart Sensor Applications

edited by Te-Jen Su

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5382 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent system engineering; smart sensors; Internet of Things (IoT); machine learning (ML); edge computing; embedded systems; wireless sensor networks (WSNs); artificial intelligence (AI); industrial automation and real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

AI/ML-Powered Intelligent IoT Systems with Smart Sensors for Next-Generation Edge Computing

edited by

Junaid Shuja

and

Mohamed Ibrahem

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4829 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; edge computing; AI; ML; edge cloud continuum

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

Intelligent Sensors for Smart and Autonomous Vehicles: 2nd Edition

edited by

István Barabás

, Horia Beles,

Calin Iclodean

and

Stefano Quer

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4440 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors; optimized sensors; sensors fusion; sensor integration; imaging sensors; range sensors; inertial sensors; autonomous driving; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; big data processing; virtual reality; cloud computing; edge computing; fog computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Biomedical Engineering

edited by

Adrian Elmi Terander

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4404 | Submission Open

Keywords: extended reality (XR); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); mixed reality (MR); neurosurgery; neuronavigation

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

Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Image/Video Processing and Sensing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Hongying Liu

and

Fanhua Shang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4372 | Submission Open

Keywords: image sensing; video processing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Terahertz and Millimeter Wave Communications for 5G and Beyond: Applications and Future Directions

edited by

Marco Giordani

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3874 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz communications; millimeter wave communications; 5G and beyond (B5G); 6G; beamforming and antenna design; AI/ML in wireless communications; spectrum management; protocol design; hardware and testbed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Soil Sensing and Mapping in Precision Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Francisco Jesús Moral García

,

João Manuel Pereira Ramalho Serrano

and

Fernando Carvajal-Ramírez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3630 | Submission Open

Keywords: proximal soil sensing; remote soil sensing; digital soil mapping; precision agriculture; management zones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Muscle Activity Sensing for Prosthesis Control and Human-Computer Interaction

edited by Roman Kusche and

Rim Barioul

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3550 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromyography (EMG); muscle activity; physiological sensors; signal processing; prosthesis control; human-computer interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Neural Architectures for Anomaly Detection in Sensory Data

edited by Alireza Tavakkoli and Prithul Sarker

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3157 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; neural architectures; generative models; density estimation; data description

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

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