Symmetry/Asymmetry in Smart Manufacturing
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: process planning; CAD/CAPP/CAM systems; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; digital twin; cloud manufacturing; optimization algorithms; smart maintenance; collaborative engineering
Interests: process planning; CAD/CAPP/CAM systems; lean manufacturing; manufacturing optimization; optimization algorithms; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0
Interests: process planning and optimization; CAD/CAPP/CAM systems; smart maintenance; Industry 4.0; standardization and industrial legislation; CNC programming
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in this Special Issue and to present your research results, scientific achievements and innovations. Symmetry in production is a synonym for efficiency and predictability, while asymmetry is an indicator of flexibility, adaptability and innovative solutions in modern production conditions that have a hyper-dynamic character. Smart manufacturing is a modern concept of computer-integrated manufacturing that uses digitalization, networking and artificial intelligence to monitor and optimize the manufacturing process. Industry 4.0 technologies and AI methods are used in intelligent manufacturing solutions to improve engineering activities and processes as well as to predict errors. Smart manufacturing represents the integration of symmetry through standardized, balanced and controlled processes, and asymmetry related to flexible manufacturing systems, adaptive automation and personalization to customer/client requirements.
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase the importance of the application of new digital technologies and smart services in modern industry and manufacturing in order to provide companies with the opportunity to automate and improve their manufacturing processes. With the introduction of these technologies, production and manufacturing systems become reconfigurable in order to adapt manufacturing capacities and functionality as quickly as possible to specific market requirements.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Design, networking and exploitation of reconfigurable manufacturing systems through dynamic engineering and business processes for the purpose of profitable personalized production;
- Implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the automation and innovation of the manufacturing process as well as in the horizontal and vertical integration of flexible manufacturing and business system modules;
- Application of smart engineering tools based on AI methods: machine learning, deep learning and metaheuristic algorithms, bio-inspired methods, etc.;
- Intelligent optimization in process planning and production management using the lean manufacturing concept, optimization algorithms and digital twin technology;
- Monitoring and analysis of data from the manufacturing process for smart maintenance and adaptive automation of operations in order to improve manufacturing.
We look forward to your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Mijodrag Milošević
Prof. Dr. Dejan Lukić
Prof. Dr. Stevo Borojević
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart factory and smart manufacturing
- Industry 4.0 technologies
- intelligent process planning
- condition monitoring
- smart maintenance
- lean manufacturing
- optimization algorithms
- digital twin
- cloud manufacturing
- machine learning and deep learning
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