Automation and Control Systems
A section of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702).
Section Information
“Automation and Control Systems” is a Section of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702) focusing on the discussion of the development of new techniques, methods, systems, and tools to advance intelligent automation systems. It publishes research articles, reviews, communications, and letters.
Subject areas include but are not limited to:
- New modelling and control methods for robotic machine tools
- Green manufacturing system development
- Kinematics and dynamics of new mechanisms
- Robotic machine tools design and development
- Reconfigurable manufacturing systems
- Reconfigurable robotic systems
- Robotics
- Generalized Parallel Manipulators development for automation systems
- Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Innovations for Intelligent Manufacturing
- Intelligent Automation
- Automation Engineering
- Control Theory and Application
- Design for control
- Decentralized robot control system
- Industrial Informatics and Digital Twin
- Diagnosis, Monitoring and Factory Automation
- AI/robotics/autonomous systems
- Aerial and Underwater Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
- New Developments for Humanoid Robots
- Intelligent Mechatronics Device
- Machine learning for Robotics
- Machine Vision for Robotics
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Control Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Design and Control of Assistive Robots (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robots and UAVs, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Advances in AI-Enabled Applications for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Emerging Approaches to Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Emerging Research in Autonomous Vehicle Technology: Innovations in On-Road and Off-Road Driving Challenges (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Intelligent Applications in Mechanical Engineering (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Mastering Vibrations: The Latest Breakthroughs in Control for Mechanical Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Innovative Applications and Challenges of Intelligent Automation and Control in Smart Machines (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Intelligent Sensing, Planning and Control for Autonomous Ground Vehicles (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Intelligent Control for Autonomous and Unmanned Systems (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Multi-Spacecraft Coordination and Intelligent Aircraft Autonomous Control (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Control and Mechanical System Engineering, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Intelligent Control Techniques for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Cutting-Edge Automation in Robotic Machining (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Decision Making, Planning and Control of Autonomous Vehicles (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Design and Application of Bionic Robots (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Spacecraft and Space Robots (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Control (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Advances in Nonlinear and Adaptive Control of High-Precision Intelligent Machines (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Flight Control and Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Reinforcement Learning in Dynamic Control and Robotic Autonomy (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Nonlinear Control in Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing (Deadline: 1 October 2026)
- Vibration Isolation and Control in Mechanical Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- The Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanisms and Robots (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
