Recent Advances in Mechatronic and Robotic Systems
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 10227
Special Issue Editor
Interests: motion planning; combinatorial optimization; robotics and automation; industrial and manufacturing engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As robotic and mechatronic systems evolve and become more sophisticated, the expectations of them to accomplish high-level tasks increase gradually. Robots, as incarnations of intelligent agents, have been widely applied in manufacturing, as well as service industries, and continue their increasing impact on our modern life. The ability of a robot to plan its own motions and actions, make timely and logical decisions, and cope with uncertainties in sensing, localization, and prediction is pivotal to its full autonomy. Such capabilities, once a dream, can now be accomplished through intelligent methods such as neural networks, advanced searching and planning methods, Fuzzy control, and other soft computing approaches. The applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have steadily expanded in our life, from automated phone callers to autonomous self-driving vehicles and much more. AI has forced many traditional jobs into obsolescence and will continue to overwhelm human life.
This Special Issue aims to present a collection of recent advancements in intelligent robotics and mechatronics in general, and the following topics in particular:
- Applications of AI in planning, control, and operating of robots (e.g., manipulators, wheeled and legged mobile robots, parallel robots, etc.);
- Implementing machine learning methods in robotic and mechatronic systems;
- Advanced methods in robot motion planning, especially in real-time and under uncertainty;
- Sensing and data processing for intelligent and informed decision-making;
- Intelligent human–robot interaction and haptics;
- Multi-robot coordination and cooperation;
- Internet of Things and networks of intelligent hard and soft agents;
- Industry 4.0 and applications.
Manuscripts on other related topics are also encouraged to be submitted.
Dr. Ellips Masehian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- robot motion planning
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- mechatronics
- Industry 4.0
- intelligent manufacturing
