Dear Colleagues,

Industry 4.0 is now underway, changing traditional manufacturing processes into smart manufacturing. Smart manufacturing is one of the main industries to make full use of artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies. Artificial intelligence is making machines smarter than before in the manufacturing industry by addressing how to build computers that improve automatically with experience. This Special Issue is open to new findings and approaches related to the current challenges and opportunities for the applications of artificial intelligence in smart manufacturing. We encourage researchers to contribute to this Special Issue, including, but not being limited to, the following subject areas:

• Real-time monitoring with machine learning;
• Artificial intelligence for predictive maintenance;
• Production scheduling with reinforcement learning;
• Artificial intelligence and robotics in smart manufacturing;
• IoT-enabled smart manufacturing;
• Digital twin-driven smart manufacturing.

Dr. Haizea González-Barrio
Dr. Amaia Calleja-Ochoa
Guest Editors

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• smart manufacturing
• machine learning
• digital twins monitoring and control in manufacturing
• artificial intelligence
• IoT-enabled smart manufacturing