Automation (ISSN 2673-4052) is a international peer-reviewed open access journal on automation and control systems (IF 2.9, CiteScore 4.5)

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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Robust Backstepping Control of a Twin Rotor MIMO System via an RBF-Tuned High-Gain Observer 🎓 By Azeddine Beloufa, et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/7/2/40 #HighGainObserver #BacksteppingControl #TwinRotorMIMOSystem
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🔥#HighlyCitedPaper | #Review in Automation A Comprehensive Review of Improved #A* #PathPlanning Algorithms and Their Hybrid Integrations 🎓 By Doan Thanh Xuan, et al. 🏢 @DHBKHN_HUST 🔹 Article Views 5910 🔹 Citations 18 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/6/4/52 #MobileRobot #Navigation
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Optimizing Hazard Detection with UAV-UGV Cooperation: A Comparative Study of YOLOv9 and Faster R-CNN By Amal Habibi, et al. mdpi.com/2673-4052/7/2/39 #CooperationControl #HazardDetection #YOLOv9 #UAV #UGV
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🔥#HighlyCitedPaper | #Article in Automation #SpeechRecognition-Based Wireless Control System for #MobileRobotics: Design, Implementation, and Analysis 🎓By Sandeep Gupta, et al. 🔹Article Views 7875 🔹Citations 15 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/6/3/25 #HumanRobotInteraction
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Few-Shot Surface Defect Detection in Sinusoidal Wobble Laser Welds Using StyleGAN2-AFMS Augmentation and YOLO11n-WAFE Detector 🎓 By Guangkai Ma, Jianwen Zhang & Jiheng Jiang 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/7/2/38 #DefectDetection #YOLO #WeldDefect
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🔥 #HighlyCitedPaper | #Review in Automation 🛳️ Operative Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): A Review of Market-Ready Solutions 🎓 By Emerson Martins de Andrade, et al. 🔹 Article Views 20850 🔹 Citations 22 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/6/2/17 #UnmannedSurfaceVehicles #AutonomousVehicle
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Papers Published in 2026 Improving Pressure Control in Artificial Ventilation Systems Using a Neural Network-Based Adaptive PID Controller 🎓 By Alaq F. Hasan, et al. 🔗mdpi.com/2673-4052/7/2/37 #PIDController #NeuralNetwork #PressureControl
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Cost Function Approach for Dynamical Component Analysis: Full Recovery of Mixing and State Matrix 🎓 By Knut Hüper, Markus Schlarb & Christian Uhl 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/5/3/22 #ControlTheory #DynamicalComponentAnalysis
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📣 Welcome Dr. Chenliang Liu to the Editorial Board of Automation 🎉 🏢 Central South University 🔬 Research Interests: AI & deep learning, industrial big data, process optimization, intelligent manufacturing & industrial internet. Looking forward to his great contributions!
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Universal and Automated Approaches for Optimising the Processing Order of Geometries in a CAM Tool for Redundant Galvanometer Scanner-Based Systems 🎓 By Daniel Kurth, et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/6/1/1 #CAM #RedundantSystem #PathPlaning
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Decoupled Model-Free Adaptive Control with Prediction Features Experimentally Applied to a Three-Tank System Following Time-Varying Trajectories 🎓 By Soheil Salighe, et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/5/4/30 #MIMOSystem #ModelFreeAdaptiveControl
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🔥 #HighlyCitedPaper | #Review in Automation Enabling Intelligent #IndustrialAutomation: A Review of #MachineLearning Applications with #DigitalTwin and #EdgeAI Integration 🎓 By Mohammad Abidur Rahman, et al. 🔹Views 16351 🔹Citations 66 🔗mdpi.com/2673-4052/6/3/37
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Capacity Constraint Analysis Using Object Detection for Smart Manufacturing 🎓 By Hafiz Mughees Ahmad, Afshin Rahimi & Khizer Hayat 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/5/4/31 #YOLO #SmartManufacturing #DeepLearning
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🚀 New paper in Automation! UAV-Assisted MOSI/SOMI MIMO-FSO Relay for Resilient Transport Communication Links 🎓 By Ho Van Cuu, Leminh Thien Huynh & Žarko Koboević 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/7/4/107 #UAV #IntelligentTransportSystem #FSO
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Intelligent Terrain Mapping with a Quadruped Spider Robot: A Bluetooth-Enabled Mobile Platform for Environmental Reconnaissance 🎓 By Sandeep Gupta, et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/6/4/50 #Robotics #EnvironmentalMapping #ServoMotorControl
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📢 #CallForReading | Interesting Paper Automated Detection of Train Drivers’ Head Movements: A Proof-of-Concept Study 🎓 By David Schackmann, Esther Bosch 🏢 From the German Aerospace Center (DLR) 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/5/1/3 #RailSafety #HeadTracking #Automation
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🚀 New paper in Automation (2026)! Intelligent Tomato Leaf Disease Detection and Automated Spray Prescription Using YOLOv9: A Smart Agriculture Approach 🎓 By Shahab Ul Islam, et al. 🔗 mdpi.com/2673-4052/7/2/36 #YOLO #PrecisionAgriculture #DiseaseDetection
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