I am organizing a new special issue on "Modern Mechatronics and Automation - An Open-Source Approach". Please submit your original paper to it.
Scope:
Nowadays, we can see modern mechatronic systems and
automation everywhere, from industrial manufacturing to home automation. Using
open-source hardware and software to rapidly prototype and develop mechatronic
and automated systems has been well recognized by technological developers.
Open-source electronic platforms such as Arduino, Raspberry PI boards and its
compatible devices become a part of teaching and research activities at
universities. The trend of shared source codes and documentation on the
web-based software platforms, e.g. Github, allowing professionals and amateurs
to access and collaborate their intellectual works has been promoted and
implemented at not only open-source communities but also the leading
technological corporations. Ethical laws on open-source hardware and software
have been frequently consolidated along the incredible growth of the
open-source world. Indeed, technological and social impacts of open-source
hardware and software in mechatronics and automation are not deniable.
The primary aim of this Special Issue is to gather the most
recent methodologies, technologies, and applications of open-source hardware
and software in modern mechatronics and automation. We invite all papers with
novel contributions in principles, development and applications of open-source hardware
and software with, but not limited to, the following topics:
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Current state of the art of open-source hardware
and software used in mechatronics and automation.
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Use open-source hardware and software in
prototyping and development of mechatronics and automation.
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Impacts of open-source approach on development and
applications of mechatronic systems.
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Ethical laws for open-source hardware and
software in mechatronics and automation.
·
Methodologies of using open-source platforms in
research and education.
Keywords:
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Open-source hardware
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Open-source software
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Open-source drivers
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Free operating systems
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Modern mechatronics
Automation
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Internet of Things (IoT)
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Cyber-physical systems (CPS)
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Robotics
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Do-it-yourself (DIY)
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Rapid prototyping
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Rapid development
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