MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation Control Webinar | Robotics Innovation: Precision & Wearable Technology
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MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation Control
Robotics Innovation: Precision & Wearable Technology
Robotics innovation is rapidly transforming modern manufacturing and human–machine interaction, driven by advances in precision engineering, automation, and intelligent control systems. From prosthetics and wearable robotic devices that enhance human capability to highly accurate industrial robots optimized through advanced measurement technologies, these developments are redefining efficiency, adaptability, and performance. As part of the broader shift toward smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0, such innovations highlight the growing integration of mechanical design, sensing, and control in next-generation robotic systems. These advances are shaping a more responsive, precise, and human-centered technological future.
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 9:00 to 10:35 PDT | 17:00 to 18:35 BST
Webinar ID: 856 8247 3197
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chair
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Peter L. Bishay
Director of Design SMART Lab (Design of Smart Mechanical And Reconfigurable Technologies), Andrew J. Anagnost College of Engineering and Computer Science (ACECS), California State University, Northridge (CSUN);
Dr. Peter L. Bishay is a mechanical engineering professor at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and the director of the “Design SMART” Laboratory (Design of Smart Mechanical and Reconfigurable Technologies). He received his PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), in 2014. He has published over 50 research papers in reputable journals and conference proceedings spanning topics in aerospace structures, prosthesis design and control, composite and smart structures, computational mechanics, and engineering education. His research has been supported by the NSF, DoD, and NASA. Dr. Bishay is a recipient of multiple prestigious awards, such as the “Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award” (2017), the “Future Technology Leader Award” (2018), the “Distinguished Engineering Educator Achievement Award” (2022) from The Engineer's Council, the “Highly Influential and Sustained Innovation Award” (2021), and the “CSUN Distinguished Teaching Award” (2024) from CSUN. He was named the 2025 Jerome Richfield Memorial Fellow.
Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar
The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK;
Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar (PhD, MIET’20, SMIEEE’16, MASME’23) is a research fellow in optical metrology with machine learning in the Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK. With extensive international experience in Denmark, Turkey, Iran, and the UK, his research spans metrology, robotics, control systems, and machine learning. He earned his PhD in Control Engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He has contributed significantly to EPSRC-funded projects, including Robodome, HARISOM, and Chattyfactories, and has supervised two PhD and undergraduate students while working at the University of Nottingham. His current project is Robodome, working on a multi-illumination system for precise aerospace measurements. He serves as an Associate Editor for Human-Centric Intelligent Systems, Complex and Intelligent Systems, and Energies, and contributes to Special Issues on robust control and electromechanical systems. He has published 2 books and 110 papers that have been cited 2,400 times, and holds an h-index of 27, reflecting his significant impact in the field. He has received multiple honors, including the Collaborate to Innovate Award, top student awards, and top paper recognitions in IEEE and Robotics journals, and he maintains active memberships in IEEE, ASME, IET, and BCS, demonstrating leadership and influence in the engineering and computational intelligence communities worldwide.
Dr. Lavinia Buta
MDPI Romania, Romania;
Dr. Lavinia Buta graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She obtained her PhD through a joint collaboration with the LHFA at Université de Toulouse, France, which is recognized as one of the leading laboratories in the chemistry of heteroelements at both national and international levels.
With a degree in engineering, she works on engineering-related journals within MDPI, where she currently serves as a Deputy Managing Editor, with her responsibilities including representing MDPI, its journals, and its services at various online and in-person academic events worldwide.
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This webinar covers two important topics published in the MMAC journal cluster and featured on the cover pages. The first presentation discusses advances in the design of prosthetic and wearable robotic arms, along with their controllers, focusing on the developments in foot control technology. The second presentation explores the use of optical metrology equipment to enhance the positional accuracy of industrial robots. More details on the MMAC journal cluster are given in the third presentation. The three speakers are highly accomplished in their fields.