Renewable energy is the most promising solution to the rising problem of greenhouse gas
emissions, and it also contributes to environmental protection. A typical electrical grid is a …

Collaborative sensing leverages the cooperation of a collection of sensors to complete a
large-scale sensing task in Internet of Things (IoT). Although some previous studies have …

With the arrival of new technologies in modern smart factories, automated predictive
maintenance is also related to production robotisation. Intelligent sensors make it possible to …

The traditional production paradigm of large batch production does not offer flexibility toward
satisfying the requirements of individual customers. A new generation of smart factories is …

Initial efforts on wireless power transfer (WPT) have concentrated toward long-distance
transmission and high power applications. Nonetheless, the lower achievable transmission …

Indoor photovoltaic cells have the potential to power the Internet of Things ecosystem,
including distributed and remote sensors, actuators, and communications devices. As the …

Recent advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) are giving rise to a proliferation of
interconnected devices, allowing the use of various smart applications. The enormous …

Industrial communication systems represent one of the most important innovations of the last
decades in the context of factory and process automation systems. They are networks …

Emerging technologies, such as the Internet of Things, smart applications, smart grids, and
machine-to-machine networks stimulate the deployment of autonomous, self-configuring …

Wireless networked control systems (WNCSs) are composed of spatially distributed sensors,
actuators, and controllers communicating through wireless networks instead of conventional …