Editorial for the Special Issue on Intelligent Manufacturing

摘要

Intelligent manufacturing is the development trend of manufac-turing industries.It comprises the deep integration of new-genera-tion information and communication technologies(i.e.,fifth generation mobile networks(5G),artificial intelligence,the Indus-trial Internet,etc.)with advanced manufacturing technologies,covering the whole life cycle of a product,including design,pro-duction,logistics,services,and so forth.Although it is largely based on automation and machine intelligence,humans play essential roles in intelligent manufacturing.