ABSTRACT
This introductory article opens the section on “Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Machinery Applications”. It gives an overview of the state-of-the-art AI technologies in industrial machinery and the current AI development in efficiency improvement, personnel safety, automation, and human-machine interaction. It also presents future potential and opportunities for AI in the sector, covering trends of using AI, IIoT technologies, and advanced actuation and sensing techniques, safety/quality, maintenance, waste reduction, and environmental sustainability. Finally, the article introduces the four contributions to this section.
