Editorial for the Special Issue on Intelligent Manufacturing

Intelligent manufacturing is a type of manufacturing that adopts computer-integrated manufacturing, high-level adaptability and rapid design personalization, system reconfiguration, the digitaliza-tion of manufacturing processes and resources, and flexible and organized technical labor training. This Special Issue focuses on the application of advanced information and communication tech-nologies—such as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced topology opti-mization methods, edge computing, cloud computing, 5G networks, the Industrial Internet, and the Internet of Things—to address problems that arise during the design, materials and manufacturing, logistics, and services associated with intelligent manufacturing. In this issue, we present eight articles contributed by scholars and experts from countries around the world, including China, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. The published works examine intelligent manufacturing, with a particular focus on the phases of engineering design and materials and manufacturing.