ARCI' 2025: 5th IFSA Winter Conference on Automation, Robotics & Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0 Barcelo Granada Congress Hotel Granada, Spain, February 19-21, 2025

About the Event

The Industry 4.0 is an integrated system, which consists of an automation tool, robotic control, communications and big data analytics. Industry 4.0 Market was valued at US $ 114.3 billion in 2023 and is poised to witness more than 20.2 % CAGR from 2024 to 2032 to rich US $ 555.1 billion, driven by the increasing adoption of automated equipment and tools.

The implementation of Industry 4.0 requires a workforce with advanced technical skills, particularly in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, and system integration. However, there is a significant skills gap in many industries, where the existing workforce may not be adequately trained for these new technologies. This lack of skilled labor can hinder the growth and scalability of Industry 4.0 initiatives.

The transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 reflects a progression towards more intelligent, adaptive, and resilient manufacturing systems.

The series of annual IFSA's Winter ARCI conferences have been launched to fill-in the mentioned gaps and provide a forum for open discussion of state-of-the-art technologies related to all, mentioned above, components of Industry 4.0/5.0. The ARCI' 2025 conference is organized by the IFSA - one of the major professional, non-profit association serving for sensor industry and academy since 1999.

The ARCI' 2025 conference will incorporate main fields covering research and development in a broaden range in automation, robotics, communication and data analyses, and united by the Industry 4.0/5.0 challenges. However it will be not a conference only about the future concepts and new visions. It will be also to discuss how to adopt the current R&D results for Industry 4.0/5.0 and to customize products under the conditions of highly flexible (mass-) production.

The previous ARCI’ 2025 conferences have attracted many researchers and practitioners in the related fields, from around the world. The purpose of ARCI' 2025 is bring together leading international researchers, developers and practitioners to attain synergetic exchanges of ideas and practices. The conference will offer plenary and invited talks, contributed oral and poster presentations, special sessions, industry tracks, panel discussions, tutorials and exhibition of commercial products. Social and cultural events will also take place to foster networking among the participants in a friendly manner.​

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Regular papers
• Posters
• Special sessions papers
• Keynote presentations
• Invited talks
• Industrial presentations

Papers must be prepared according to the conference proceedings template 

Posters size: A0 (21 x 29.7 cm), vertical orientation

List of Topics

• Design principles in Industry 4.0 /5.0
• Industrial Big Data and Analytics
• Industrial Internet of Things (IoT)
• Smart Manufacturing and Technologies
• Smart Factories
• Smart Devices and Products
• Cyber-physical Systems
• Cloud Computing and Manufacturing
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
• Digital Production and Virtual Engineering
• Soft Measurements and Computing

Automation:

• Automatic Control ​
• Control Theory and Applications
• Linear/Nonlinear Control
• Adaptive/Robust Control
• Control Devices and Instruments
• Components and Technologies for Control
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
• Control System Modeling and Simulation
• Fuzzy-logic and Artificial Neural Networks in Control Systems
• Emerging Trends in Automation and Control Industry
• Industrial Automation and Control
• Manufacturing Systems and Automation
• Process Automation
• Process Control and Monitoring
• Optimal Control
• Telematics
• CAD / CAM / CIM / SCADA
• Computers for Control
• Computational Intelligence in Control
• Information Control in Manufacturing
• Intelligent Traffic Control
• Chemical Process Control
• Control in Agriculture Biological and Medical Systems
• Modeling and Control of Environmental Systems
• Artificial Intelligence for Cyber-Physical Systems in Automation
• Machine Learning in Control Applications
• Education and Training in Automatic Control and Systems

Robotics:

• Industrial Robots
• Soft Robots
• Biorobotics and Medical Robots
• Sensors for Robots
• Mobile Robots
• Humanoid Robots
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Rehabilitation robotics
• Intelligent Robots & Systems
• Mechatronic Systems
• Multimodality Human-machine Interaction
• Robot Control and Learning
• Cognitive Approach for Robotics
• Flexible Automation
• Emerging Trends in Robotics Industry
• Industrial and Manufacturing Trends in Robotics
• Autonomous Systems and Drones
• Robots for Space Exploration
• Robotics in Defense
• Underwater Robots
• Network Robotics
• Telerobotics
• Nanorobotics

Communications:

• Industrial Communication Technologies and Systems
• Emerging Trends in Communication Industry
• Industrial Networks and Automation
• Real-Time and Networked Embedded Systems
• Network Control and Security
• Web-enabled Manufacturing Control and Wireless Automation
• Wireless Sensor Networks for Robot Navigation
• Distributed Networks
• Network Architectures and Protocols
• Intelligent Network Components
• Next Generation Networks
• Communication Theory, Protocols and Signal Processing
• Telecommunications
• Digital Telecommunications
• Telecommunications in Smart Cities
• Wireless and Mobile Communications
• 3G and 4G Mobile Communications Services
• Satellite and Space Communications
• Global Navigation Satellites Systems
• Sensor, Mesh, and Ad hoc Networks
• Underwater Sensor Networks
• Radio Communications Systems
• Energy Harvesting and Power Management in Communication Systems
• Telemetry and Telecontrol

Committees

Chairman:

Prof., Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish (IFSA, Spain)

Advisory Chairman:

Prof., Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan (Ajeenkya D Y Patil University India & La Trobe University, Australia)

Conference and Publication Manager:

Mrs. Tetyana Zakharchenko (IFSA Publishing, S.L., Spain)

Organizing Committee:

Mr. Javier Cañete (Universitat Politecnica de Catalynya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain)

Mr. Luis Morey (Universitat Politecnica de Catalynya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain)

Mr. Vyacheslav Mytsay (IFSA Publishing, S.L., Spain)

International Program Committee Members and Reviewers: (see more)

Publication

One event - three different publications !

1) All registered abstracts / papers will be published in the conference proceedings with the ISBN and DOI before the event. The conference proceedings are indexed by Elsevier in Compendex (Engeneering Villafe) data base.

2) Authors will be invited to submit full-page extended papers to one of the following special issues of open access, indexed in SCOPUS journals:

• Sensors & Transducers (ISSN 2306-8515, e-ISSN 1726-5479)
• MDPI Processes (ISSN 2227-9717)
• MDPI Machines  (ISSN 2075-1702)

3) Book chapters for the coming volumes of open access Book Series on 'Advances in Robotics and Automatic Control: Reviews', Vol. 4/5, 'Advances in Networks, Security and Communications: Reviews', Vol. 3/4 or 'Advances in Intelligent Systems: Reviews', Vol. 3/4. All books will published in 2025 and submitted to the Book Citation Index by Clarivate Analytics .

Venue

in the modern 5-star Barcelo Granada Congress Hotel. It is an urban hotel designed to provide maximum comfort for business travellers. The hotel is situated just in a few minutes from the historic centre, makes it the perfect base for visiting the main tourist attractions 30 km from the spectacular Sierra Nevada mountain ski resort and 65 km from the tropical Mediterranean coast. It also has excellent connections with the national rail network and is just 16 minutes from Granada Airport (18.3 км).​

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to arci@sensorsportal.com