The 2nd Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics was organized by the Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) on 8th of July 2019 at the Laman Hikmah Library, UTeM. This symposium was a manifestation of the commitment and strong belief of all who have contributed to its success, on the needs of embracing Industrial Revolution 4.0 as the way forward for manufacturing entities especially those in Malaysia. The relevance of this symposium was evidence from its successful inauguration on 29th January 2018 at the then Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). This year event has attracted a significant number of postgraduates and researchers in the field of manufacturing and mechatronics engineering, providing opportunities for intellectual discourse on recent topics related to the subject matters.
This symposium has enticed 83 submissions from authors nationwide. Each submission has undergone a rigorous peer-review process according to the selected tracks. Reviews were based on the manuscript’s relevance to the tracks, novelty of the findings, and the relevant of the topics to the themes of the symposium that are Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics. Following the review process, 55 submissions were accepted while three submissions were withdrawn, and 25 submissions were rejected due to various reasons. The accepted papers were divided into five tracks covering various scopes of manufacturing and mechatronics engineering, namely; Artificial Intelligence, Instrumentation and Controls, Intelligent Manufacturing, Modelling and Simulation, and Robotics. This book is organized into five parts based on the aforementioned tracks.
