IPROMS 2007 is the third online, web-based conference on Innovative Production Machines and Systems organised by the EU-funded I*PROMS Network of Excellence. It continues to build on the two previous outstandingly successful conferences and attracted authors from 30 countries across 5 continents. There were 3600 registered delegates and guests from almost 70 countries participated, making it a truly global phenomenon.

This volume of over 100 papers provides an invaluable state of the technology review and assessment, enabling readers to appreciate developments and potential in a number of exciting fields. It is a focal point for access to information from researchers and industrial practitioners in the field of intelligent systems and soft computing techniques and their application in diverse areas within manufacturing.

•Advanced Production Machines and Systems
•Collaborative and Responsive Manufacturing Systems
•Digital Manufacturing
•E-manufacturing, E-business and Virtual Enterprises
•Fit and Sustainable Manufacturing
•Human Machine Interfaces
•Innovative and Intelligent Design Technologies
•Intelligent Automation Systems
•Intelligent Decision Support Systems
•Intelligent Optimisation Techniques
•Micro and Nano Manufacturing
•Production Automation and Control
•Production Organisation and Management
•Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
•Robotics
•Special Session - Intelligent and Competitive Manufacturing
•Special Session - ISAR (Integrated Set of vocational training Advanced solutions in technology, organisation and safety in Automated and Robotised manufacturing systems)
•Special Session - TRENDS (Trends Research Enabler for Design Specifications)
•Special Session - Bees Algorithm

This volume will be of interest to all engineers and scientists, whether in academia or industry, working in the field of manufacturing, manufacturing technology including production and design, product automation and control, nanotechnology and micro-manufacture.

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