Advances in Fluid Power Systems

The main purpose of this Special Issue of "Advances in Fluid Power Systems" was to present new scientific work in the field of fluid power systems for hydraulic and pneumatic control of machines and devices used in various industries. Advances in fluid power systems are leading to the creation of new smart devices that can replace tried-and-true solutions from the past. The development work of authors from various research centres has been published. This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and smart solutions for fluid power systems in a wide range of topics, - Fluid power for IoT and Industry 4.0: smart fluid power technology, wireless 5G connectivity in fluid power, smart components, and sensors. - Fluid power in the renewable energy hydraulic drivetrains for wind power and for wave and marine current power, and hydraulic systems for solar power. - Hybrid fluid hybrid transmissions, energy recovery and accumulation, and energy efficiency of hybrid drives. - Industrial and mobile fluid industrial fluid power solutions, mobile fluid power solutions, eand nergy efficiency solutions for fluid power systems. - Environmental aspects of fluid hydraulic water control technology, noise and vibration of fluid power components, safety, reliability, fault analysis, and diagnosis of fluid power systems. - Fluid power and mechatronic servo-drive control systems, fluid power drives in manipulators and robots, and fluid power in autonomous solutions.