Special Section on: Advanced Motion Control for Next-Generation Industrial Applications T ODAY, M OTION C ONTROL TECHNIQUE is utilized in many industrial systems such as machine tools, industrial robots, positioning stages, material handling systems, electric transportation, disk drives, rolling mills, printers, film molding machines, etc. Since performance of Motion Control system employed in such machines affects their all-out performance, advances in Motion Control system are important factors for developing cuttingedge machines. The introduction of new sensors, new measurement techniques, new actuators, new power-devices, new design methodologies, and new materials brings new problems in Motion Control systems. Their solutions enhance all-out performance of machines. In addition, there are Motion-Control-based technical fields expected to have a great demand in industrial field in the next decade. Human-support technologies and medical/rehabilitation robotics are strong candidates. In such applications, machines are utilized in unstructured environment. It also brings new technical issues in Motion Control systems. Motion Control plays an important role in next-generation industrial applications. Therefore, this Special Section aims at presenting to the Industrial Electronics audiences the most advanced and relevant results in the field of Motion Control. We focus on six topics selected from the new emerging technologies among recent motion control researches. We are seeking for both theoretical and application-oriented papers, innovative design strategies, new technologies and tools for the realization of advanced control systems for next-generation industrial applications. Editors invite original manuscripts presenting recent advances in these fields with special reference to the fol- lowing topics: 4 High Accurate Positioning/Tracking Control of Electric Motors 4 Advanced Motion Control in Robots, Handling Devices, and Ma- 4 Haptics and Robotics in Medicine and Rehabilitation 4 Advanced Motion Control for Mobile Robots 4 Actuators and Sensors, System Integration in Motion Control. chine Tools 4 Advanced Motion Control in Human-support systems Manuscript Preparation and Submission Check carefully the style of the journal described in the guidelines “Information for Authors” in the IEEE- IES web site: http://www.ieee-ies.org/index.php/pubs/ieee-transactions-on-industrial-electronics . Please submit your manuscript in electronic form through: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tie-ieee/. On the submitting page, in pop-up menu of manuscript type, select: “SS on Advanced Motion Control for NextGeneration Industrial Applications”, then upload all your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen. Corresponding Guest Editor Prof. Yasutaka Fujimoto Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engr. Yokohama National University Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan. EMAIL: [email protected] Guest Editor Prof. Toshiyuki Murakami Dept. of System Design Engr. Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku Yokohama 223-8522, Japan. EMAIL: [email protected] Guest Editor Prof. Roberto Oboe Dept. of Management and Engr. University of Padova Stradella San Nicola, 3 36100 Vicenza, Italy EMAIL: [email protected] Special Section email: [email protected] Submission management email: [email protected] Timetable Deadline for manuscript submissions: Information about manuscript acceptance: Publication date: April 30, 2015 Summer, 2015 Winter, 2015 Editor in Chief: Prof. Carlo Cecati, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, I, EMAIL: [email protected] URL: http://tie.ieee-ies.org