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Artificial intelligence in additive and smart manufacturing: a critical review of design, process optimization, and quality control

Sep 2026 · Advanced Manufacturing · 0 citations · 127 references

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The results show that AI can greatly decrease the time spent on design iterations, increase the accuracy of predictions of process parameters, and allow in-situ defect detection with high accuracy.

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: The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the production sector has triggered a revolutionary change in the design, manufacturing, monitoring, and optimization. The paper is a critical analysis of AI-based additive manufacturing (AM) and smart manufacturing systems with an emphasis on design intelligence and process optimization, real-time quality control, and sustainable production. Based on recent literature, this paper considers the major AI methods, such as machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), reinforcement learning (RL), and physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. The results show that AI can greatly decrease the time spent on design iterations, increase the accuracy of predictions of process parameters, and allow in-situ defect detection with high accuracy. Moreover, AI

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