Book excerpt: HANDBOOK OF FLEXIBLE AND SMART SHEET FORMING TECHNIQUES Single-source guide to innovative sheet forming techniques and applications, featuring contributions from a range of engineering perspectives Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques presents a collection of research on state-of-art techniques developed specifically for flexible and smart sheet forming, with a focus on using analytical strategies and computational, simulation, and AI approaches to develop innovative sheet forming techniques. Bringing together various engineering perspectives, the book emphasizes how these manufacturing techniques intersect with Industry 4.0 technologies for applications in the mechanical, automobile, industrial, aerospace, and medical industries. Research outcomes, illustrations, case studies, and examples are included throughout the text, and are useful for readers who wish to better understand and utilize these new manufacturing technologies. Topics covered in the book include: Concepts, classifications, variants, process cycles, and materials for flexible and smart sheet forming techniques Comparisons between the aforementioned techniques and other conventional sheet forming processes, plus hardware and software requirements for these techniques Parameters, responses, and optimization strategies, mechanics of flexible and smart sheet forming, simulation approaches, and future innovations and directions Recent advancements in the field, including various optimizations like artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and machine learning techniques Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques is an ideal reference guide for academic researchers and industrial engineers in the fields of incremental sheet forming. It also serves as an excellent comprehensive reference source for university students and practitioners in the mechanical, production, industrial, computer science engineering, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.