Assalamualaikum and hi :) The Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics 2018 (SympoSIMM2018) is an initiative undertaken by Dept. of Robotics and Automation, Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, UTeM in collaboration with Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, UMP. SympoSIMM2018 serves as a platform for young researchers and academicians to present and highlights their works in areas related to Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics. Current trend in automation technologies and data exchange in manufacturing engineering identifies smart manufacturing as the next leap in industrial revolution. SympoSIMM2018 intends to cultivate interests in this pinnacle area that is engine of futureeconomics growth especially among local and young researchers at our faculty and institution. Topics included in this symposium are: Instrumentation and control, autonomous systems, bio-mechatronics and rehabilitation engineering, computer and information technology, human-ma