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Anne-Lena Kampen is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of industrial wireless communication, automation, and intelligent systems — areas critical to the evolution of modern manufacturing. Her research has made meaningful contributions to the emerging field of Industry 4.0, where she investigates how wireless communication protocols can reliably support flexible, dynamic production environments. Two of her most cited works, both from 2022, focus specifically on the deployment of Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) alongside collaborative robots, evaluating how shared wireless systems can meet the stringent real-time and deterministic demands traditionally served by dedicated fieldbuses and industrial Ethernet. These studies have each garnered 7 citations, reflecting strong engagement from the industrial automation community. More recently, Kampen expanded her research scope into intelligent fault diagnostics, publishing a 2024 study on a biologically inspired condition management system for procedural fault identification, which has already attracted 6 citations — a promising early impact. Taken together, her body of work addresses some of the most pressing challenges in smart manufacturing: enabling reliable, adaptive communication infrastructure and proactive system health monitoring. Her research serves as a valuable resource for engineers and academics navigating the technical demands of next-generation industrial environments.