OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science Robotics is 37. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain	447
Dual-responsive biohybrid neutrobots for active target delivery	249
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild	245
Multifunctional surface microrollers for targeted cargo delivery in physiological blood flow	244
Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery	243
Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild	241
Skin-inspired quadruple tactile sensors integrated on a robot hand enable object recognition	222
Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling	221
Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots	189
Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator	179
Endoscopy-assisted magnetic navigation of biohybrid soft microrobots with rapid endoluminal delivery and imaging	173
Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields	171
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020	170
Swarm of micro flying robots in the wild	156
Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel	151
Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder	148
Reflections on the future of swarm robotics	148
Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly	138
Implicit coordination for 3D underwater collective behaviors in a fish-inspired robot swarm	135
Inflatable soft jumper inspired by shell snapping	134
Telerobotic neurovascular interventions with magnetic manipulation	127
An agglutinate magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into millirobots for biomedical applications	119
All-printed soft human-machine interface for robotic physicochemical sensing	119
Learning high-speed flight in the wild	116
Heterogeneous sensing in a multifunctional soft sensor for human-robot interfaces	114

Elucidating the interaction dynamics between microswimmer body and immune system for medical microrobots	110
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis	109
Multi-expert learning of adaptive legged locomotion	107
3D-printed programmable tensegrity for soft robotics	107
The Hannes hand prosthesis replicates the key biological properties of the human hand	106
Modeling, learning, perception, and control methods for deformable object manipulation	100
Bioinspired underwater legged robot for seabed exploration with low environmental disturbance	98
An 88-milligram insect-scale autonomous crawling robot driven by a catalytic artificial muscle	96
Grasping with kirigami shells	94
Time-optimal planning for quadrotor waypoint flight	94
Neuro-inspired electronic skin for robots	93
Bird-inspired dynamic grasping and perching in arboreal environments	89
Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming	87
A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines	87
Electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots	86
Reinforcement learning with artificial microswimmers	85
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub-centimeter scale	85
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction	84
Bioinspired wing and tail morphing extends drone flight capabilities	82
Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots	81
Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics	80
Controlling subterranean forces enables a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot	79
Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation	75
Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors	74
Hard questions for soft robotics	73
Biomorphic structural batteries for robotics	73
Emergence of robust self-organized undulatory swimming based on local hydrodynamic force sensing	72
Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity	72
Electrostatic footpads enable agile insect-scale soft robots with trajectory control	71
Progress in robotics for combating infectious diseases	71
3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators	71
Robotic surfaces with reversible, spatiotemporal control for shape morphing and object manipulation	70
A biomimetic elastomeric robot skin using electrical impedance and acoustic tomography for tactile sensing	70
How adaptation, training, and customization contribute to benefits from exoskeleton assistance	68
Micrometer-sized electrically programmable shape-memory actuators for low-power microrobotics	65
Biohybrid soft robots with self-stimulating skeletons	64
CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge	64
A bipedal walking robot that can fly, slackline, and skateboard	64
Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces	63
Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking	62
Self-powered locomotion of a hydrogel water strider	60
Submillimeter-scale multimaterial terrestrial robots	60
An autonomous drone for search and rescue in forests using airborne optical sectioning	59
A resonant squid-inspired robot unlocks biological propulsive efficiency	57
Soft robotic manipulator for intraoperative MRI-guided transoral laser microsurgery	57
Printed synaptic transistor–based electronic skin for robots to feel and learn	57
Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration	56
An autonomous excavator system for material loading tasks	55
Light-driven carbon nitride microswimmers with propulsion in biological and ionic media and responsive on-demand drug delivery	54
Powered knee and ankle prosthesis with indirect volitional swing control enables level-ground walking and crossing over obstacles	54

Vibrational control: A hidden stabilization mechanism in insect flight	53
Soft robotic steerable microcatheter for the endovascular treatment of cerebral disorders	53
Wireless steerable vision for live insects and insect-scale robots	52
When less is more: Robot swarms adapt better to changes with constrained communication	52
Field performance of sterile male mosquitoes released from an uncrewed aerial vehicle	51
From grasping to manipulation with gecko-inspired adhesives on a multifinger gripper	50
Self-reconfigurable multilegged robot swarms collectively accomplish challenging terradynamic tasks	49
The potential of socially assistive robots during infectious disease outbreaks	47
High–load capacity origami transformable wheel	46
A hybrid underwater robot for multidisciplinary investigation of the ocean twilight zone	46
Neural-Fly enables rapid learning for agile flight in strong winds	46
Repurposing factories with robotics in the face of COVID-19	46
An adaptive deep reinforcement learning framework enables curling robots with human-like performance in real-world conditions	46
Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots	45
Multidrone aerial surveys of penguin colonies in Antarctica	44
Gastrointestinal tract drug delivery using algae motors embedded in a degradable capsule	44
RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract	42
Material remodeling and unconventional gaits facilitate locomotion of a robophysical rover over granular terrain	42
Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots	42
Vital signal sensing and manipulation of a microscale organ with a multifunctional soft gripper	41
Neuromorphic computing hardware and neural architectures for robotics	39
3D-printed biomimetic artificial muscles using soft actuators that contract and elongate	39
Efficient flapping wing drone arrests high-speed flight using post-stall soaring	38
Cavatappi artificial muscles from drawing, twisting, and coiling polymer tubes	38
Ionic spiderwebs	38
The role of user preference in the customized control of robotic exoskeletons	38
A microrobotic platform actuated by thermocapillary flows for manipulation at the air-water interface	37
Neuroengineering challenges of fusing robotics and neuroscience	37