OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Ap is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Piston-like particle jamming for enhanced stiffness adjustment of soft robotic arm	53
Optimization of mechanical performance of a Bernoulli gripper based on the force characteristic curve synthesis method	46
Design and experiment of transmission tower climbing robot inspired by inchworm	39
A review of indoor-orbital electrical inspection robots in substations	26
Adaptive decentralized fuzzy compensation control for large optical mirror processing systems	25
Cone–hole docking mechanism for a modular reconfigurable mobile robot and its characteristic analysis	25
Calibration strategies for enhancing accuracy in serial industrial robots for orbital milling applications	24
A robot motion skills method with explicit environmental constraints	23
Adaptive dual-mode active control for lower limb exoskeleton robot with variable stiffness	23
Design and application of eversion-growing firefighting robot with Yoshimura-ori steering mechanism	19
The role of machine learning in robotics	19
Non-redundant inertial parameters determination for dynamic identification of branched articulated robots	16
Enhancing dexterous hand control: a distributed architecture for machine learning integration	16
Design and locomotion analysis of a close-chain leg-wheel mobile platform	14
A weld feature extraction method based on lightweight instance segmentation and point cloud features	13
Interaction force control for robotic manipulators in contact tasks via prescribed performance-enhanced impedance regulation	13
Multimodal strategy with Gaussian process optimization for high-precision assembly tasks	13
Towards an obstacle detection system for robot obstacle negotiation	12
Review of deep learning-based visual SLAM: types, approaches, and future work	12
Adaptive variable impedance force/position hybrid control for large surface polishing	12
Learning synergetic push-shift-grasp policies for efficient robotic grasping in clutter	12
Robust motion control based on model-based unknown system dynamics estimator for robot manipulators	12
Robot and overhead crane collaboration scheme to enhance payload manipulation	11
Low-cost wheeled-humanoid robot teleoperation system for imitation learning	11
Posture optimization and joint path smoothing method for robotic wood processing system	11

Design and performance analysis of an adaptive omnidirectional wheel for heavy payload robot	11
Pose optimization for mobile manipulator grasping based on hybrid manipulability	10
A method for calibrating robotic kinematic parameters based on a multi-error source model and an optimized measurement pose set	10
A coordinated motion planning method for mobile manipulators in door opening tasks	10
SLAM-RAMU: 3D LiDAR-IMU lifelong SLAM with relocalization and autonomous map updating for accurate and reliable navigation	10
Design and testing of a dual-mode magnetorheological actuator with magnetic decoupling	10
Development of a variable-stiffness flexible gripper with multiple grasping modes	9
LIA-LO: an efficient 2D LiDAR odometry algorithm based on intersection point constraints between lines and coordinate axes	9
A method for predicting relative position errors in dual-robot systems via knowledge transfer from geometric and nongeometric calibration	9
Design of a heavy-duty tracked wall-climbing robot with liftable suction modules and static zero-radius steering	9
Adaptive walking speed motion control of Kuavo humanoid robot based on inverse reinforcement learning	9
A study on vibration suppression strategies for welding robots based on Kalman filtering and Bayesian optimization	9
Online path planning of robotic grinding based on ladder height difference defects	9
Adaptive impedance control method for manipulator based on radial basis function	9
A swarm model with constraint coordination mechanism for unmanned aerial vehicle swarm formation maintenance in dense environments	9
Spatial positioning robotic system for autonomous inspection of LPG tanks	9
SiLK-SLAM: accurate, robust and versatile visual SLAM with simple learned keypoints	8
Elastodynamic modeling of hybrid serial–parallel robots accounting for nonlinear effects	8
Research on collision detection method and response strategy for Delta robots	8
A KMP-based interactive learning approach for robot trajectory adaptation with obstacle avoidance	8
Design of wireless in-pipe inspection robot for image acquisition	8
Digital twin-enhanced robotic system for remote diesel engine assembly defect inspection	8
Composite robotic system for intelligent chemical experiment operations based on skill acquisition and knowledge graphs	8
Swarm robotics: principles, research and applications	8
Hybrid motion–measurement control and traceable HMI for a 3-PSP manipulator	7
A robust uncertainty-based stereo vision system with a robotic manipulator for underwater structure maintenance	7
Bin picking: a review of recent developments	7
Fault estimation based on intermediate observer for directed graph multi-mobile robot systems	7
Implicit instruction reasoning by fine-tuning VLM for robotic manipulation	7
Minimum disturbance control based on synchronous and adaptive acceleration planning of dual-arm space robot to capture a rotating target	7
Design and experimental research of a rolling-adsorption wall-climbing robot	7
Force manipulability-oriented manipulation planning for collaborative robot	7
Motion control of linear push rods based on the RBF-PID control approach	7
Contact localization from soft tactile array sensor using tactile image	7
Experimental validation of jerk-minimized trajectory planning in a 4-DOF industrial robotic arm using inverse kinematics with root multiplicity	7
HTSD-enhanced decoupled ADRC for Stewart platform via modal space design	7
NBP-CalibDRL: an automated hand-eye calibration method using deep reinforcement learning for industrial automation	6
Research on active disturbance rejection control technique for underwater welding robot based on model compensation	6
Impedance-based null-space control of redundant torque-controlled robot	6
Path planning for robotic fish based on improved RRT* algorithm and dynamic window approach	6
A low-cost 6-degrees of freedom hand-eye calibration method for dual-camera 3-dimensional imaging for Stewart parallel robots	6
Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review	6
A robust human target following system in corridor environment based on wall detection	6
A framework for vision-based robotic grasping and sorting in cluttered environments	6
Humanoid robots: from the laboratory to the workplace	6
A robotic polishing trajectory planning method for TBCs of aero-engine turbine blade using measured point cloud	6
Autonomous path planning and stabilizing force interaction control for robotic massage in unknown environment	6
A fully actuated aerial manipulator system for industrial contact inspection applications	6
Encoder-decoder-LSTM based MPPI control strategy for mobile robots in clutter environments	6
Additive manufacturing: technologiesand applications	6

The role of neuromorphic and biomimetic sensors	6
A resistance torque compensation algorithm based on Luenberger observer for minimally invasive surgical robot	6
A robotic peg-in-hole assembly method based on demonstration learning and adaptive impedance control	6
The role of robots in the electronics industry	6
Research on path planning method for casting surface defect removal based on equal-entropy optimization	6
Time-optimal trajectory planning for 6R manipulator arm based on chaotic improved sparrow search algorithm	6
Structural design and control strategy of a cable-driven robot under high-altitude facade conditions with large span and multiple constraints	5
Design and control of variable stiffness joint based on magnetic flux adjustment mechanism	5
Model optimization and acceleration method based on meta-learning and model pruning for laser vision weld tracking system	5
Movement and binding control strategy based on a new type of rebar-binding robot	5
Beyond imaging: drones for physical applications	5
Serial robotic plasma additive manufacturing on complex NURBS surface	5
Lightweight SLAM with a hierarchical dynamic-object discrimination mechanism	5
Simplified model to study the kinematics of manipulators with parallelogram linkages	5
Design and application of bidirectional soft actuator with multiangle chambers	5
The implementation and performance evaluation for a smart robot with edge computing algorithms	5
Fuzzy active disturbance rejection control method for an omnidirectional mobile robot with MY3 wheel	5
Research on fuzzy impedance control of upper-limb rehabilitation robot based on membership functions online optimization learning strategy	5
Design of a force-controlled end-effector based on the pneumatic artificial muscle for robotic polishing	5
System design and flight control of a flying wheel-legged humanoid robot (FWLR)	5
Design and hydrodynamic evaluation of an open-frame underwater robot	5
Deep learning-based 6-DoF visual relocalization assisted simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)	5
An inchworm-inspired soft robot with combined functions of omni-directional steering and obstacle surmounting	5
Research on improved active disturbance rejection control strategy for hydraulic-driven Stewart stabilization platform	5