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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Piston-like particle jamming for enhanced stiffness adjustment of soft robotic arm	62
Cone–hole docking mechanism for a modular reconfigurable mobile robot and its characteristic analysis	49
Adaptive dual-mode active control for lower limb exoskeleton robot with variable stiffness	40
A review of indoor-orbital electrical inspection robots in substations	27
Adaptive decentralized fuzzy compensation control for large optical mirror processing systems	27
The role of machine learning in robotics	26
A robot motion skills method with explicit environmental constraints	26
Calibration strategies for enhancing accuracy in serial industrial robots for orbital milling applications	25
Design and experiment of transmission tower climbing robot inspired by inchworm	25
Design and application of eversion-growing firefighting robot with Yoshimura-ori steering mechanism	20
Enhancing dexterous hand control: a distributed architecture for machine learning integration	19
Multimodal strategy with Gaussian process optimization for high-precision assembly tasks	17
Interaction force control for robotic manipulators in contact tasks via prescribed performance-enhanced impedance regulation	16
Review of deep learning-based visual SLAM: types, approaches, and future work	15
A weld feature extraction method based on lightweight instance segmentation and point cloud features	15
Robust motion control based on model-based unknown system dynamics estimator for robot manipulators	14
Posture optimization and joint path smoothing method for robotic wood processing system	13
Towards an obstacle detection system for robot obstacle negotiation	13
Robot and overhead crane collaboration scheme to enhance payload manipulation	13
Adaptive variable impedance force/position hybrid control for large surface polishing	13
Low-cost wheeled-humanoid robot teleoperation system for imitation learning	13
A coordinated motion planning method for mobile manipulators in door opening tasks	12
A method for calibrating robotic kinematic parameters based on a multi-error source model and an optimized measurement pose set	12
Pose optimization for mobile manipulator grasping based on hybrid manipulability	12
Design of a heavy-duty tracked wall-climbing robot with liftable suction modules and static zero-radius steering	12

Learning synergetic push-shift-grasp policies for efficient robotic grasping in clutter	12
Design and testing of a dual-mode magnetorheological actuator with magnetic decoupling	12
Adaptive impedance control method for manipulator based on radial basis function	11
A swarm model with constraint coordination mechanism for unmanned aerial vehicle swarm formation maintenance in dense environments	11
LIA-LO: an efficient 2D LiDAR odometry algorithm based on intersection point constraints between lines and coordinate axes	11
SLAM-RAMU: 3D LiDAR-IMU lifelong SLAM with relocalization and autonomous map updating for accurate and reliable navigation	11
A study on vibration suppression strategies for welding robots based on Kalman filtering and Bayesian optimization	11
Development of a variable-stiffness flexible gripper with multiple grasping modes	10
Motion control of linear push rods based on the RBF-PID control approach	10
Composite robotic system for intelligent chemical experiment operations based on skill acquisition and knowledge graphs	10
Automatic trajectory planning and programming system for painting robots based on 3D point cloud scanning	10
Adaptive walking speed motion control of Kuavo humanoid robot based on inverse reinforcement learning	10
Online path planning of robotic grinding based on ladder height difference defects	10
A method for predicting relative position errors in dual-robot systems via knowledge transfer from geometric and nongeometric calibration	10
SiLK-SLAM: accurate, robust and versatile visual SLAM with simple learned keypoints	9
Hybrid motion–measurement control and traceable HMI for a 3-PSP manipulator	9
Elastodynamic modeling of hybrid serial–parallel robots accounting for nonlinear effects	9
A KMP-based interactive learning approach for robot trajectory adaptation with obstacle avoidance	9
Implicit instruction reasoning by fine-tuning VLM for robotic manipulation	9
Swarm robotics: principles, research and applications	9
Research on collision detection method and response strategy for Delta robots	9
Digital twin-enhanced robotic system for remote diesel engine assembly defect inspection	9
Design of wireless in-pipe inspection robot for image acquisition	9
HTSD-enhanced decoupled ADRC for Stewart platform via modal space design	8
Additive manufacturing: technologiesand applications	8
Contact localization from soft tactile array sensor using tactile image	8
Design and experimental research of a rolling-adsorption wall-climbing robot	8
Experimental validation of jerk-minimized trajectory planning in a 4-DOF industrial robotic arm using inverse kinematics with root multiplicity	8
Fault estimation based on intermediate observer for directed graph multi-mobile robot systems	8
A robust uncertainty-based stereo vision system with a robotic manipulator for underwater structure maintenance	8
Bin picking: a review of recent developments	8
Force manipulability-oriented manipulation planning for collaborative robot	8
A robust human target following system in corridor environment based on wall detection	7
Research on active disturbance rejection control technique for underwater welding robot based on model compensation	7
A robotic polishing trajectory planning method for TBCs of aero-engine turbine blade using measured point cloud	7
A low-cost 6-degrees of freedom hand-eye calibration method for dual-camera 3-dimensional imaging for Stewart parallel robots	7
The role of neuromorphic and biomimetic sensors	7
NBP-CalibDRL: an automated hand-eye calibration method using deep reinforcement learning for industrial automation	7
Autonomous path planning and stabilizing force interaction control for robotic massage in unknown environment	7
A resistance torque compensation algorithm based on Luenberger observer for minimally invasive surgical robot	7
A fully actuated aerial manipulator system for industrial contact inspection applications	7
Impedance-based null-space control of redundant torque-controlled robot	7
The role of robots in the electronics industry	7
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
Design and control of variable stiffness joint based on magnetic flux adjustment mechanism	6
An inchworm-inspired soft robot with combined functions of omni-directional steering and obstacle surmounting	6
Research on fuzzy impedance control of upper-limb rehabilitation robot based on membership functions online optimization learning strategy	6
Humanoid robots: from the laboratory to the workplace	6
A robotic peg-in-hole assembly method based on demonstration learning and adaptive impedance control	6

Research on improved active disturbance rejection control strategy for hydraulic-driven Stewart stabilization platform	6
System design and flight control of a flying wheel-legged humanoid robot (FWLR)	6
Design of a force-controlled end-effector based on the pneumatic artificial muscle for robotic polishing	6
A framework for vision-based robotic grasping and sorting in cluttered environments	6
Path planning for robotic fish based on improved RRT* algorithm and dynamic window approach	6
Beyond imaging: drones for physical applications	6
Serial robotic plasma additive manufacturing on complex NURBS surface	6
Autonomous exploration through deep reinforcement learning	5
Robust predictive tracking control of mobile robots under stochastic nonlinearities	5
Simplified model to study the kinematics of manipulators with parallelogram linkages	5
Contact-mechanics-based compliant control in force-moment ratio space for dual pin-hole assembly of a robotic manipulator	5
Design and application of bidirectional soft actuator with multiangle chambers	5
Deep learning-based 6-DoF visual relocalization assisted simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)	5
Improved FCOS rotation detection network in the vision-based robotic arm for order review	5
UDS-SLAM: real-time robust visual SLAM based on semantic segmentation in dynamic scenes	5
Lightweight SLAM with a hierarchical dynamic-object discrimination mechanism	5
Encoder-decoder-LSTM based MPPI control strategy for mobile robots in clutter environments	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
Robot programming by demonstration with a monocular RGB camera	5
Robust localization method for mobile robot using feature map in structured environment	5
Structural design and control strategy of a cable-driven robot under high-altitude facade conditions with large span and multiple constraints	5
Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review	5
Design and hydrodynamic evaluation of an open-frame underwater robot	5
Fuzzy active disturbance rejection control method for an omnidirectional mobile robot with MY3 wheel	5
Joint torque prediction of industrial robots based on PSO-LSTM deep learning	5