Advanced Robotics

Article	Citations
TAMS: development of a multipurpose three-arm aerial manipulator system	28
A survey: dynamics of humanoid robots	26
Explainable autonomous robots: a survey and perspective	26
Tactile feedback system of high-frequency vibration signals for supporting delicate teleoperation of construction robots	22
Developments and clinical evaluations of robotic exoskeleton technology for human upper-limb rehabilitation	22
A survey of multimodal deep generative models	21
CycleGAN-based realistic image dataset generation for forward-looking sonar	21
Gait-based person identification using 3D LiDAR and long short-term memory deep networks	21
Survey on model-based biped motion control for humanoid robots	20
Relationship between social robot proactive behavior and the human perception of anthropomorphic attributes	19
Autonomous planning based on spatial concepts to tidy up home environments with service robots	19
Stair-climbing wheelchair with lever propulsion control of rotary legs	18
The soft multi-legged robot inspired by octopus: climbing various columnar objects	18
Automating pandemic mitigation	18
RRT*N: an efficient approach to path planning in 3D for Static and Dynamic Environments	17
Online multi-sensor calibration based on moving object tracking	17
Innovative technologies for infrastructure construction and maintenance through collaborative robots based on an open design approach	17
Neuro sliding mode control of quadrotor UAVs carrying suspended payload	16
Software development environment for collaborative research workflow in robotic system integration	16
Foot-guided control of a biped robot through ZMP manipulation	16
Design and analysis of a flexible robotic hand with soft fingers and a changeable palm	15
Semiotically adaptive cognition: toward the realization of remotely-operated service robots for the new normal symbiotic society	15
The realisation of an avatar-symbiotic society where everyone can perform active roles without constraint	15
Towards the development of an intuitive teleoperation system for human support robot using a VR device	15
Inverse reinforcement learning-based time-dependent A* planner for human-aware robot navigation with local vision	15

Compliance, mass distribution and contact forces in cursorial and scansorial locomotion with biorobotic physical models	14
Integration of imitation learning using GAIL and reinforcement learning using task-achievement rewards via probabilistic graphical model	14
Spatial concept-based navigation with human speech instructions via probabilistic inference on Bayesian generative model	13
Human control of complex objects: towards more dexterous robots	13
Generating complex assembly sequences from 3D CAD models considering insertion relations	13
Fire extinguishment using a 4 m long flying-hose-type robot with multiple water-jet nozzles	12
RUR53: an unmanned ground vehicle for navigation, recognition, and manipulation	11
Museum robot guides or conventional audio guides? An experimental study	11
World models and predictive coding for cognitive and developmental robotics: frontiers and challenges	11
Stereo camera visual SLAM with hierarchical masking and motion-state classification at outdoor construction sites containing large dynamic objects	11
Mechanics of humanoid robot	11
Adaptive robust control for lower limb rehabilitation robot with uncertainty based on Udwadia–Kalaba approach	11
Socially aware robot navigation in crowds via deep reinforcement learning with resilient reward functions	10
Can a humanoid robot continue to draw attention in an office environment?	10
IoTouch: whole-body tactile sensing technology toward the tele-touch	10
Kinematic modeling of a class of n-tendon continuum manipulators	10
A method of motion recognition based on electromyographic signals	9
Predicting apparent personality from body language: benchmarking deep learning architectures for adaptive social human–robot interaction	9
Drone audition listening from the sky estimates multiple sound source positions by integrating sound source localization and data association	9
Recent research and development activities on space robotics and AI	9
Sound event aware environmental sound segmentation with Mask U-Net	9
An improved robot calibration method using the modified adjoint error model based on POE	9
Assisted teleoperation in changing environments with a mixture of virtual guides	8
Energy-aware trajectory planning for planetary rovers	8
Augmented reality and mixed reality behavior navigation system for telexistence remote assistance	8
A review of state estimation of humanoid robot targeting the center of mass, base kinematics, and external wrench	8
A wearable fiber-optic sensor for monitoring human elbow and wrist joint motion	8
Two is better than one: verification of the effect of praise from two robots on pre-school children’s learning time	8
A comparative study of manipulator teleoperation methods for debris retrieval phase in nuclear power plant decommissioning	8
VR platform enabling crowdsourcing of embodied HRI experiments – case study of online robot competition	8
Comparative anatomy of quadruped robots and animals: a review	8
Optical laser microphone for human-robot interaction: speech recognition in extremely noisy service environments	8
Platooning control of drones with real-time deep learning object detection	8
Design and performance characterization of a soft robot hand with fingertip haptic feedback for teleoperation	8
Development of AR training systems for Humanitude dementia care	7
What is the role of the next generation of cognitive robotics?	7
Posture evaluation for mobile manipulators using manipulation ability, tolerance on grasping, and pose error of end-effector	7
Development of 3-DOF wrist mechanism for electro-hydrostatically driven robot arm	7
Fast and robust numerical method for inverse kinematics with prioritized multiple targets for redundant robots	7
Double-meaning agreements by two robots to conceal incoherent agreements to user's opinions	7
Path planning to expedite the complete transfer of distributed gravel piles with an automated wheel loader	7
Learning efficient push and grasp policy in a totebox from simulation	7
A survey of motion planning techniques for humanoid robots	7
A wearable lightweight exoskeleton with full degrees of freedom for upper-limb power assistance	7
Development of a single-wheeled inverted pendulum robot capable of climbing stairs	7
Examination of the development and aging of brain deactivation using a unimanual motor task	7
Hierarchical and parameterized learning of pick-and-place manipulation from under-specified human demonstrations	7
Hedge algebras-based admittance controller for safe natural human–robot interaction	7
Multiagent multimodal categorization for symbol emergence: emergent communication via interpersonal cross-modal inference	7
Two-stage calibration of a 6-axis force-torque sensor for robust operation in the Mars 2020 robot arm	7

Using conductive fabrics as inflation sensors for pneumatic artificial muscles	7
Survey and perspective on social emotions in robotics	6
Numerical method for inverse kinematics using an extended angle-axis vector to avoid deadlock caused by joint limits*	6
Towards physical interaction-based sequential mobility assistance using latent generative model of movement state	6
Nonlinear model predictive control for robust bipedal locomotion: exploring angular momentum and CoM height changes	6
Contact transition control by adjusting emitting energy of proximity sensor	6
A framework of explanation generation toward reliable autonomous robots	6
Gait event detection based on inter-joint coordination using only angular information	6
A hardware intelligent processing accelerator for domestic service robots	6
Loop detection for 3D LiDAR SLAM using segment-group matching	6
Wide angular range dynamic projection mapping method applied to drone-based avatar robot	6
Design of a transfer robot for the assistance of elderly and disabled	6
Towards latent space based manipulation of elastic rods using autoencoder models and robust centerline extractions	6
Will you listen to a robot? Effects of robot ability, task complexity, and risk on human decision-making	6
Unified GRF-based control for adjusting hopping frequency with various robot configurations	5
Improving the level of trust in human-machine conversation	5
Autonomous service robot for human-aware restock, straightening and disposal tasks in retail automation	5
An inverse dynamics-based multi-contact locomotion control framework without joint torque feedback	5
Multi-source pseudo-label learning of semantic segmentation for the scene recognition of agricultural mobile robots	5
Responsive navigation of a biped robot that takes into account terrain, foot-reachability and capturability	5
Unsupervised lexical acquisition of relative spatial concepts using spoken user utterances	5
Investigating the crowd-drawing effect, on passersby, of pseudo-crowds using multiple robots	5
Machine learning for human movement understanding	5
Analysis of muscle synergy and kinematics in sit-to-stand motion of hemiplegic patients in subacute period	5
Modeling of hyper-adaptability: from motor coordination to rehabilitation	5
MROS: runtime adaptation for robot control architectures	5
Pushing and pulling motion generation for humanoid robots using whole-body momentum control based on analytical inverse kinematics	5
Predicting and attending to damaging collisions for placing everyday objects in photo-realistic simulations	5
Neural decoding on imbalanced calcium imaging data with a network of support vector machines	4
Body pressure prediction for pressure ulcer prevention in a bed head elevation operation	4
Model predictive control of legged and humanoid robots: models and algorithms	4
Graph-based SLAM using architectural floor plans without loop closure	4
Analysis of body gestures in anger expression and evaluation in android robot	4
Online generation and control of quasi-static multi-contact motion by PWT Jacobian matrix with contact wrench estimation and joint load reduction*	4
Effect of the projection of robot’s talk information on the perception of communicating human	4
Map completion from partial observation using the global structure of multiple environmental maps	4
Emergent communication through Metropolis-Hastings naming game with deep generative models	4
Proximity-based non-contact perception and omnidirectional point-cloud generation based on hierarchical information on fingertip proximity sensors	4
Contact force estimation of hydraulic soft bending actuators for gripping	4
Feedback control of a pneumatically driven soft finger using a photoelastic polyurethane bending sensor	4
Shepherding algorithm for heterogeneous flock with model-based discrimination	4
Will sexual robots modify human relationships? A psychological approach to reframe the symbolic argument	4
Three-dimensional steering for an articulated mobile robot with prismatic joints with consideration of hardware limitations	4
Design of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis with an adjustable stiffness toe joint	4
Online glass confidence map building using laser rangefinder for mobile robots	4
Systematic comparison of path planning algorithms using PathBench	4
World robot summit 2020 assembly challenge – summary of the competition and its outcomes*	4
Robots and emotion: a survey of trends, classifications, and forms of interaction	4
Development of a shape-memorable adaptive pin array fixture	4
PointpartNet: 3D point-cloud registration via deep part-based feature extraction	4
Low-cost and high-performance visual guidance and navigation system for space debris removal	4
Online motion generation using accumulated swept volumes	4
Multi-hop wireless command and telemetry communication system for remote operation of robots with extending operation area beyond line-of-sight using 920 MHz/169 MHz	4
Model verification of fallback control system under cyberattacks via UPPAAL	3
Integral sliding mode control of networked robotic manipulator: a dynamic event-triggered design	3
Estimation of articulated angle in six-wheeled dump trucks using multiple GNSS receivers for autonomous driving	3
Development of a multifingered robotic hand with the thenar grasp function	3
Active vision for 3D indoor scene reconstruction using a 3D camera on a pan-tilt mechanism	3
Compact, backdrivable, and efficient design of linear electro-hydrostatic actuator module	3
Mediated hugs modulate impressions of Hearsay information	3
Versatile cleaning service robot based on a mobile manipulator with tool switching for liquids and garbage removal in restrooms	3
Real-time motion planning for an autonomous mobile robot with wheel-ground adhesion constraint	3
Motion control of deep sea vehicle ‘OTOHIME’: modeling with neural network	3
Mixed-reality human-machine-interface for motor learning of physical activities	3
Self-supervised optical flow derotation network for rotation estimation of a spherical camera	3
Tactile stimulus is essential to increase motivation for touch interaction in virtual environment	3
World robot challenge 2020 – partner robot: a data-driven approach for room tidying with mobile manipulator	3
Grasp pose detection for deformable daily items by pix2stiffness estimation	3
Safe and efficient imitation learning by clarification of experienced latent space	3
Decentralized navigation and collision avoidance for robotic swarm with heterogeneous abilities	3
Development of soft inchworm robot with friction control of feet using double-network gel	3
Concept formation through multimodal integration using multimodal BERT and VQ-VAE	3
Navigation system with SLAM-based trajectory topological map and reinforcement learning-based local planner	3
Development of XYZ stage-type display robot system for stock and disposal tasks in convenience stores	3
Heterogeneous robots coordination for industrial plant inspection and evaluation at World Robot Summit 2020	3
MT-DSSD: multi-task deconvolutional single shot detector for object detection, segmentation, and grasping detection	3
Temperament estimation of toddlers from child–robot interaction with explainable artificial intelligence	3
Improved mobile robot based gas distribution mapping through propagated distance transform for structured indoor environment	3
Adaptive virtual power-based collision detection and isolation with link parameter estimation	3
Reactive motion planning using time-layered C-spaces for a collaborative robot PaDY	3

Autonomous tracking and landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle on a ground vehicle in rough terrain	3
Tip-over prevention system based on motion prediction for teleoperated excavator	3
Fast Bayesian graph update for SLAM	3
Control of a snake robot for passing through a self-closing door	3
Few-experiential learning system of robotic picking task with selective dual-arm grasping	3
On high stiffness of soft robots for compatibility of deformation and function	3
Extended phantom sensation: vibrotactile-based movement sensation in the area outside the inter-stimulus	3
Cyber-secure pneumatic actuator system equipped with encrypted controller and attack detectors	3
Obstacle avoidance using buffered voronoi cells based on local information from a laser range scanner	3
Cooperative planning for multi-site asteroid visual coverage	3
A method for service robot development based on a design structure matrix	3
Integrating AR/MR/DR technology in remote seal to maintain confidentiality of information	3
Sensorless angle and stiffness control of antagonistic PAM actuator using reference set	3
Evaluating quiet standing posture of post-stroke patients by classifying cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage patients	3
ATS-RRT*: an improved RRT* algorithm based on alternative paths and triangular area sampling	3
Moving objects extraction for building environmental maps describing human walking activity using a 3D LiDAR	3
Spatio-temporal prediction of soil deformation in bucket excavation using machine learning	3
Force-sensorless human joint impedance estimation utilizing impulsive force	3
Robot-assisted transcranial magnetic stimulation using hybrid position/force control	3
Whole body sensing dummy of the elderly to evaluate robotic devices for nursing care	3
Multiple mini-robots navigation using a collaborative multiagent reinforcement learning framework	3
Image-based recognition of green perilla leaves using a deep neural network for robotic harvest support	3
Hierarchical Bayesian model for the transfer of knowledge on spatial concepts based on multimodal information	3
Task board for the World Robot Summit 2020	2
Active exploration based on information gain by particle filter for efficient spatial concept formation	2
Priority-based state machine synthesis that relaxes behavior design of multi-arm manipulators in dynamic environments	2
Solution of World Robot Challenge 2020 Partner Robot Challenge (Real Space)	2
Model-based motion planning in POMDPs with temporal logic specifications	2
Explainable autonomous robots in continuous state space based on graph-structured world model	2
Passivity-based posture control of a humanoid robot using a power-conserved transformation	2
Modeling object arrangement patterns and picking arranged objects	2
Force sensorless admittance control of body weight support system	2
Light source position calibration method for photometric stereo in capsule endoscopy	2
Underactuated robotic hand for a fully automatic dishwasher based on grasp stability analysis*	2
Dynamic model for using casterboard by a humanoid robot	2
Vibration suppression method of humanoid flexible arm based on model-free predictive control	2
Development of display and disposal work system for convenience stores using dual-arm robot	2
Configuration-aware model predictive motion planning for Tractor–Trailer Mobile Robot	2
Semi-autonomous avatar enabling unconstrained parallel conversations –seamless hybrid of WOZ and autonomous dialogue systems–	2
Design of a competition specifically for spoken dialogue with a humanoid robot	2
An effective swimming stroke recognition system utilizing deep learning based on inertial measurement units	2
The influence of hip joint rotation of a physical assistant robot on curving motion	2
Grasp synthesis considering graspability for a digital hand with limited thumb range of motion*	2
Sparse representation learning with modified q-VAE towards minimal realization of world model	2
Load-side acceleration control based on load-side velocity disturbance observer for geared actuator	2
Evaluation of robots that signals a pedestrian using face orientation based on analysis of velocity vector fluctuation in moving trajectories	2
Analysis of the unique gait mechanism of locusts focusing on the difference in leg length	2
Human arm motion prediction in human-robot interaction based on a modified minimum jerk model	2
A soft tactile sensor featuring subcutaneous tissue structure with collagen fibers	2
SegVisRL: development of a robot's neural visuomotor and planning system for lunar exploration	2
Automatic data collection for object detection and grasp-position estimation with mobile robots and invisible markers	2
Study on hypercompact and lightweight data logger separators for wild animals	2
Robust grasp detection with incomplete point cloud and complex background	2
Motion planning of skillful motions in assembly process through human demonstration	2
Unsupervised symbol emergence for supervised autonomy using multi-modal latent Dirichlet allocations	2
Active textile: woven-cloth-like mechanisms consist of thin McKibben actuators	2
High-level features for resource economy and fast learning in skill transfer	2
Arched snap motor: power flow analysis	2
An open-source software framework for reinforcement learning-based control of tracked robots in simulated indoor environments	2
Study on portable haptic guide device with omnidirectional driving gear	2
Improving accuracy of VI-SLAM with fish-eye camera based on biases of map points	2
Towards general purpose service robots: World Robot Summit – Partner Robot Challenge	2
Multi-step motion learning by combining learning-from-demonstration and policy-search	2
Planning on topological map using omnidirectional images and spherical CNNs*	2
Obstacle avoidance flocking motion in multi-agent systems with limited sensing radius and heterogeneous input constraints	2
Bottom-up action modeling via spatial factorization for serving food	2
An efficient in situ monitoring strategy for an active aquatic surface omni-directional sensing device	2
Bevel-geared mechanical foot: a bioinspired robotic foot compensating yaw moment of bipedal walking	2
Optimization-based distributed safety control with applications to collision avoidance for mobile robotic networks	2
Comparative study of force control methods for bipedal walking using a force-sensitive hydraulic humanoid	1
Wide-range routing method for lunar exploration rovers using multi-objective optimization	1
Proprioceptive feedback design for gait synchronization in collective undulatory robots	1
Improving user's sense of participation in robot-driven dialogue	1
A novel robot hand-eye calibration method to enhance calibration accuracy based on the POE model	1
Structure SLAM with points, planes and objects	1
Motion analysis of a multi-joint system with holonomic constraints using Riemannian distance	1
MONOLITh: a soft non-pneumatic foam robot with a functional mesh skin for use in delicate environments	1
Multi-point surface FES hand rehabilitation system for stroke patients based on eye movement control	1
Stereo dense depth tracking based on optical flow using frames and events	1
Objective evaluation of mechanical expressiveness in android and human faces	1
Whole-body momentum control with linear quadratic state incremental walking pattern generation and a centroidal moment pivot balancing strategy for humanoid robots	1
Compact water pump and its application to self-contained soft robot hand for vegetable factory	1
Development and evaluation of a search-and-rescue robot Paripreksya 2.0 for WRS 2020	1
Multiple Oracle consensus for weakly supervised defect detection in concrete structures using audio data	1
Local body shape control of an articulated mobile robot and an application for recovery from a stuck state	1
Terrain-aware traverse planning for a Mars sample return rover	1
Robot navigation in crowds via deep reinforcement learning with modeling of obstacle uni-action	1
Untying cable by combining 3D deep neural network with deep reinforcement learning	1
Motion planning of a snake robot that moves in crowded pipes	1
Selecting and designing grippers for an assembly task in a structured approach	1
3-Dimensional construction of the modularized rail structure in various posture conditions	1
Verification experiment of stocking and disposal tasks by automatic shelf and mobile single-arm manipulation robot	1
Online motion planning based on swept volume search with replanning using sequential quadratic programming	1
Sparse-Map: automatic topological map creation via unsupervised learning techniques	1
Estimating signal-dependent noise (SDN)-based motion variations to enhance gesture recognition	1