OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Robotics Research is 24. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Minimizing running buffers for tabletop object rearrangement: Complexity, fast algorithms, and applications	161
MOB-Net: Limb-modularized uncertainty torque learning of humanoids for sensorless external torque estimation	127
MultiSCOPE: Disambiguating in-hand object poses with proprioception and sequential interactions	121
A center-less quadrotor design with a soft enveloping grasper for aerial grasping and delivery tasks	83
CID-SIMS: Complex indoor dataset with semantic information and multi-sensor data from a ground wheeled robot viewpoint	65
MUN-FRL: A Visual-Inertial-LiDAR Dataset for Aerial Autonomous Navigation and Mapping	63
Rapid locomotion via reinforcement learning	55
NeuSE: Neural SE(3)-equivariant embedding for long-term object-based simultaneous localization and mapping	50
Contact-implicit Model Predictive Control: Controlling diverse quadruped motions without pre-planned contact modes or trajectories	45
AURORA, a multi-sensor dataset for robotic ocean exploration	44
Transendoscopic flexible parallel continuum robotic mechanism for bimanual endoscopic submucosal dissection	43
Linear electrostatic actuators with Moiré-effect optical proprioceptive sensing and electroadhesive braking	41
Force sensing in robot-assisted keyhole endoscopy: A systematic survey	41
A new design and analysis of low-profile soft rotary pneumatic actuator for enhanced rotation and torque	37
A direct-drive five-bar manipulator with tuned directional first-order kinematics for low energy consumption in vertical loading	35
Convex geometric motion planning of multi-body systems on lie groups via variational integrators and sparse moment relaxation	34
Continuous latent state preintegration for inertial-aided systems	32
SHINE: Social homology identification for navigation in crowded environments	32
HARMONIC: A multimodal dataset of assistive human–robot collaboration	29
Rearrangement on lattices with pick-n-swaps: Optimality structures and efficient algorithms	28
Exploiting body redundancy to control supernumerary robotic limbs in human augmentation	27
A neuromorphic approach to obstacle avoidance in robot manipulation	25
Kinematic issues in 6R cuspidal robots, guidelines for path planning and deciding cuspidality	25
Sensor-based distributionally robust control for safe robot navigation in dynamic environments	24