OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Robotics Research is 31. 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
Open scene graphs for open-world object-goal navigation	377
CID-SIMS: Complex indoor dataset with semantic information and multi-sensor data from a ground wheeled robot viewpoint	197
MultiSCOPE: Disambiguating in-hand object poses with proprioception and sequential interactions	158
Fault-tolerant decentralized multi-sensor link velocity and acceleration estimation for elastic-joint robots	118
Fully differentiable sensor placement and informative path planning	107
MUN-FRL: A Visual-Inertial-LiDAR Dataset for Aerial Autonomous Navigation and Mapping	102
NeuSE: Neural SE(3)-equivariant embedding for long-term object-based simultaneous localization and mapping	96
MOB-Net: Limb-modularized uncertainty torque learning of humanoids for sensorless external torque estimation	85
Minimizing running buffers for tabletop object rearrangement: Complexity, fast algorithms, and applications	76
Rapid locomotion via reinforcement learning	57
A center-less quadrotor design with a soft enveloping grasper for aerial grasping and delivery tasks	54
Macroscopic constraint-based modeling and dynamic simulation for manipulation with a belt-attached hand	50
Contact-implicit Model Predictive Control: Controlling diverse quadruped motions without pre-planned contact modes or trajectories	50
Continuous latent state preintegration for inertial-aided systems	44
Linear electrostatic actuators with Moiré-effect optical proprioceptive sensing and electroadhesive braking	43
Tactile robotics: Past and future	42
A direct-drive five-bar manipulator with tuned directional first-order kinematics for low energy consumption in vertical loading	41
A new design and analysis of low-profile soft rotary pneumatic actuator for enhanced rotation and torque	40
SHINE: Social homology identification for navigation in crowded environments	40
Transendoscopic flexible parallel continuum robotic mechanism for bimanual endoscopic submucosal dissection	40
Optimal virtual tube planning and control for swarm robotics	36
Design of supernumerary robotic limbs for the augmentation of astronauts performing partial-gravity extra-vehicular activities (EVAs)	36
Convex geometric motion planning of multi-body systems on Lie groups via variational integrators and sparse moment relaxation	36
Sensor-based distributionally robust control for safe robot navigation in dynamic environments	36
Rearrangement on lattices with pick-n-swaps: Optimality structures and efficient algorithms	35

A neuromorphic approach to obstacle avoidance in robot manipulation	34
Step-coated FBG and runway-shaped beam 6-D F/T sensor with dynamic self-fault-tolerant for orthopedic surgery robot	34
Exploiting body redundancy to control supernumerary robotic limbs in human augmentation	34
Robot control based on motor primitives: A comparison of two approaches	33
Morphological symmetries in robotics	33
The INSANE dataset: Large number of sensors for challenging UAV flights in Mars analog, outdoor, and out-/indoor transition scenarios	33