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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
MOB-Net: Limb-modularized uncertainty torque learning of humanoids for sensorless external torque estimation	333
MultiSCOPE: Disambiguating in-hand object poses with proprioception and sequential interactions	191
Fully differentiable sensor placement and informative path planning	149
MUN-FRL: A Visual-Inertial-LiDAR Dataset for Aerial Autonomous Navigation and Mapping	113
NeuSE: Neural SE(3)-equivariant embedding for long-term object-based simultaneous localization and mapping	105
A center-less quadrotor design with a soft enveloping grasper for aerial grasping and delivery tasks	99
Minimizing running buffers for tabletop object rearrangement: Complexity, fast algorithms, and applications	93
Fault-tolerant decentralized multi-sensor link velocity and acceleration estimation for elastic-joint robots	84
CID-SIMS: Complex indoor dataset with semantic information and multi-sensor data from a ground wheeled robot viewpoint	75
Rapid locomotion via reinforcement learning	53
Contact-implicit Model Predictive Control: Controlling diverse quadruped motions without pre-planned contact modes or trajectories	50
Open scene graphs for open-world object-goal navigation	48
A direct-drive five-bar manipulator with tuned directional first-order kinematics for low energy consumption in vertical loading	46
Macroscopic constraint-based modeling and dynamic simulation for manipulation with a belt-attached hand	43
SHINE: Social homology identification for navigation in crowded environments	42
Convex geometric motion planning of multi-body systems on Lie groups via variational integrators and sparse moment relaxation	40
Continuous latent state preintegration for inertial-aided systems	40
Linear electrostatic actuators with Moiré-effect optical proprioceptive sensing and electroadhesive braking	39
Tactile robotics: Past and future	39
A new design and analysis of low-profile soft rotary pneumatic actuator for enhanced rotation and torque	38
Transendoscopic flexible parallel continuum robotic mechanism for bimanual endoscopic submucosal dissection	38
Sensor-based distributionally robust control for safe robot navigation in dynamic environments	36
The INSANE dataset: Large number of sensors for challenging UAV flights in Mars analog, outdoor, and out-/indoor transition scenarios	35
Rearrangement on lattices with pick-n-swaps: Optimality structures and efficient algorithms	35
Design of supernumerary robotic limbs for the augmentation of astronauts performing partial-gravity extra-vehicular activities (EVAs)	34

Robot control based on motor primitives: A comparison of two approaches	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	33
A neuromorphic approach to obstacle avoidance in robot manipulation	33
Morphological symmetries in robotics	33
Kinematic issues in 6R cuspidal robots, guidelines for path planning and deciding cuspidality	32
Optimal virtual tube planning and control for swarm robotics	31