Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Article	Citations
Real-time identification and avoidance of simultaneous static and dynamic obstacles on point cloud for UAVs navigation	239
Deep reinforcement learning of event-triggered communication and consensus-based control for distributed cooperative transport	220
Optimal path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles with multiple round-trip flights in coverage tasks	171
High-safety path optimization for mobile robots using an improved ant colony algorithm with integrated repulsive field rules	166
Pseudo-kinematic trajectory control and planning of tracked vehicles	137
Dexterous in-hand manipulation of slender cylindrical objects through deep reinforcement learning with tactile sensing	134
A multi-locomotion clustered tensegrity mobile robot with fewer actuators	132
Three-dimensional magnetometer calibration using higher order models embedded into neural networks	125
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Navigating the blame game: Investigating automated vehicle fault in collisions under mixed traffic conditions	107
Estimation of lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton torque by combining dual-joint parameter identification and neural network	101
Robust fault-tolerant control of quadrotors under simultaneous multiple faults and input/state delays	101
Design and development of a novel desktop robot for orthodontic archwire forming	83
Strategies for large scale elastic and semantic LiDAR reconstruction	78
Enhancing fault detection and performance for UAVs with digital twin systems in search and rescue missions	77
Development and evaluation of fiber reinforced modular soft actuators and an individualized soft rehabilitation glove	76
Towards robot affective appraisal linking inner speech and emotion	72
Adaptive game-theoretic decision-making with driving style recognition for autonomous vehicles in uninterrupted traffic flows at intersections	68
Social interaction model enhanced with speculation stage for human trajectory prediction	62
Phase-independent Dynamic Movement Primitives with applications to human–robot co-manipulation and time optimal planning	61
Analysis of vision-based Air-to-Air UAV detection using YOLO based architectures	59
Stackelberg game approach for resource allocation in device-to-device communication with heterogeneous networks	58
Graduated non-convex feature-metric-based 6D object pose refinement via deep reinforcement learning	56
CMAE-Traj: A contrastive masked autoencoder framework for trajectory prediction	55
Planning and control of multi-robot-object systems under temporal logic tasks and uncertain dynamics	54

Learning differentiable dynamics models for shape control of deformable linear objects	51
Goal-aware generative adversarial imitation learning from imperfect demonstration for robotic cloth manipulation	51
POE-based kinematic calibration for serial robots using left-invariant error representation and decomposed iterative method	50
Design of 9-DOF humanoid arms inspired by the human’s inner shoulder to enhance versatility and workspace	49
Identification of physically consistent dynamics parameter of the ABB IRB 360-6/1600 delta robot and its use for time-optimal motion planning under consideration of constraint forces	49
dGrasp: NeRF-Informed implicit grasp policies with supervised optimization slopes	47
RainSD: Rain style diversification module for image synthesis enhancement using feature-level style distribution	44
An exploratory study of software engineering in heavy-duty mobile machine automation	43
iCORPP: Interleaved commonsense reasoning and probabilistic planning on robots	42
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Spherical rolling robots—Design, modeling, and control: A systematic literature review	40
An adaptive framework for trajectory following in changing-contact robot manipulation tasks	40
Fuzzy dynamical system for robot learning motion skills from human demonstration	40
PentaFusion: Differentiable attention weighting for real-time LiDAR-camera fusion in edge autonomous vehicles	40
An explainable deep learning model for automated classification and localization of microrobots by functionality using ultrasound images	40
TRUSTS: A novel treadmill-based multifunctional testing system for performance evaluation of wheeled planetary exploration rover	40
Cooperative Artificial Intelligence for underwater robotic swarm	39
Approximate sequential optimization for informative path planning	37
AdaKineNet: Adaptive Kinematic Neural Network for inverse kinematics of redundant mobile manipulators	36
A novel hybrid swarm intelligence algorithm for solving TSP and desired-path-based online obstacle avoidance strategy for AUV	36
A survey of multi-agent Human–Robot Interaction systems	36
System identification and model reference adaptive control of bipedal locomotion with neural networks	35
Spiking control of dielectric elastomer actuators	35
Emergency obstacle avoidance trajectory planning under dynamics characteristics constraints of corner module architecture intelligent electric vehicle	34
A survey on the design and evolution of social robots — Past, present and future	34
Distributed cooperative pursuit with encirclement guarantee via robust model predictive control	34
Reinforcement learning in robotic motion planning by combined experience-based planning and self-imitation learning	34
Human-inspired dynamic obstacle and inter-collision avoidance algorithm for humanoid biped robots	33
Large-scale multi-robot assembly planning for autonomous manufacturing	33
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Pose accuracy improvement in robotic machining by visually-guided method and experimental investigation	32
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Learning and extrapolation of robotic skills using task-parameterized equation learner networks	31
Learning multi-robot task allocation using capsule networks and attention mechanism	31
Virtual framework customizing wearable mechanisms: An application to gait-assistive mobile hip robots	31
CRESTA: A Cognitivist Robot Execution framework for Semantic-driven Task Awareness	31
Robotic co-manipulation of deformable linear objects for large deformation tasks	30
Addressing time discrepancy between digital and physical twins	30
Upper limb power-assist wearable robot for handling repetitive medium- to low-weight loads in daily logistics tasks	30
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Informed sampling space driven robot informative path planning	30
HIA-APF: A hierarchical based path planning method for lunar rovers on a partially observable surface	29
Continuous mapping of large surfaces with a quality inspection robot	29
Task allocation for heterogeneous multi-AUV system with rechargeable docking stations: A multitask bundling auction approach	29
Enhancing recycling efficiency: A rapid glass bottle sorting gripper	29
Beyond coverage path planning: Can UAV swarms perfect scattered regions inspections?	28
A Multi-UAV unfixed scale task assignment method with uncertainty based on deep Q network	28
Robotic manipulation framework based on semantic keypoints for packing shoes of different sizes, shapes, and softness	27
Sampling-based time-optimal path parameterization with jerk constraints for robotic manipulation	27

Transformer-based aerial robot tracking system in environments with wind disturbances	27
Learning latent causal factors from the intricate sensor feedback of contact-rich robotic assembly tasks	26
Autonomous cooperative wall building by a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the MBZIRC 2020 competition	26
Multitask control of aerial manipulator robots with dynamic compensation based on numerical methods	26
Towards One Shot & Pick All: 3D-OAS, an end-to-end framework for vision guided top-down parcel bin-picking using 3D-overlapping-aware instance segmentation and GNN	26
Perceived safety in physical human–robot interaction—A survey	26
Environment-adaptive learning from demonstration for proactive assistance in human–robot collaborative tasks	26
Dynamics, multi-performance analysis and load experimental study of a 3-DOF over constrained robot with high energy efficiency for extracting fermented grains	26
Human–human and human–robot co–manipulation: A biomechanical analysis of a joint carrying task	26
Energy efficient path planning for autonomous ground vehicles with ackermann steering	26
Enhancing free-space transparency with discrete energy-based compensation in physical human–robot interaction	26
DynaTM-SLAM: Fast filtering of dynamic feature points and object-based localization in dynamic indoor environments	26
Rebar-tying Robot based on machine vision and coverage path planning	25
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Model checking embedded adaptive cruise controllers	24
Household robot utilizing location information for human activity and habit understanding	24
VR-supported method for studying the MPC algorithm in controlling snake robot motion	24
Online planar inverse kinematics for superelastic Nitinol rod driven discrete continuum robot units	24
Obstacle crossing in revolute and prismatic knee underactuated biped robots	23
Passive Reinforcement Learning with Optimal Control for Safe Convergence in Cyber–physical Systems	23
Real-time terrain anomaly perception for safe robot locomotion using a digital double framework	23
A resilient solution to Range-Only SLAM based on a decoupled landmark range and bearing reconstruction	23
Corrigendum to “ICACIA: An Intelligent Context-Aware framework for COBOT in defense industry using ontological and deep learning models” [Robotics and Autonomous Systems Volume 157, November 2022, 104	23
A sufficient condition for feature agnostic video stabilization for surveillance robots: A state space approach	23
Control and stabilization of quadcopters subjected to propeller failures	23
Learning temporal maps of dynamics for mobile robots	23
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Formal and scalable multi-robot coordination methods for long horizon tasks with time uncertainty	22
A Collision-free path planning approach based on rule guided lazy-PRM with repulsion field for gantry welding robots	22
A Signal Temporal Logic approach for task-based coordination of multi-aerial systems: A wind turbine inspection case study	22
Humanoid motion generation in a world of stairs	22
A nonlinear state estimation framework for humanoid robots	22
Informed expansion for informative path planning via online distribution learning	22
A robust and compliant framework for legged mobile manipulators using virtual model control and whole-body control	22
Improving obstacle boundary representations in predictive occupancy mapping	22
Context-aware proactive and adaptive conversation for human–robot interaction	21
Evaluating the influence of UEXO-II on human performance: A torque and muscle level analysis	21
Learning-aided state estimation for robotic rollators with experimental validation	21
A formal framework for the specification and verification of robotic skills composition for autonomous behaviors	21
Practical whole-body elasto-geometric calibration of a humanoid robot: Application to the TALOS robot	21
Evaluation of safety-related performance of wearable lower limb exoskeleton robot (WLLER): A systematic review	21
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Correct and efficient UAV missions based on temporal planning and in-flight hybrid simulations	21
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Robust adaptive control for aggressive quadrotor maneuvers via	20
Interaction-aware motion planning and control based on game theory with human-in-the-loop validation	20
Semi-autonomous unmanned aerial manipulator teleoperation for push-and-slide inspection using parallel force/vision control	20
Physics-informed LSTM-based delay compensation framework for high-fidelity teleoperation of wheeled mobile robots	20
Improved prescribed performance control for multi-quadrotor payload transport under unknown disturbances	20
Fall analysis and prediction for humanoids	20
ECO-CPP: Energy constrained online coverage path planning	20
Optimal contractor for triangle constraint	19
Automatic control for swing-free control of suctioned products in robotic pick-and-place operations	19
A study of robotic search strategy for multi-radiation sources in unknown environments	19
A survey of demonstration learning	19
Towards field deployment of MAVs in adaptive exploration of GPS-denied subterranean environments	19
Human leading or following preferences: Effects on human perception of the robot and the human–robot collaboration	19
Robotic assembly strategy via reinforcement learning based on force and visual information	19
Entropy-based tuning approach for Q-learning in an unstructured environment	19
DROPO: Sim-to-real transfer with offline domain randomization	19
NNPP: A learning-based heuristic model for accelerating optimal path planning on uneven terrain	18
AEROBULL: A Center-of-Mass displacing aerial vehicle enabling efficient high-force interaction	18
Virtual attention points: Bridging human movement characteristics and dexterous robot motion generation	18
Understanding Symbols: Towards a Compact Vocabulary Learned from Robot Experience for Task Planning	18
Symbolic representation of what robots are taught in one demonstration	18
Toward best practices in embedded ethics: Suggestions for interdisciplinary technology development	18
Depth accuracy analysis of the ZED 2i Stereo Camera in an indoor Environment	18
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Challenges: Strong impact operation robots—motion analysis, transient measurement, and vibration suppression strategy	18
A multimodal loop closure fusion for autonomous vehicles SLAM	18
Efficient reinforcement learning with least-squares soft Bellman residual for robotic grasping	18
Path tracking control strategy for off-road 4WS4WD vehicle based on robust model predictive control	18
Inspection robot GPS outages localization based on error Kalman filter and deep learning	18
Task-focused robotic swarming: Maximising effectiveness via specialised roles	18
CMFFN: An efficient cross-modal feature fusion network for semantic segmentation	18
Safe multi-agent drone control using control barrier functions and acceleration fields	18
Comparative analysis of multiple YOLO-based target detectors and trackers for ADAS in edge devices	18
The rapid rise of soft robotics in surgical operations: Trends, challenges, and future directions	17
DAPTP: Distributed Awareness Planner using Time Potential for dynamic target search	17
A degree of flowability for virtual tubes	17

“Reinforcement learning particle swarm optimization based trajectory planning of autonomous ground vehicle using 2D LiDAR point cloud”	17
Vibration suppression of redundantly controlled cable-driven parallel robots	17
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Towards real-time forest inventory using handheld LiDAR	17
A half-cooperative strategy based Deep Q-network algorithm for multi-agent dynamic target hunting	17
Lifelong mapping in the wild: Novel strategies for ensuring map stability and accuracy over time evaluated on thousands of robots	17
Hybrid compliant control with variable-stiffness wrist for assembly and grinding application	17
Exploiting robot abstractions in episodic RL via reward shaping and heuristics	17
Self-supervised prediction of the intention to interact with a service robot	17
FIT-SLAM 2: Efficient 3D exploration with Fisher information and traversability-based adaptive roadmap	17
Pyramidal 3D feature fusion on polar grids for fast and robust traversability analysis on CPU	17
Active control strategy of lower limb exoskeleton based on variable admittance control	16
Reinforcement learning control for the swimming motions of a beaver-like, single-legged robot based on biological inspiration	16
Automatic extension of a symbolic mobile manipulation skill set	16
Design and control of an aerial-ground tethered tendon-driven continuum robot with hybrid routing	16
The XBot2 real-time middleware for robotics	16
Implementation and observability analysis of visual-inertial-wheel odometry with robust initialization and online extrinsic calibration	16
An integrated framework for obstacle avoidance path planning and tracking of autonomous vehicles considering risk potential fields	16
When and where to step: Terrain-aware real-time footstep location and timing optimization for bipedal robots	16
Neuro compensated sliding mode control with nonlinear surfaces for pipe crack sealing manipulator	15
Hybrid brain-computer interfacing paradigm for assistive robotics	15
A control strategy for point stabilization and trajectory tracking of wheeled mobile robots	15
Bimanual dynamic grabbing and tossing of objects onto a moving target	15
Learning to Control Highly Accelerated Ballistic Movements on Muscular Robots	15
Extremum seeking control for the trajectory tracking of a skid steering vehicle via averaged sub-gradient integral sliding-mode theory	15
Fusion innovation: Multi-scale dilated collaborative model of ConvNeXt and MSDA for fault diagnosis	15
Research on VSLAM algorithm based on landmark assistance	15
An empirical evaluation of learning-based multi-agent path finding algorithms in warehouse environments	15
A lumen-adapted navigation scheme with spatial awareness from monocular vision for autonomous robotic endoscopy	14
NMPC design for a self-aligning compliant gait rehabilitation robot	14
Robot localization aided by quantum algorithms	14
Machine learning-based inverse kinematics scalability for prismatic tensegrity structural manipulators	14
Trajectory planning system for bimanual robots: Achieving efficient collision-free manipulation	14
LiODOM: Adaptive local mapping for robust LiDAR-only odometry	14
Reinforcement learning in robotic systems : A review on sim-to-real transfer	14
Rolling mechanism and performance of a soft robot driven by local curvature loading	14
Consistency optimal coordination control of underground heavy-load robot in nonstructural environment	14
A feasibility-driven MPC scheme for robust gait generation in humanoids	14
Direct trajectory optimization of macro-micro robotic system using a Gauss pseudospectral framework	14
SR-SLAM: Scene reliability-based RGB-D SLAM in diverse environments	14
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Safe deep learning-based global path planning using a fast collision-free path generator	14
Collision-free path planning for multiple robots using efficient turn-angle assignment	14
Estimation of aerodynamic effects in coaxial rotors for UAVs using fractional Unscented Kalman Filter and DCSV	14
Time optimal multi-base placement planning for mobile measuring manipulator considering reachable and non-singular constraints	14
STSLAM: Robust visual SLAM in dynamic scenes via image segmentation and instance tracking	14
RobustStateNet: Robust ego vehicle state estimation for Autonomous Driving	14
MVGrasp: Real-time multi-view 3D object grasping in highly cluttered environments	14
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A review of advances in underwater humanoid robots for human–machine cooperation	14
Optimization techniques for Multi-Robot Task Allocation problems: Review on the state-of-the-art	14
MOVRO2: Loosely coupled monocular visual radar odometry using factor graph optimization	13
Reinforcement learning-based optimal formation control of multiple robotic rollers in cooperative rolling compaction	13
Performance analysis of buck converter with fractional PID controller using hybrid technique	13
Design and development of a locomotion interface for virtual reality lower-body haptic interaction	13
A self-supervised learning approach to acquire representation of concave object manipulation with sparse tactile sensing	13
Mobile robot’s path-planning and path-tracking in static and dynamic environments: Dynamic programming approach	13
Parallel self-assembly for modular USVs with diverse docking mechanism layouts	13
Online task segmentation by merging symbolic and data-driven skill recognition during kinesthetic teaching	13
Development of a soft gripper for replicating human grasps in forest nursery tasks	13
Visually extracting the network topology of drone swarms	13
Quasi-static balancing for biped robot to perform extreme postures using ducted-fan propulsion system	13
A constraint embedding approach for dynamics modeling of parallel kinematic manipulators with hybrid limbs	13
An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots	12
Design, control and evaluation of a treadmill-based Pelvic Exoskeleton (PeXo) with self-paced walking mode	12
Ellipsoid uncertainty tether model for collision avoidance in a fleet of Remotely Operated Vehicles	12
Mapless navigation via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with memory-decaying novelty	12
Defense against smart invaders with swarms of sweeping agents	12
Robot policy learning from demonstrations and visual rewards for sequential manipulation tasks	12
APPL: Adaptive Planner Parameter Learning	12
Hierarchical probabilistic graphical models for multi-UAV cooperative pursuit in dynamic environments	12
Social robot navigation through constrained optimization: A comprehensive study of uncertainty-based objectives and constraints in the simulated and real world	12
A new approach to smooth path planning of Ackerman mobile robot based on improved ACO algorithm and B-spline curve	12
Tracking control with active and passive training cycle switching for rehabilitation training walker	12
Special Issue on the 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2021)	12
An overactuated aerial robot based on cooperative quadrotors attached through passive universal joints: Modeling, control and 6-DoF trajectory tracking	12
Cooperative Formation Control Strategy for Multi-robot System Based on APF Algorithm and Sliding Mode Estimator	12
Conform to grip: Joint reaction force-driven adaptive variable admittance control of biped climbing robots	12
LightDepth: A resource efficient depth estimation approach for dealing with ground truth sparsity via curriculum learning	12
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Efficient distributed multi-robot SLAM under missed detections and clutter with labeled multi-Bernoulli map	12
Sobol sequence RRT* and numerical optimal joint algorithm-based automatic parking trajectory planning of four-wheel steering vehicles	11
Online learning of MPC for autonomous racing	11
A fault-tolerant sensor fusion in mobile robots using multiple model Kalman filters	11
Observer-based model-free controller for the perturbations estimation and attenuation in robotic plants	11
Hierarchical multi-robot strategies synthesis and optimization under individual and collaborative temporal logic specifications	11
Recent advancements in soft ankle/knee exoskeletons technologies: systems, actuation and control	11
UV Disinfection Robots: A Review	11
The human-following strategy for mobile robots in mixed environments	11
OGATE: A framework for autonomous controllers assessment	11
Visual place recognition for aerial imagery: A survey	11
Automation of polymer pressing by robotic handling with in-process parameter optimization	11
RGB-D-based categorical object pose and shape estimation: Methods, datasets, and evaluation	11
Optimizing robotic arm control using deep Q-learning and artificial neural networks through demonstration-based methodologies: A case study of dynamic and static conditions	11