Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Article	Citations
Social interaction model enhanced with speculation stage for human trajectory prediction	152
Strategies for large scale elastic and semantic LiDAR reconstruction	133
Navigating the blame game: Investigating automated vehicle fault in collisions under mixed traffic conditions	110
Development and evaluation of fiber reinforced modular soft actuators and an individualized soft rehabilitation glove	102
Editorial Board	86
Deep reinforcement learning of event-triggered communication and consensus-based control for distributed cooperative transport	84
Real-time identification and avoidance of simultaneous static and dynamic obstacles on point cloud for UAVs navigation	80
The PoundCloud framework for ROS-based cloud robotics: Case studies on autonomous navigation and human–robot interaction	80
Dexterous in-hand manipulation of slender cylindrical objects through deep reinforcement learning with tactile sensing	74
A multi-locomotion clustered tensegrity mobile robot with fewer actuators	73
Three-dimensional magnetometer calibration using higher order models embedded into neural networks	71
Planning and control of multi-robot-object systems under temporal logic tasks and uncertain dynamics	68
Special Issue on the 9th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2019)	67
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Approximate sequential optimization for informative path planning	62
Learning differentiable dynamics models for shape control of deformable linear objects	62
POE-based kinematic calibration for serial robots using left-invariant error representation and decomposed iterative method	60
iCORPP: Interleaved commonsense reasoning and probabilistic planning on robots	59
Goal-aware generative adversarial imitation learning from imperfect demonstration for robotic cloth manipulation	56
TRUSTS: A novel treadmill-based multifunctional testing system for performance evaluation of wheeled planetary exploration rover	55
Pose accuracy improvement in robotic machining by visually-guided method and experimental investigation	51
An adaptive framework for trajectory following in changing-contact robot manipulation tasks	49
Receding Horizon Task and Motion Planning in Changing Environments	48

Spherical rolling robots—Design, modeling, and control: A systematic literature review	46
Design of 9-DOF humanoid arms inspired by the human’s inner shoulder to enhance versatility and workspace	46
An explainable deep learning model for automated classification and localization of microrobots by functionality using ultrasound images	46
An exploratory study of software engineering in heavy-duty mobile machine automation	46
dGrasp: NeRF-Informed implicit grasp policies with supervised optimization slopes	45
RainSD: Rain style diversification module for image synthesis enhancement using feature-level style distribution	44
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	43
Stackelberg game approach for resource allocation in device-to-device communication with heterogeneous networks	42
A systematic mapping study of robotics in human care	40
Reinforcement learning in robotic motion planning by combined experience-based planning and self-imitation learning	40
Robotics and artificial intelligence in healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review	39
A novel hybrid swarm intelligence algorithm for solving TSP and desired-path-based online obstacle avoidance strategy for AUV	38
A survey on the design and evolution of social robots — Past, present and future	36
Cooperative Artificial Intelligence for underwater robotic swarm	36
A survey of multi-agent Human–Robot Interaction systems	36
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Fuzzy dynamical system for robot learning motion skills from human demonstration	35
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Distributed cooperative pursuit with encirclement guarantee via robust model predictive control	35
Enhancing recycling efficiency: A rapid glass bottle sorting gripper	32
Knowledge triggering, extraction and storage via human–robot verbal interaction	32
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Learning and extrapolation of robotic skills using task-parameterized equation learner networks	31
Sampling-based time-optimal path parameterization with jerk constraints for robotic manipulation	31
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	30
Addressing time discrepancy between digital and physical twins	30
LiDAR–camera calibration method based on ranging statistical characteristics and improved RANSAC algorithm	29
Environment-adaptive learning from demonstration for proactive assistance in human–robot collaborative tasks	29
Multitask control of aerial manipulator robots with dynamic compensation based on numerical methods	29
DynaTM-SLAM: Fast filtering of dynamic feature points and object-based localization in dynamic indoor environments	29
Upper limb power-assist wearable robot for handling repetitive medium- to low-weight loads in daily logistics tasks	28
Informed sampling space driven robot informative path planning	28
An assistive upper-limb exoskeleton controlled by multi-modal interfaces for severely impaired patients: development and experimental assessment	28
Perceived safety in physical human–robot interaction—A survey	27
Learning latent causal factors from the intricate sensor feedback of contact-rich robotic assembly tasks	27
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Rebar-tying Robot based on machine vision and coverage path planning	26
Enhancing free-space transparency with discrete energy-based compensation in physical human–robot interaction	26
Robotic co-manipulation of deformable linear objects for large deformation tasks	26
Model-based learning of underwater acoustic communication performance for marine robots	26
Optimal trajectory planning for cinematography with multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles	25
Continuous mapping of large surfaces with a quality inspection robot	25
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Autonomous cooperative wall building by a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the MBZIRC 2020 competition	24
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	24
Energy efficient path planning for autonomous ground vehicles with ackermann steering	24
Model checking embedded adaptive cruise controllers	23
Real-time terrain anomaly perception for safe robot locomotion using a digital double framework	23
Analyzing the effectiveness of rescheduling and Flexible Execution methods to address uncertainty in execution duration for a planetary rover	23
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A wearable sensor vest for social humanoid robots with GPGPU, IoT, and modular software architecture	23
A resilient solution to Range-Only SLAM based on a decoupled landmark range and bearing reconstruction	23
The impact of catastrophic collisions and collision avoidance on a swarming behavior	23
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Experimental comparison of the effect of the number of redundant rotors on the fault tolerance performance for the proposed multilayer UAV	23
A robust and compliant framework for legged mobile manipulators using virtual model control and whole-body control	23
Learning temporal maps of dynamics for mobile robots	22
A nonlinear state estimation framework for humanoid robots	22
Informed expansion for informative path planning via online distribution learning	22
Humanoid motion generation in a world of stairs	22
Finite-time disturbance reconstruction and robust fractional-order controller design for hybrid port-Hamiltonian dynamics of biped robots	22
Visual detection and tracking algorithms for minimally invasive surgical instruments: A comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art	21
A feedback-based manoeuvre planner for nonprehensile magnetic micromanipulation of large microscopic biological objects	21
Path tracking control strategy for off-road 4WS4WD vehicle based on robust model predictive control	21
Adaptation in a variable parallel elastic actuator for rotary mechanisms towards energy efficiency	21
A Collision-free path planning approach based on rule guided lazy-PRM with repulsion field for gantry welding robots	21
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Practical whole-body elasto-geometric calibration of a humanoid robot: Application to the TALOS robot	20
Human leading or following preferences: Effects on human perception of the robot and the human–robot collaboration	20
A Riemannian metric for geometry-aware singularity avoidance by articulated robots	20
Real-time adaptive impedance compensator using simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation for enhanced physical human–robot interaction transparency	20
Towards field deployment of MAVs in adaptive exploration of GPS-denied subterranean environments	20
Inspection robot GPS outages localization based on error Kalman filter and deep learning	20
Improving obstacle boundary representations in predictive occupancy mapping	20
ECO-CPP: Energy constrained online coverage path planning	19
Semi-autonomous unmanned aerial manipulator teleoperation for push-and-slide inspection using parallel force/vision control	19
A Signal Temporal Logic approach for task-based coordination of multi-aerial systems: A wind turbine inspection case study	19
Interaction-aware motion planning and control based on game theory with human-in-the-loop validation	19
Correct and efficient UAV missions based on temporal planning and in-flight hybrid simulations	18
Evaluation of safety-related performance of wearable lower limb exoskeleton robot (WLLER): A systematic review	18
Automatic control for swing-free control of suctioned products in robotic pick-and-place operations	18
A survey of demonstration learning	18
Robotic assembly strategy via reinforcement learning based on force and visual information	18
Entropy-based tuning approach for Q-learning in an unstructured environment	18
A study of robotic search strategy for multi-radiation sources in unknown environments	18
DROPO: Sim-to-real transfer with offline domain randomization	18
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Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation	17
Depth accuracy analysis of the ZED 2i Stereo Camera in an indoor Environment	17
Self-supervised prediction of the intention to interact with a service robot	17
Distributed safe planning for satisfying minimal temporal relaxations of TWTL specifications	17
6D pose estimation with combined deep learning and 3D vision techniques for a fast and accurate object grasping	17
CMFFN: An efficient cross-modal feature fusion network for semantic segmentation	17
Vibration suppression of redundantly controlled cable-driven parallel robots	17
Comparative analysis of multiple YOLO-based target detectors and trackers for ADAS in edge devices	16
Precise hand–eye calibration method based on spatial distance and epipolar constraints	16
Efficient reinforcement learning with least-squares soft Bellman residual for robotic grasping	16
Symbolic representation of what robots are taught in one demonstration	16
Toward best practices in embedded ethics: Suggestions for interdisciplinary technology development	16
Pyramidal 3D feature fusion on polar grids for fast and robust traversability analysis on CPU	16
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A multimodal loop closure fusion for autonomous vehicles SLAM	16
“Reinforcement learning particle swarm optimization based trajectory planning of autonomous ground vehicle using 2D LiDAR point cloud”	16
Towards real-time forest inventory using handheld LiDAR	16
Hybrid compliant control with variable-stiffness wrist for assembly and grinding application	16
When and where to step: Terrain-aware real-time footstep location and timing optimization for bipedal robots	16
Lifelong mapping in the wild: Novel strategies for ensuring map stability and accuracy over time evaluated on thousands of robots	16
A collaborative robot for COVID-19 oropharyngeal swabbing	16
Safe multi-agent drone control using control barrier functions and acceleration fields	16
Delay compensated state estimation for Telepresence robot navigation	15
Extremum seeking control for the trajectory tracking of a skid steering vehicle via averaged sub-gradient integral sliding-mode theory	15
Hybrid brain-computer interfacing paradigm for assistive robotics	15
Learning to Control Highly Accelerated Ballistic Movements on Muscular Robots	15
Active control strategy of lower limb exoskeleton based on variable admittance control	15
Implementation and observability analysis of visual-inertial-wheel odometry with robust initialization and online extrinsic calibration	15
Automatic extension of a symbolic mobile manipulation skill set	15
Fusion innovation: Multi-scale dilated collaborative model of ConvNeXt and MSDA for fault diagnosis	15
Bimanual dynamic grabbing and tossing of objects onto a moving target	15
A review of advances in underwater humanoid robots for human–machine cooperation	14
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Evolutionary Tabu Inverted Ant Cellular Automata with Elitist Inertia for swarm robotics as surrogate method in surveillance task using e-Puck architecture	14
Direct trajectory optimization of macro-micro robotic system using a Gauss pseudospectral framework	14
A lumen-adapted navigation scheme with spatial awareness from monocular vision for autonomous robotic endoscopy	14
Reinforcement learning control for the swimming motions of a beaver-like, single-legged robot based on biological inspiration	14
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RobustStateNet: Robust ego vehicle state estimation for Autonomous Driving	14
Robotic picking in dense clutter via domain invariant learning from synthetic dense cluttered rendering	14
The XBot2 real-time middleware for robotics	14
Design and control of an aerial-ground tethered tendon-driven continuum robot with hybrid routing	14
Light deep learning models enriched with Entangled features for RGB-D semantic segmentation	14

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Consistency optimal coordination control of underground heavy-load robot in nonstructural environment	14
Ring Gaussian Mixture Modelling and Regression for collaborative robots	14
Safe deep learning-based global path planning using a fast collision-free path generator	14
Mobile robot’s path-planning and path-tracking in static and dynamic environments: Dynamic programming approach	13
Quasi-static balancing for biped robot to perform extreme postures using ducted-fan propulsion system	13
A new approach to smooth path planning of Ackerman mobile robot based on improved ACO algorithm and B-spline curve	13
MVGrasp: Real-time multi-view 3D object grasping in highly cluttered environments	13
LiODOM: Adaptive local mapping for robust LiDAR-only odometry	13
MOVRO2: Loosely coupled monocular visual radar odometry using factor graph optimization	13
An overactuated aerial robot based on cooperative quadrotors attached through passive universal joints: Modeling, control and 6-DoF trajectory tracking	13
Overcoming some drawbacks of Dynamic Movement Primitives	13
Optimization techniques for Multi-Robot Task Allocation problems: Review on the state-of-the-art	13
Performance analysis of buck converter with fractional PID controller using hybrid technique	13
Online task segmentation by merging symbolic and data-driven skill recognition during kinesthetic teaching	13
A constraint embedding approach for dynamics modeling of parallel kinematic manipulators with hybrid limbs	13
Collision-free path planning for multiple robots using efficient turn-angle assignment	13
Robot localization aided by quantum algorithms	13
Nonlinear MPC for collision-free and deadlock-free navigation of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots	12
Tracking control with active and passive training cycle switching for rehabilitation training walker	12
Safe path planning for UAV urban operation under GNSS signal occlusion risk	12
Sobol sequence RRT* and numerical optimal joint algorithm-based automatic parking trajectory planning of four-wheel steering vehicles	12
Visual place recognition for aerial imagery: A survey	12
Lane-changing and overtaking trajectory planning for autonomous vehicles with multi-performance optimization considering static and dynamic obstacles	12
Hierarchical probabilistic graphical models for multi-UAV cooperative pursuit in dynamic environments	12
UV Disinfection Robots: A Review	12
Design, control and evaluation of a treadmill-based Pelvic Exoskeleton (PeXo) with self-paced walking mode	12
Multi-robot task allocation in disaster response: Addressing dynamic tasks with deadlines and robots with range and payload constraints	12
Defense against smart invaders with swarms of sweeping agents	12
LightDepth: A resource efficient depth estimation approach for dealing with ground truth sparsity via curriculum learning	12
Robust gait design for a compass gait biped on slippery surfaces	12
Mapless navigation via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with memory-decaying novelty	12
APPL: Adaptive Planner Parameter Learning	12
A fault-tolerant sensor fusion in mobile robots using multiple model Kalman filters	12
Online learning of MPC for autonomous racing	12
Special Issue on the 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2021)	12
Social robot navigation through constrained optimization: A comprehensive study of uncertainty-based objectives and constraints in the simulated and real world	12
An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots	12
Editorial Board	12