OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Autonomous Robots is 3. 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
Editorial - Robotics: Science and Systems 2022	183
Towards balanced behavior cloning from imbalanced datasets	180
Robust robotic exploration and mapping using generative occupancy map synthesis	92
Efficiently finding poses for multiple grasp types with partial point clouds by uncoupling grasp shape and scale	87
A novel framework for generalizing dynamic movement primitives under kinematic constraints	83
TIP: A trust inference and propagation model in multi-human multi-robot teams	80
Image-based Navigation in Real-World Environments via Multiple Mid-level Representations: Fusion Models, Benchmark and Efficient Evaluation	64
Optimal policies for autonomous navigation in strong currents using fast marching trees	60
Wild visual navigation: fast traversability learning via pre-trained models and online self-supervision	60
Distributed swarm collision avoidance based on angular calculations	52
Vision-based manipulation from single human video with open-world object graphs	51
DiSECt: a differentiable simulator for parameter inference and control in robotic cutting	48
Cooperative estimation and control of a diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators	39
Multimodal embodied attribute learning by robots for object-centric action policies	35
Method of evolving junction on optimal path planning in flows fields	33
Dynamic event-triggered integrated task and motion planning for process-aware source seeking	30
Tactile-based object retrieval from granular media	26
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	21
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	21
Planned synchronization for multi-robot systems with active observations	20
Multi-object active search and tracking by multiple agents in untrusted, dynamically changing environments	18
Visual localization in 3D maps: comparing point cloud, mesh, and NeRF representations	18
Persistent multi-resource coverage with heterogeneous multi-robot teams	18
Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes	17
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	17

Learning modular language-conditioned robot policies through attention	16
Reconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms	16
Compiling CNNs with Cain: focal-plane processing for robot navigation	15
ASAPs: asynchronous hybrid self-reconfiguration algorithm for porous modular robotic structures	15
Effective tracking of unknown clustered targets using a distributed team of mobile robots	14
A tree-based exploration method: utilizing the topology of the map as the basis of goal selection	14
Integrative biomechanics of a human–robot carrying task: implications for future collaborative work	14
Power generation performance of a spherical robot with a pendulum in an amphibious environment	14
Enhanced spatial distribution for robust Gaussian SLAM with view-consistency optimization	14
Correction: Adaptive hybrid local-global sampling for fast informed sampling-based optimal path planning	14
Task-oriented overlapping coalition formation: a game-theoretic framework for heterogeneous UAV task allocation	13
Multirotor nonlinear model predictive control based on visual servoing of evolving features	13
Safe and stable teleoperation of quadrotor UAVs under haptic shared autonomy	12
Human-drone collaboration via mixed-reality for efficient navigation and interaction in constrained environments: a comprehensive user case study	12
Agile assistive hospital robot for suboptimal Task execution in dynamic environments	12
Risk-averse traversal of graphs with stochastic and correlated edge costs for safe global planetary mobility	11
Reinforcement learning with imitative behaviors for humanoid robots navigation: synchronous planning and control	11
Collocation methods for second and higher order systems	11
TNES: terrain traversability mapping, navigation and excavation system for autonomous excavators on worksite	10
Es-cbf: an energy sufficiency extension for sample based path planners to enable long term autonomy	10
Hierarchical planning with state abstractions for temporal task specifications	10
Unsupervised dissimilarity-based fault detection method for autonomous mobile robots	10
FIMD: fast isolated marker detection for UV-based visual relative localisation in agile UAV swarms	10
Aerial robots persistent monitoring and target detection: deployment and assessment in the field	10
HeRo 2.0: a low-cost robot for swarm robotics research	10
Editorial note from the publisher	10
An empirical characterization of ODE models of swarm behaviors in common foraging scenarios	9
A self-guided approach for navigation in a minimalistic foraging robotic swarm	9
Design and control of BRAVER: a bipedal robot actuated via proprioceptive electric motors	9
Learning instance-level N-ary semantic knowledge at scale for robots operating in everyday environments	9
Mori-zwanzig approach for belief abstraction with application to belief space planning	9
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	9
Estimating map completeness in robot exploration	9
An anytime Visibility–Voronoi graph-search algorithm for generating robust and feasible unmanned surface vehicle paths	8
The human in the loop Perspectives and challenges for RoboCup 2050	8
SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly	8
RLSS: real-time, decentralized, cooperative, networkless multi-robot trajectory planning using linear spatial separations	8
Adaptive ergodic search with energy-aware scheduling for persistent multi-robot missions	7
Terrain traversability prediction through self-supervised learning and unsupervised domain adaptation on synthetic data	7
An overview of space-variant and active vision mechanisms for resource-constrained human inspired robotic vision	7
TidyBot: personalized robot assistance with large language models	7
Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans	7
Regulated pure pursuit for robot path tracking	6
DynaLOAM: robust LiDAR odometry and mapping in dynamic environments	6
SpaTiaL: monitoring and planning of robotic tasks using spatio-temporal logic specifications	6
Co-design of communication and machine inference for cloud robotics	6
A concurrent learning approach to monocular vision range regulation of leader/follower systems	6
Robust inverse dynamics by evaluating Newton–Euler equations with respect to a moving reference and measuring angular acceleration	6
Why ORB-SLAM is missing commonly occurring loop closures?	6
Learning scalable and efficient communication policies for multi-robot collision avoidance	6

Underwater visual mapping of curved ship hull surface using stereo vision	6
Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms	6
Autonomous search of an airborne release in urban environments using informed tree planning	6
BFAR: improving radar odometry estimation using a bounded false alarm rate detector	5
2D construction planning for swarms of simple earthmover robots	5
Shortest coordinated motions for square robots	5
A unified framework for measuring interplane and intraplane coupling in spatial biped robots	5
Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots	5
Large language models for chemistry robotics	5
Integrating action knowledge and LLMs for task planning and situation handling in open worlds	5
Bayesian incremental inference update by re-using calculations from belief space planning: a new paradigm	4
Formal design, verification and implementation of robotic controller software via RoboChart and RoboTool	4
R $$\times $$ R: Rapid eXploration for Reinforcement learning via sampling-based reset distributions and imitation pre-training	4
Editor’s note - Special issue on Robot Swarms in the Real World: from Design to Deployment	4
Data-driven gait model for bipedal locomotion over continuous changing speeds and inclines	4
Context-aware system synthesis, task assignment, and routing	4
Time-discounted ergodicity on graphs for active robotic inspection of confined spaces	4
Online insertion trajectory correction for robot peg-in-hole assembly with floating targets	4
Learning latent representations to co-adapt to humans	4
Synthesizing compact behavior trees for probabilistic robotics domains	4
Between reality and delusion: challenges of applying large language models to companion robots for open-domain dialogues with older adults	4
Isolated Kalman filtering: theory and decoupled estimator design	4
Adaptive exploration under localization uncertainty using multi-fidelity Gaussian processes	4
ASAP-MPC: an asynchronous update scheme for online motion planning with nonlinear model predictive control	4
Urban localization based on aerial imagery by correcting projection distortion	3
Autonomous exploration with online learning of traversable yet visually rigid obstacles	3
Complex environment localization system using complementary ceiling and ground map information	3
Eigen-factors a bilevel optimization for plane SLAM of 3D point clouds	3
Robust bounded control scheme for quadrotor vehicles under high dynamic disturbances	3
Global feature enhancement and skip-connected fusion for grasping detection	3
Manipulation at optimum locations for maximum force transmission with mobile robots under environmental disturbances	3
Bridging the reality gap in drone swarm development through mixed reality	3
Humans as path-finders for mobile robots using teach-by-showing navigation	3
Autonomous robotic manipulation for grasping a target object in cluttered environments	3
Reinforcement learning based autonomous multi-rotor landing on moving platforms	3
A penalized batch-Bayesian approach to informative path planning for decentralized swarm robotic search	3
COVER: cross-vehicle transition framework for quadrotor control in air-ground cooperation	3