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

Article	Citations
Editorial - Robotics: Science and Systems 2022	194
Image-based Navigation in Real-World Environments via Multiple Mid-level Representations: Fusion Models, Benchmark and Efficient Evaluation	156
Efficiently finding poses for multiple grasp types with partial point clouds by uncoupling grasp shape and scale	152
Wild visual navigation: fast traversability learning via pre-trained models and online self-supervision	69
A novel framework for generalizing dynamic movement primitives under kinematic constraints	67
Robust robotic exploration and mapping using generative occupancy map synthesis	66
TIP: A trust inference and propagation model in multi-human multi-robot teams	65
Optimal policies for autonomous navigation in strong currents using fast marching trees	55
Image based Localization under large perspective difference between Sfm and SLAM using split sim(3) optimization	55
Distributed swarm collision avoidance based on angular calculations	54
Cooperative estimation and control of a diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators	48
DiSECt: a differentiable simulator for parameter inference and control in robotic cutting	46
Multimodal embodied attribute learning by robots for object-centric action policies	44
Method of evolving junction on optimal path planning in flows fields	44
Dynamic event-triggered integrated task and motion planning for process-aware source seeking	43
Multi-object active search and tracking by multiple agents in untrusted, dynamically changing environments	38
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	36
Planned synchronization for multi-robot systems with active observations	29
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	29
Persistent multi-resource coverage with heterogeneous multi-robot teams	25
Tactile-based object retrieval from granular media	24
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	23
Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes	19
Reconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms	19
Learning modular language-conditioned robot policies through attention	18

Compiling CNNs with Cain: focal-plane processing for robot navigation	17
ASAPs: asynchronous hybrid self-reconfiguration algorithm for porous modular robotic structures	17
Power generation performance of a spherical robot with a pendulum in an amphibious environment	16
Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications	15
Integrative biomechanics of a human–robot carrying task: implications for future collaborative work	15
Correction: Adaptive hybrid local-global sampling for fast informed sampling-based optimal path planning	15
Multirotor nonlinear model predictive control based on visual servoing of evolving features	14
A tree-based exploration method: utilizing the topology of the map as the basis of goal selection	14
Safe and stable teleoperation of quadrotor UAVs under haptic shared autonomy	13
Semantic scan context: a novel semantic-based loop-closure method for LiDAR SLAM	13
Effective tracking of unknown clustered targets using a distributed team of mobile robots	13
Reinforcement learning with imitative behaviors for humanoid robots navigation: synchronous planning and control	13
Hierarchical planning with state abstractions for temporal task specifications	12
Human-drone collaboration via mixed-reality for efficient navigation and interaction in constrained environments: a comprehensive user case study	12
Collocation methods for second and higher order systems	12
FIMD: fast isolated marker detection for UV-based visual relative localisation in agile UAV swarms	11
HeRo 2.0: a low-cost robot for swarm robotics research	11
Es-cbf: an energy sufficiency extension for sample based path planners to enable long term autonomy	11
Unsupervised dissimilarity-based fault detection method for autonomous mobile robots	11
Mori-zwanzig approach for belief abstraction with application to belief space planning	10
TNES: terrain traversability mapping, navigation and excavation system for autonomous excavators on worksite	10
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	10
Learning instance-level N-ary semantic knowledge at scale for robots operating in everyday environments	10
Editorial note from the publisher	10
A visibility-based pursuit-evasion game between two nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles	10
A self-guided approach for navigation in a minimalistic foraging robotic swarm	10
Estimating map completeness in robot exploration	9
The human in the loop Perspectives and challenges for RoboCup 2050	9
Design and control of BRAVER: a bipedal robot actuated via proprioceptive electric motors	9
An empirical characterization of ODE models of swarm behaviors in common foraging scenarios	9
SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly	8
An anytime Visibility–Voronoi graph-search algorithm for generating robust and feasible unmanned surface vehicle paths	8
Terrain traversability prediction through self-supervised learning and unsupervised domain adaptation on synthetic data	8
TidyBot: personalized robot assistance with large language models	7
Adaptive ergodic search with energy-aware scheduling for persistent multi-robot missions	7
Regulated pure pursuit for robot path tracking	7
Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans	7
An overview of space-variant and active vision mechanisms for resource-constrained human inspired robotic vision	7
Co-design of communication and machine inference for cloud robotics	7
A hybrid inductive learning-based and deductive reasoning-based 3-D path planning method in complex environments	7
RLSS: real-time, decentralized, cooperative, networkless multi-robot trajectory planning using linear spatial separations	7
Learning scalable and efficient communication policies for multi-robot collision avoidance	7
DynaLOAM: robust LiDAR odometry and mapping in dynamic environments	7
A concurrent learning approach to monocular vision range regulation of leader/follower systems	7
BFAR: improving radar odometry estimation using a bounded false alarm rate detector	6
Autonomous search of an airborne release in urban environments using informed tree planning	6
Adaptive submodular inverse reinforcement learning for spatial search and map exploration	6
SpaTiaL: monitoring and planning of robotic tasks using spatio-temporal logic specifications	6
Robust inverse dynamics by evaluating Newton–Euler equations with respect to a moving reference and measuring angular acceleration	6
Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms	6

Why ORB-SLAM is missing commonly occurring loop closures?	6
A unified framework for measuring interplane and intraplane coupling in spatial biped robots	6
Underwater visual mapping of curved ship hull surface using stereo vision	6
Shortest coordinated motions for square robots	5
Motion planning and control for mobile robot navigation using machine learning: a survey	5
Formal design, verification and implementation of robotic controller software via RoboChart and RoboTool	5
Integrating action knowledge and LLMs for task planning and situation handling in open worlds	5
Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots	5
R $$\times $$ R: Rapid eXploration for Reinforcement learning via sampling-based reset distributions and imitation pre-training	5
Synthesizing compact behavior trees for probabilistic robotics domains	5
2D construction planning for swarms of simple earthmover robots	5
Large language models for chemistry robotics	5
Context-aware system synthesis, task assignment, and routing	5
Data-driven gait model for bipedal locomotion over continuous changing speeds and inclines	5
Learning latent representations to co-adapt to humans	5
Autonomous robotic manipulation for grasping a target object in cluttered environments	4
Bayesian incremental inference update by re-using calculations from belief space planning: a new paradigm	4
Autonomous exploration with online learning of traversable yet visually rigid obstacles	4
Manipulation at optimum locations for maximum force transmission with mobile robots under environmental disturbances	4
Between reality and delusion: challenges of applying large language models to companion robots for open-domain dialogues with older adults	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	4
Isolated Kalman filtering: theory and decoupled estimator design	4
Editor’s note - Special issue on Robot Swarms in the Real World: from Design to Deployment	4
Reinforcement learning based autonomous multi-rotor landing on moving platforms	4
Correction: Planning under uncertainty for safe robot exploration using gaussian process prediction	3
Eigen-factors a bilevel optimization for plane SLAM of 3D point clouds	3
Active object perception using Bayesian classifiers and haptic exploration	3
Inverse reinforcement learning for autonomous navigation via differentiable semantic mapping and planning	3
An empowerment-based solution to robotic manipulation tasks with sparse rewards	3
Herding stochastic autonomous agents via local control rules and online target selection strategies	3
A penalized batch-Bayesian approach to informative path planning for decentralized swarm robotic search	3
Humans as path-finders for mobile robots using teach-by-showing navigation	3
Deep introspective SLAM: deep reinforcement learning based approach to avoid tracking failure in visual SLAM	3
Robust bounded control scheme for quadrotor vehicles under high dynamic disturbances	3
Complex environment localization system using complementary ceiling and ground map information	3
Bridging the reality gap in drone swarm development through mixed reality	3
External force observer aided push recovery for torque-controlled biped robots	3
COVER: cross-vehicle transition framework for quadrotor control in air-ground cooperation	3