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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Reinforcement based mobile robot path planning with improved dynamic window approach in unknown environment	102
Motion planning and control for mobile robot navigation using machine learning: a survey	60
OverlapNet: a siamese network for computing LiDAR scan similarity with applications to loop closing and localization	53
Multi-objective drone path planning for search and rescue with quality-of-service requirements	50
AlphaPilot: autonomous drone racing	44
High precision control and deep learning-based corn stand counting algorithms for agricultural robot	39
Dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertainty and temporal constraints	36
Road surface detection and differentiation considering surface damages	33
Network offloading policies for cloud robotics: a learning-based approach	32
VIR-SLAM: visual, inertial, and ranging SLAM for single and multi-robot systems	31
Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications	26
Semantic visual SLAM in dynamic environment	26
Sensorless environment stiffness and interaction force estimation for impedance control tuning in robotized interaction tasks	26
Deep reinforcement learning for quadrotor path following with adaptive velocity	24
Tightly-coupled ultra-wideband-aided monocular visual SLAM with degenerate anchor configurations	24
S4-SLAM: A real-time 3D LIDAR SLAM system for ground/watersurface multi-scene outdoor applications	24
Continuous control actions learning and adaptation for robotic manipulation through reinforcement learning	23
Plug-and-play supervisory control using muscle and brain signals for real-time gesture and error detection	21
Heterogeneous graph attention networks for scalable multi-robot scheduling with temporospatial constraints	20
Online coverage and inspection planning for 3D modeling	20
A novel adaptive iterative learning control approach and human-in-the-loop control pattern for lower limb rehabilitation robot in disturbances environment	19
LatticeNet: fast spatio-temporal point cloud segmentation using permutohedral lattices	18
How to train your differentiable filter	17
ALGAMES: a fast augmented Lagrangian solver for constrained dynamic games	16
Herding by caging: a formation-based motion planning framework for guiding mobile agents	16

Sensor fusion of two sonar devices for underwater 3D mapping with an AUV	15
Learning latent actions to control assistive robots	15
Decentralized probabilistic multi-robot collision avoidance using buffered uncertainty-aware Voronoi cells	15
VisuoSpatial Foresight for physical sequential fabric manipulation	14
Disturbance observer enhanced variable gain controller for robot teleoperation with motion capture using wearable armbands	14
Online trajectory planning and control of a MAV payload system in dynamic environments	14
A dynamical system approach for detection and reaction to human guidance in physical human–robot interaction	13
Iterative residual tuning for system identification and sim-to-real robot learning	13
Navigating by touch: haptic Monte Carlo localization via geometric sensing and terrain classification	13
Fast nonlinear risk assessment for autonomous vehicles using learned conditional probabilistic models of agent futures	12
Robot-to-robot relative pose estimation using humans as markers	12
AEB-RRT: an adaptive extension bidirectional RRT algorithm	12
Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans	12
Structuring of tactile sensory information for category formation in robotics palpation	12
SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly	12
A feasibility-driven approach to control-limited DDP	11
Decentralized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue operations without explicit communication	11
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	11
The Orbiting Dubins Traveling Salesman Problem: planning inspection tours for a minehunting AUV	11
Aggressive maneuvers for a quadrotor-slung-load system through fast trajectory generation and tracking	11
Effect of compliance on morphological control of dynamic locomotion with HyQ	10
Expert Intervention Learning	10
Deep introspective SLAM: deep reinforcement learning based approach to avoid tracking failure in visual SLAM	10
Sampling-based planning for non-myopic multi-robot information gathering	10
Synchronous intercept strategies for a robotic defense-intrusion game with two defenders	10
A method for autonomous robotic manipulation through exploratory interactions with uncertain environments	9
Topological path planning for autonomous information gathering	9
Herding stochastic autonomous agents via local control rules and online target selection strategies	9
TidyBot: personalized robot assistance with large language models	9
Nonlinear observability of unicycle multi-robot teams subject to nonuniform environmental disturbances	9
Exploration of the applicability of probabilistic inference for learning control in underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles	9
Hierarchical topometric representation of 3D robotic maps	9
Autonomous foraging with a pack of robots based on repulsion, attraction and influence	8
RGB-D camera calibration and trajectory estimation for indoor mapping	8
An analysis of RelaxedIK: an optimization-based framework for generating accurate and feasible robot arm motions	8
Scalable time-constrained planning of multi-robot systems	8
A new meta-module design for efficient reconfiguration of modular robots	7
ProgPrompt: program generation for situated robot task planning using large language models	7
Quantitative analysis of robot gesticulation behavior	7
An anytime Visibility–Voronoi graph-search algorithm for generating robust and feasible unmanned surface vehicle paths	7
Imitation learning-based framework for learning 6-D linear compliant motions	7
An improved kinematic model for skid-steered wheeled platforms	7
A visibility-based pursuit-evasion game between two nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles	7
Event- and time-triggered dynamic task assignments for multiple vehicles	7
Geolocalization with aerial image sequence for UAVs	6
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	6
LTA: Local tangent based A for optimal path planning	6
Transfer learning of coverage functions via invariant properties in the fourier domain	6
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	6
A velocity control strategy for collision avoidance of autonomous agricultural vehicles	6

Enhancing the morphological segmentation of microscopic fossils through Localized Topology-Aware Edge Detection	6
Influencing leading and following in human–robot teams	6
Observability index optimization of robot calibration based on multiple identification spaces	6
Long-horizon humanoid navigation planning using traversability estimates and previous experience	5
Learning temporal logic formulas from suboptimal demonstrations: theory and experiments	5
Optimal solution of the Generalized Dubins Interval Problem: finding the shortest curvature-constrained path through a set of regions	5
Semantic scan context: a novel semantic-based loop-closure method for LiDAR SLAM	5
Robust circumnavigation of a heterogeneous multi-agent system	5
Game tree search for minimizing detectability and maximizing visibility	5
Stochastic spatio-temporal optimization for control and co-design of systems in robotics and applied physics	5
Autonomous assembly planning of demonstrated skills with reinforcement learning in simulation	5
A sketch is worth a thousand navigational instructions	5
Regulated pure pursuit for robot path tracking	5
Topological representation of cloth state for robot manipulation	5
Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots	5
Embodied scene description	5
An efficient RRT-based motion planning algorithm for autonomous underwater vehicles under cylindrical sampling constraints	5
Autonomous search of an airborne release in urban environments using informed tree planning	5
A unified kinematics modeling, optimization and control of universal robots: from serial and parallel manipulators to walking, rolling and hybrid robots	4
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	4
Wind disturbance rejection for unmanned aerial vehicles using acceleration feedback enhanced $$H_\infty $$ method	4
Manipulation at optimum locations for maximum force transmission with mobile robots under environmental disturbances	4
Few-shot re-identification of the speaker by social robots	4
Manipulation planning under changing external forces	4
HeRo 2.0: a low-cost robot for swarm robotics research	4
Efficiently finding poses for multiple grasp types with partial point clouds by uncoupling grasp shape and scale	4
Appearance-based loop closure detection combining lines and learned points for low-textured environments	4
A behavior-based framework for safe deployment of humanoid robots	4
Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms	4
Trajectory adaptation of biomimetic equilibrium point for stable locomotion of a large-size hexapod robot	4
An efficient and direct method for trajectory optimization of robots constrained by contact kinematics and forces	4
Integrating action knowledge and LLMs for task planning and situation handling in open worlds	3
An approach to object-level stiffness regulation of hand-arm systems subject to under-actuation constraints	3
Bayes–Nash: Bayesian inference for Nash equilibrium selection in human-robot parallel play	3
AGRI-SLAM: a real-time stereo visual SLAM for agricultural environment	3
Estimating boundary dynamics using robotic sensor networks with pointwise measurements	3
Agile and stable running locomotion control for an untethered and one-legged hopping robot	3
Correspondence identification for collaborative multi-robot perception under uncertainty	3
Motion planning for a pair of tethered robots	3
Decentralised coverage of a large structure using flocking of autonomous agents having a dynamic hierarchy model	3
Method of evolving junction on optimal path planning in flows fields	3
Sensor fusion based manipulative action recognition	3
Angular momentum-based control of an underactuated orthotic system for crouch-to-stand motion	3
Semantic anomaly detection with large language models	3
A fully distributed multi-robot navigation method without pre-allocating target positions	3
A self-guided approach for navigation in a minimalistic foraging robotic swarm	3
Large language models for chemistry robotics	3
Automated camera-exposure control for robust localization in varying illumination environments	3
Affordance-based robot object retrieval	3
Scalable multirobot planning for informed spatial sampling	3