OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Autonomous Robots is 9. 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
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	21
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	21
Planned synchronization for multi-robot systems with active observations	20
Visual localization in 3D maps: comparing point cloud, mesh, and NeRF representations	18
Persistent multi-resource coverage with heterogeneous multi-robot teams	18
Multi-object active search and tracking by multiple agents in untrusted, dynamically changing environments	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
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
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
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 empirical characterization of ODE models of swarm behaviors in common foraging scenarios	9