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Papers

(The H4-Index of IEEE Transactions on Robotics is 65. 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
IEEE Transactions on Robotics Publication Information	1182
Innovative Design of Multifunctional Supernumerary Robotic Limbs With Ellipsoid Workspace Optimization	370
Autonomous Synthesis of Self-Aligning Knee Joint Exoskeleton Mechanisms	300
Rhythm-Based Power Allocation Strategy of Bionic Tail-Flapping for Propulsion Enhancement	293
Speeding up Routing Schedules on Aisle Graphs With Single Access	235
Equilibria, Stability, and Sensitivity for the Aerial Suspended Beam Robotic System Subject to Parameter Uncertainty	231
Kinematic Modeling and Characterization of Soft Parallel Robots	224
Stabilization of Robot-Environment Interaction Through Generalized Scattering Techniques	191
Goal-Conditioned Model Simplification for 1-D and 2-D Deformable Object Manipulation	190
A MagsL-HUD Endoscopic System for Magnetic Compression Anastomosis Surgery in Unstructured Endoluminal Environment	190
Resilient Trajectory Propagation in Multirobot Networks	185
Biomimetic Underwater Soft Snake Robot: Self-Motion Sensing and Online Gait Control	180
Majorization Minimization Methods for Distributed Pose Graph Optimization	178
Probabilistic Modeling and Control for multi-UAV Search Over Uneven Terrain	177
Robust Quadrupedal Jumping With Impact-Aware Landing: Exploiting Parallel Elasticity	173
Fast Path Planning Through Large Collections of Safe Boxes	173
Material Scrunching Enables Working Channels in Miniaturized Vine-Inspired Robots	170
Ultimate Passivity: Balancing Performance and Stability in Physical Human–Robot Interaction	166
Passivity-Based Control of Distributed Teleoperation With Velocity/Force Manipulability Optimization	161
A Lightweight Powered Hip Exoskeleton With Parallel Actuation for Frontal and Sagittal Plane Assistance	143
Stability Analysis of Tendon Driven Continuum Robots and Application to Active Softening	134
Type-2 Fuzzy Model-Based Movement Primitives for Imitation Learning	134
CMax-SLAM: Event-Based Rotational-Motion Bundle Adjustment and SLAM System Using Contrast Maximization	133
Reinforcement Learning of CPG-Regulated Locomotion Controller for a Soft Snake Robot	128
A Novel Actuation Strategy for an Agile Bioinspired FWAV Performing a Morphing-Coupled Wingbeat Pattern	123

A 5-mm Untethered Crawling Robot via Self-Excited Electrostatic Vibration	122
Associating Uncertainty to Extended Poses for on Lie Group IMU Preintegration With Rotating Earth	119
Human–Robot Interaction Evaluation-Based AAN Control for Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots Driven by Series Elastic Actuators	119
Nonrepetitive-Path Iterative Learning and Control for Human-Guided Robotic Operations on Unknown Surfaces	114
Learning a Flexible Neural Energy Function With a Unique Minimum for Globally Stable and Accurate Demonstration Learning	112
Relative Localizability and Localization for Multirobot Systems	108
Table of Contents	102
2022 Index IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 38	102
Tight Fusion of Events and Inertial Measurements for Direct Velocity Estimation	102
Active Exploitation of Redundancies in Reconfigurable Multirobot Systems	97
A New Expression for the Passivity Bound for a Class of Sampled-Data Systems	96
CAT-ORA: Collision-Aware Time-Optimal Formation Reshaping for Efficient Robot Coordination in 3-D Environments	95
Versatile Tasks on Integrated Aerial Platforms Using Only Onboard Sensors: Control, Estimation, and Validation	92
Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot With Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment	91
From Adaptive Locomotion to Predictive Action Selection – Cognitive Control for a Six-Legged Walker	89
Analytical Modeling of a Soft Pneu-Net Actuator Subjected to Planar Tip Contact	87
Gaussian-Process-Based Control of Underactuated Balance Robots With Guaranteed Performance	84
End-Effector Cartesian Velocity Control for Redundant Loader Cranes Using Reinforcement learning	83
Behavior Cloning-Based Robot Active Object Detection With Automatically Generated Data and Revision Method	80
Design and Fabrication of Concentric Tube Robots: A Survey	80
iKalibr: Unified Targetless Spatiotemporal Calibration for Resilient Integrated Inertial Systems	77
Incremental Non-Gaussian Inference for SLAM Using Normalizing Flows	76
CURE: Simulation-Augmented Autotuning in Robotics	76
From Sim to Real: A Pipeline for Training and Deploying Traffic Smoothing Cruise Controllers	76
Statistically Distinct Plans for Multiobjective Task Assignment	76
DiffOG: Differentiable Policy Trajectory Optimization With Generalizability	74
Stable Motion Primitives via Imitation and Contrastive Learning	72
Uncertainty-Aware Hand–Eye Calibration	71
Online Camera–LiDAR Calibration Monitoring and Rotational Drift Tracking	71
Diffraction- and Reflection-Aware Multiple Sound Source Localization	71
Data-Driven Momentum Observers With Physically Consistent Gaussian Processes	70
Near-Optimal Multi-Robot Motion Planning with Finite Sampling	69
Sensitivity-Aware Model Predictive Control for Robots With Parametric Uncertainty	69
Dense Robotic Packing of Irregular and Novel 3D Objects	67
Online Adaptation Framework Enables Personalization of Exoskeleton Assistance During Locomotion in Patients Affected by Stroke	65
Emergent Humanoid Robot Motion Synergies Derived From the Momentum Equilibrium Principle and the Distribution of Momentum	65
A Comparative Study of Nonlinear MPC and Differential-Flatness-Based Control for Quadrotor Agile Flight	65
Automatic Navigation of Microswarms for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance	65
Autonomous Cave Surveying With an Aerial Robot	65
Parallel MPPI With Gradient-Velocity Modulated SDF Cost for High-Performance Real-Time Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance by Robot Manipulators	65