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Papers

(The H4-Index of IEEE Transactions on Robotics is 62. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
IEEE Transactions on Robotics Publication Information	3117
Innovative Design of Multifunctional Supernumerary Robotic Limbs With Ellipsoid Workspace Optimization	1030
Autonomous Synthesis of Self-Aligning Knee Joint Exoskeleton Mechanisms	346
Ultimate Passivity: Balancing Performance and Stability in Physical Human–Robot Interaction	269
Passivity-Based Control of Distributed Teleoperation With Velocity/Force Manipulability Optimization	235
Biomimetic Underwater Soft Snake Robot: Self-Motion Sensing and Online Gait Control	218
Resilient Trajectory Propagation in Multirobot Networks	206
Material Scrunching Enables Working Channels in Miniaturized Vine-Inspired Robots	201
Relative Localizability and Localization for Multirobot Systems	199
Human–Robot Interaction Evaluation-Based AAN Control for Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots Driven by Series Elastic Actuators	175
Majorization Minimization Methods for Distributed Pose Graph Optimization	168
Nonrepetitive-Path Iterative Learning and Control for Human-Guided Robotic Operations on Unknown Surfaces	167
Kinematic Modeling and Characterization of Soft Parallel Robots	166
Robust Quadrupedal Jumping With Impact-Aware Landing: Exploiting Parallel Elasticity	164
Rhythm-Based Power Allocation Strategy of Bionic Tail-Flapping for Propulsion Enhancement	162
Stabilization of Robot-Environment Interaction Through Generalized Scattering Techniques	156
Goal-Conditioned Model Simplification for 1-D and 2-D Deformable Object Manipulation	156
A Lightweight Powered Hip Exoskeleton With Parallel Actuation for Frontal and Sagittal Plane Assistance	148
Type-2 Fuzzy Model-Based Movement Primitives for Imitation Learning	147
A 5-mm Untethered Crawling Robot via Self-Excited Electrostatic Vibration	137
Speeding up Routing Schedules on Aisle Graphs With Single Access	135
Equilibria, Stability, and Sensitivity for the Aerial Suspended Beam Robotic System Subject to Parameter Uncertainty	134
Associating Uncertainty to Extended Poses for on Lie Group IMU Preintegration With Rotating Earth	128
Stability Analysis of Tendon Driven Continuum Robots and Application to Active Softening	120
Fast Path Planning Through Large Collections of Safe Boxes	119

A Novel Actuation Strategy for an Agile Bioinspired FWAV Performing a Morphing-Coupled Wingbeat Pattern	119
Learning a Flexible Neural Energy Function With a Unique Minimum for Globally Stable and Accurate Demonstration Learning	118
Reinforcement Learning of CPG-Regulated Locomotion Controller for a Soft Snake Robot	117
CMax-SLAM: Event-Based Rotational-Motion Bundle Adjustment and SLAM System Using Contrast Maximization	113
Decentralized Adaptive Control for Collaborative Manipulation of Rigid Bodies	113
2022 Index IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 38	113
Table of Contents	109
Tight Fusion of Events and Inertial Measurements for Direct Velocity Estimation	106
Active Exploitation of Redundancies in Reconfigurable Multirobot Systems	101
A New Expression for the Passivity Bound for a Class of Sampled-Data Systems	97
CAT-ORA: Collision-Aware Time-Optimal Formation Reshaping for Efficient Robot Coordination in 3-D Environments	96
Statistically Distinct Plans for Multiobjective Task Assignment	96
Versatile Tasks on Integrated Aerial Platforms Using Only Onboard Sensors: Control, Estimation, and Validation	94
Diffraction- and Reflection-Aware Multiple Sound Source Localization	91
Online Camera–LiDAR Calibration Monitoring and Rotational Drift Tracking	90
Data-Driven Momentum Observers With Physically Consistent Gaussian Processes	88
End-Effector Cartesian Velocity Control for Redundant Loader Cranes Using Reinforcement learning	87
CURE: Simulation-Augmented Autotuning in Robotics	85
Online Adaptation Framework Enables Personalization of Exoskeleton Assistance During Locomotion in Patients Affected by Stroke	81
From Sim to Real: A Pipeline for Training and Deploying Traffic Smoothing Cruise Controllers	79
Sensitivity-Aware Model Predictive Control for Robots With Parametric Uncertainty	79
Incremental Non-Gaussian Inference for SLAM Using Normalizing Flows	76
Gaussian-Process-Based Control of Underactuated Balance Robots With Guaranteed Performance	75
iKalibr: Unified Targetless Spatiotemporal Calibration for Resilient Integrated Inertial Systems	74
Dense Robotic Packing of Irregular and Novel 3D Objects	69
Emergent Humanoid Robot Motion Synergies Derived From the Momentum Equilibrium Principle and the Distribution of Momentum	68
Parallel MPPI With Gradient-Velocity Modulated SDF Cost for High-Performance Real-Time Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance by Robot Manipulators	67
Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot With Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment	66
Design and Fabrication of Concentric Tube Robots: A Survey	66
Using Fiber Optic Bundles to Miniaturize Vision-Based Tactile Sensors	66
Uncertainty-Aware Hand–Eye Calibration	65
Behavior Cloning-Based Robot Active Object Detection With Automatically Generated Data and Revision Method	65
Autonomous Cave Surveying With an Aerial Robot	64
Analytical Modeling of a Soft Pneu-Net Actuator Subjected to Planar Tip Contact	64
Automatic Navigation of Microswarms for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance	63
Stable Motion Primitives via Imitation and Contrastive Learning	63
From Adaptive Locomotion to Predictive Action Selection – Cognitive Control for a Six-Legged Walker	63