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Papers

(The H4-Index of IEEE Transactions on Robotics is 67. 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
IEEE Transactions on Robotics Publication Information	1446
A Novel Actuation Strategy for an Agile Bioinspired FWAV Performing a Morphing-Coupled Wingbeat Pattern	352
A Lightweight Powered Hip Exoskeleton With Parallel Actuation for Frontal and Sagittal Plane Assistance	341
Probabilistic Modeling and Control for Multi-UAV Search Over Uneven Terrain	296
A MagsL-HUD Endoscopic System for Magnetic Compression Anastomosis Surgery in Unstructured Endoluminal Environment	269
Rhythm-Based Power Allocation Strategy of Bionic Tail-Flapping for Propulsion Enhancement	268
Majorization Minimization Methods for Distributed Pose Graph Optimization	242
Hierarchical Multimodal Motion Control of Magnetic Pivot-Walking Millirobotic-Grippers for Autonomous Target Acquisition in Complex Terrains	233
Type-2 Fuzzy Model-Based Movement Primitives for Imitation Learning	223
Learning a Flexible Neural Energy Function With a Unique Minimum for Globally Stable and Accurate Demonstration Learning	220
Autonomous Synthesis of Self-Aligning Knee Joint Exoskeleton Mechanisms	219
FilMBot: A High-Speed Soft Parallel Robotic Micromanipulator	219
Robust Quadrupedal Jumping With Impact-Aware Landing: Exploiting Parallel Elasticity	216
Equilibria, Stability, and Sensitivity for the Aerial Suspended Beam Robotic System Subject to Parameter Uncertainty	203
Innovative Design of Multifunctional Supernumerary Robotic Limbs With Ellipsoid Workspace Optimization	201
Nonrepetitive-Path Iterative Learning and Control for Human-Guided Robotic Operations on Unknown Surfaces	199
Passivity-Based Control of Distributed Teleoperation With Velocity/Force Manipulability Optimization	193
Kinematic Modeling and Characterization of Soft Parallel Robots	179
CMax-SLAM: Event-Based Rotational-Motion Bundle Adjustment and SLAM System Using Contrast Maximization	174
Complete Autonomous Robotic Nasopharyngeal Swab System With Evaluation on a Stochastically Moving Phantom Head	165
Model-Free Magnetic Servoing for Pose Control of Capsule Robots	149
Stability Analysis of Tendon Driven Continuum Robots and Application to Active Softening	142
Biomimetic Underwater Soft Snake Robot: Self-Motion Sensing and Online Gait Control	142
Goal-Conditioned Model Simplification for 1-D and 2-D Deformable Object Manipulation	141
Reinforcement Learning of CPG-Regulated Locomotion Controller for a Soft Snake Robot	130

Material Scrunching Enables Working Channels in Miniaturized Vine-Inspired Robots	130
Relative Localizability and Localization for Multirobot Systems	122
Human–Robot Interaction Evaluation-Based AAN Control for Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots Driven by Series Elastic Actuators	118
Fast Path Planning Through Large Collections of Safe Boxes	118
Ultimate Passivity: Balancing Performance and Stability in Physical Human–Robot Interaction	115
2022 Index IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 38	113
Table of Contents	110
iKalibr: Unified Targetless Spatiotemporal Calibration for Resilient Integrated Inertial Systems	109
A New Expression for the Passivity Bound for a Class of Sampled-Data Systems	109
CURE: Simulation-Augmented Autotuning in Robotics	108
Online Adaptation Framework Enables Personalization of Exoskeleton Assistance During Locomotion in Patients Affected by Stroke	105
Sensitivity-Aware Model Predictive Control for Robots With Parametric Uncertainty	102
Uncertainty-Aware Hand–Eye Calibration	101
Incremental Non-Gaussian Inference for SLAM Using Normalizing Flows	95
End-Effector Cartesian Velocity Control for Redundant Loader Cranes Using Reinforcement learning	94
DiffOG: Differentiable Policy Trajectory Optimization With Generalizability	91
Tight Fusion of Events and Inertial Measurements for Direct Velocity Estimation	90
Data-Driven Momentum Observers With Physically Consistent Gaussian Processes	85
CAT-ORA: Collision-Aware Time-Optimal Formation Reshaping for Efficient Robot Coordination in 3-D Environments	84
Versatile Tasks on Integrated Aerial Platforms Using Only Onboard Sensors: Control, Estimation, and Validation	84
From Sim to Real: A Pipeline for Training and Deploying Traffic Smoothing Cruise Controllers	82
Diffraction- and Reflection-Aware Multiple Sound Source Localization	82
Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot With Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment	81
Automatic Navigation of Microswarms for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance	80
Behavior Cloning-Based Robot Active Object Detection With Automatically Generated Data and Revision Method	80
Human to Robot Hand Motion Mapping Methods: Review and Classification	80
Near-Optimal Multi-Robot Motion Planning with Finite Sampling	79
Stable Motion Primitives via Imitation and Contrastive Learning	78
Parallel MPPI With Gradient-Velocity Modulated SDF Cost for High-Performance Real-Time Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance by Robot Manipulators	78
Online Camera–LiDAR Calibration Monitoring and Rotational Drift Tracking	77
Statistically Distinct Plans for Multiobjective Task Assignment	76
Analytical Modeling of a Soft Pneu-Net Actuator Subjected to Planar Tip Contact	76
Optimizing Human–Exoskeleton Physical Interaction Through Spatial Trajectory Adaptation	76
TensorTouch: Calibration of Tactile Sensors for High Resolution Stress Tensor and Deformation for Dexterous Manipulation	75
Design and Fabrication of Concentric Tube Robots: A Survey	75
Using Fiber Optic Bundles to Miniaturize Vision-Based Tactile Sensors	73
Gaussian-Process-Based Control of Underactuated Balance Robots With Guaranteed Performance	72
Techrxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	71
A Comparative Study of Nonlinear MPC and Differential-Flatness-Based Control for Quadrotor Agile Flight	71
Information for Authors	68
Table of Contents	67
Constrained Probabilistic Movement Primitives for Robot Trajectory Adaptation	67
Leveraging Probabilistic Meshes for Robust LiDAR Mapping	67
A Rotation–Translation Decoupled Solution for Visual–Inertial Initialization and Online Spatial–Temporal Calibration	67