IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Papers
(The median citation count of IEEE Transactions on Robotics is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
ORB-SLAM3: An Accurate Open-Source Library for Visual, Visual–Inertial, and Multimap SLAM1866
FAST-LIO2: Fast Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry466
TEASER: Fast and Certifiable Point Cloud Registration393
Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators210
GVINS: Tightly Coupled GNSS–Visual–Inertial Fusion for Smooth and Consistent State Estimation166
A Review of Tactile Information: Perception and Action Through Touch156
RAPTOR: Robust and Perception-Aware Trajectory Replanning for Quadrotor Fast Flight135
Motion Planning Networks: Bridging the Gap Between Learning-Based and Classical Motion Planners129
Data-Driven Control of Soft Robots Using Koopman Operator Theory117
Geometrically Constrained Trajectory Optimization for Multicopters112
Soft Robotic Suits: State of the Art, Core Technologies, and Open Challenges111
Event-Based Stereo Visual Odometry110
Independent Control Strategy of Multiple Magnetic Flexible Millirobots for Position Control and Path Following108
Scan Context++: Structural Place Recognition Robust to Rotation and Lateral Variations in Urban Environments108
Design and Validation of a Powered Knee–Ankle Prosthesis With High-Torque, Low-Impedance Actuators101
Representation-Free Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Motions in Quadrupeds99
LCDNet: Deep Loop Closure Detection and Point Cloud Registration for LiDAR SLAM94
Soft Robots Modeling: A Structured Overview92
Active Interaction Force Control for Contact-Based Inspection With a Fully Actuated Aerial Vehicle92
Dynamics of Continuum and Soft Robots: A Strain Parameterization Based Approach92
Kimera-Multi: Robust, Distributed, Dense Metric-Semantic SLAM for Multi-Robot Systems91
PoseRBPF: A Rao–Blackwellized Particle Filter for 6-D Object Pose Tracking90
Object Handovers: A Review for Robotics87
A Comparative Study of Nonlinear MPC and Differential-Flatness-Based Control for Quadrotor Agile Flight86
A Multimodal, Enveloping Soft Gripper: Shape Conformation, Bioinspired Adhesion, and Expansion-Driven Suction83
Convergent Multiagent Formation Control With Collision Avoidance81
Human-in-the-Loop Control of Soft Exosuits Using Impedance Learning on Different Terrains79
MADER: Trajectory Planner in Multiagent and Dynamic Environments74
Motion Planning for Quadrupedal Locomotion: Coupled Planning, Terrain Mapping, and Whole-Body Control74
Game-Theoretic Planning for Self-Driving Cars in Multivehicle Competitive Scenarios72
A Survey on Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: State of the Art and New Frontiers71
Simultaneous Calibration of Multicoordinates for a Dual-Robot System by Solving the AXB = YCZ Problem71
Flow: A Modular Learning Framework for Mixed Autonomy Traffic70
Slip Detection for Grasp Stabilization With a Multifingered Tactile Robot Hand69
Model Predictive Contouring Control for Time-Optimal Quadrotor Flight68
Inchworm Inspired Multimodal Soft Robots With Crawling, Climbing, and Transitioning Locomotion67
A Decentralized Cluster Formation Containment Framework for Multirobot Systems67
Energy Generating Electronic Skin With Intrinsic Tactile Sensing Without Touch Sensors66
Proximity Perception in Human-Centered Robotics: A Survey on Sensing Systems and Applications63
Enhancing the Universality of a Pneumatic Gripper via Continuously Adjustable Initial Grasp Postures63
FASTER: Fast and Safe Trajectory Planner for Navigation in Unknown Environments62
Robust Odometry and Mapping for Multi-LiDAR Systems With Online Extrinsic Calibration61
Cat-Like Jumping and Landing of Legged Robots in Low Gravity Using Deep Reinforcement Learning60
Derivative-Based Koopman Operators for Real-Time Control of Robotic Systems60
A Survey on Swarm Microrobotics60
DefSLAM: Tracking and Mapping of Deforming Scenes From Monocular Sequences59
Deep Learning Approaches to Grasp Synthesis: A Review57
Collision Resilient Insect-Scale Soft-Actuated Aerial Robots With High Agility57
Safe Control With Learned Certificates: A Survey of Neural Lyapunov, Barrier, and Contraction Methods for Robotics and Control56
Self-Supervised Visual Terrain Classification From Unsupervised Acoustic Feature Learning55
Unseen Object Instance Segmentation for Robotic Environments54
A Backdrivable Kinematically Redundant (6+3)-Degree-of-Freedom Hybrid Parallel Robot for Intuitive Sensorless Physical Human–Robot Interaction54
Lower-Limb Exoskeleton With Variable-Structure Series Elastic Actuators: Phase-Synchronized Force Control for Gait Asymmetry Correction54
VILENS: Visual, Inertial, Lidar, and Leg Odometry for All-Terrain Legged Robots53
Deep Neural Network Based Electrical Impedance Tomographic Sensing Methodology for Large-Area Robotic Tactile Sensing53
Teleoperation of Humanoid Robots: A Survey53
Origami-Inspired Soft Actuators for Stimulus Perception and Crawling Robot Applications52
VIRAL-Fusion: A Visual-Inertial-Ranging-Lidar Sensor Fusion Approach51
Fail-Safe Motion Planning for Online Verification of Autonomous Vehicles Using Convex Optimization50
Omni-Swarm: A Decentralized Omnidirectional Visual–Inertial–UWB State Estimation System for Aerial Swarms49
Incremental Nonlinear Fault-Tolerant Control of a Quadrotor With Complete Loss of Two Opposing Rotors48
EfficientLPS: Efficient LiDAR Panoptic Segmentation48
A Compliant Adaptive Gripper and Its Intrinsic Force Sensing Method48
RBO Hand 3: A Platform for Soft Dexterous Manipulation48
Large-Scale Vision-Based Tactile Sensing for Robot Links: Design, Modeling, and Evaluation47
Multilevel Operation Strategy of a Vascular Interventional Robot System for Surgical Safety in Teleoperation46
Trajectory Planning and Optimization for Robotic Machining Based On Measured Point Cloud46
Perceptive Locomotion Through Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control46
ASRO-DIO: Active Subspace Random Optimization Based Depth Inertial Odometry46
Policy Search for Model Predictive Control With Application to Agile Drone Flight45
Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes in Robotics: A Survey45
Dynam-SLAM: An Accurate, Robust Stereo Visual-Inertial SLAM Method in Dynamic Environments43
MIMC-VINS: A Versatile and Resilient Multi-IMU Multi-Camera Visual-Inertial Navigation System42
RLOC: Terrain-Aware Legged Locomotion Using Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control42
Development of a Small-Sized Quadruped Robotic Rat Capable of Multimodal Motions40
IN2LAAMA: Inertial Lidar Localization Autocalibration and Mapping39
Dynamic Modeling and Control of Deformable Linear Objects for Single-Arm and Dual-Arm Robot Manipulations39
Decentralized Adaptive Control for Collaborative Manipulation of Rigid Bodies38
Singularity-Free Guiding Vector Field for Robot Navigation38
A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for the Position Tracking of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots37
Soft Gripper Design Based on the Integration of Flat Dry Adhesive, Soft Actuator, and Microspine37
RoboFly: An Insect-Sized Robot With Simplified Fabrication That Is Capable of Flight, Ground, and Water Surface Locomotion37
A Dynamic Model for Concentric Tube Robots37
A Hierarchical Architecture for Human–Robot Cooperation Processes37
Distributed Certifiably Correct Pose-Graph Optimization37
Modeling and Control of a 2-DoF Meso-Scale Continuum Robotic Tool for Pediatric Neurosurgery36
Associating Uncertainty to Extended Poses for on Lie Group IMU Preintegration With Rotating Earth36
Human-in-the-Loop Optimization of Exoskeleton Assistance Via Online Simulation of Metabolic Cost36
Neuromechanical Model-Based Adaptive Control of Bilateral Ankle Exoskeletons: Biological Joint Torque and Electromyogram Reduction Across Walking Conditions35
Crabbot: A Pole-Climbing Robot Driven by Piezoelectric Stack35
Toward Expedited Impedance Tuning of a Robotic Prosthesis for Personalized Gait Assistance by Reinforcement Learning Control35
Autonomous Suturing Framework and Quantification Using a Cable-Driven Surgical Robot35
A Novel Radar Point Cloud Generation Method for Robot Environment Perception34
3-D Underactuated Bipedal Walking via H-LIP Based Gait Synthesis and Stepping Stabilization34
Modeling and Stiffness-Based Continuous Torque Control of Lightweight Quasi-Direct-Drive Knee Exoskeletons for Versatile Walking Assistance34
Toward Orientation Learning and Adaptation in Cartesian Space33
Real-Time Temporal and Rotational Calibration of Heterogeneous Sensors Using Motion Correlation Analysis33
Adaptive Pattern and Motion Control of Magnetic Microrobotic Swarms33
Efficient Multicontact Pattern Generation With Sequential Convex Approximations of the Centroidal Dynamics33
Planning Grasps With Suction Cups and Parallel Grippers Using Superimposed Segmentation of Object Meshes33
TAMOLS: Terrain-Aware Motion Optimization for Legged Systems33
RACER: Rapid Collaborative Exploration With a Decentralized Multi-UAV System33
An Abstraction-Free Method for Multirobot Temporal Logic Optimal Control Synthesis32
Discrete Cosserat Approach for Closed-Chain Soft Robots: Application to the Fin-Ray Finger32
EPSILON: An Efficient Planning System for Automated Vehicles in Highly Interactive Environments32
Uncertainty Estimation for Data-Driven Visual Odometry32
A Bisection Algorithm for Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning Along Fully Specified Paths32
Control of Mobile Robots Using Barrier Functions Under Temporal Logic Specifications32
Pose Estimation for Ground Robots: On Manifold Representation, Integration, Reparameterization, and Optimization31
Modeling Electromagnetic Navigation Systems31
A Resilient and Energy-Aware Task Allocation Framework for Heterogeneous Multirobot Systems31
Goal-Driven Robotic Pushing Using Tactile and Proprioceptive Feedback31
Design and Control of a Hand-Held Concentric Tube Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery31
Body Stiffness Variation of a Tensegrity Robotic Fish Using Antagonistic Stiffness in a Kinematically Singular Configuration30
Observability-Aware Intrinsic and Extrinsic Calibration of LiDAR-IMU Systems30
Elasticity Meets Continuous-Time: Map-Centric Dense 3D LiDAR SLAM30
Learning to Play Table Tennis From Scratch Using Muscular Robots29
Physical Human-Robot Interaction With a Tethered Aerial Vehicle: Application to a Force-Based Human Guiding Problem29
Optimal UAV Route Planning for Persistent Monitoring Missions29
Neural-Swarm2: Planning and Control of Heterogeneous Multirotor Swarms Using Learned Interactions29
A Shared-Control Teleoperation Architecture for Nonprehensile Object Transportation29
Long-Horizon Multi-Robot Rearrangement Planning for Construction Assembly28
BiConMP: A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Framework for Whole Body Motion Planning28
Adaptive Control Method for Dynamic Synchronization of Wearable Robotic Assistance to Discrete Movements: Validation for Use Case of Lifting Tasks28
Multiagent Planning and Control for Swarm Herding in 2-D Obstacle Environments Under Bounded Inputs28
Smallest Maximum Cable Tension Determination for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots28
Design, Development, and Control of a Hand/Wrist Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Training27
Cramér–Rao Bounds and Optimal Design Metrics for Pose-Graph SLAM27
Powered Knee and Ankle Prosthesis With Adaptive Control Enables Climbing Stairs With Different Stair Heights, Cadences, and Gait Patterns27
Artificial Perception and Semiautonomous Control in Myoelectric Hand Prostheses Increases Performance and Decreases Effort27
Development of an Untethered Adaptive Thumb Exoskeleton for Delicate Rehabilitation Assistance27
Singularity Conditions for Continuum Parallel Robots27
Learning for Attitude Holding of a Robotic Fish: An End-to-End Approach With Sim-to-Real Transfer27
Implementing Rat-Like Motion for a Small-Sized Biomimetic Robot Based on Extraction of Key Movement Joints27
Elongatable Gripper Fingers With Integrated Stretchable Tactile Sensors for Underactuated Grasping and Dexterous Manipulation26
AnyGrasp: Robust and Efficient Grasp Perception in Spatial and Temporal Domains26
Mobile Microrobots for In Vitro Biomedical Applications: A Survey26
Optimization-Based Control for Dynamic Legged Robots26
Myoelectric or Force Control? A Comparative Study on a Soft Arm Exosuit26
Outlier-Robust Estimation: Hardness, Minimally Tuned Algorithms, and Applications26
Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Motion Control for Collision Avoidance Using Conditional Value-at-Risk26
Shape Tracking and Feedback Control of Cardiac Catheter Using MRI-Guided Robotic Platform—Validation With Pulmonary Vein Isolation Simulator in MRI26
Soft Exoskeleton With Fully Actuated Thumb Movements for Grasping Assistance25
Data-Driven Variable Impedance Control of a Powered Knee–Ankle Prosthesis for Adaptive Speed and Incline Walking25
Autonomous Cave Surveying With an Aerial Robot25
Observability Analysis and Keyframe-Based Filtering for Visual Inertial Odometry With Full Self-Calibration25
Hybrid Robotic Grasping With a Soft Multimodal Gripper and a Deep Multistage Learning Scheme25
Anthropomorphic Twisted String-Actuated Soft Robotic Gripper With Tendon-Based Stiffening25
Kinematic Modeling and Characterization of Soft Parallel Robots25
Line Flow Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping25
Scalable and Robust Algorithms for Task-Based Coordination From High-Level Specifications (ScRATCHeS)25
Spatiotemporal Multisensor Calibration via Gaussian Processes Moving Target Tracking25
Morphing Origami Block for Lightweight Reconfigurable System24
Random-Finite-Set-Based Distributed Multirobot SLAM24
Force from Shape—Estimating the Location and Magnitude of the External Force on Flexible Instruments24
Impedance Modulation Control of a Lower-Limb Exoskeleton to Assist Sit-to-Stand Movements24
Feedback Altitude Control of a Flying Insect–Computer Hybrid Robot24
SOFT2: Stereo Visual Odometry for Road Vehicles Based on a Point-to-Epipolar-Line Metric24
Constrained Probabilistic Movement Primitives for Robot Trajectory Adaptation24
Hoop-Passing Motion for a Snake Robot to Realize Motion Transition Across Different Environments24
Probabilistic Modeling and Bayesian Filtering for Improved State Estimation for Soft Robots24
Energy-Efficient Path Planning of Reconfigurable Robots in Complex Environments24
A Geometric Approach for Grasping Unknown Objects With Multifingered Hands23
Robust Distributed Planar Formation Control for Higher Order Holonomic and Nonholonomic Agents23
ABENICS: Active Ball Joint Mechanism With Three-DoF Based on Spherical Gear Meshings23
Global Model Learning for Large Deformation Control of Elastic Deformable Linear Objects: An Efficient and Adaptive Approach23
Kalman-Filter-Based, Dynamic 3-D Shape Reconstruction for Steerable Needles With Fiber Bragg Gratings in Multicore Fibers23
Design, Control, and Psychophysics of Tasbi: A Force-Controlled Multimodal Haptic Bracelet23
Present and Future of SLAM in Extreme Environments: The DARPA SubT Challenge23
Constructive Time-Varying Vector Fields for Robot Navigation23
Multirobot Collaborative Monocular SLAM Utilizing Rendezvous23
A Real-Time State Dependent Region Estimator for Autonomous Endoscope Navigation22
Adaptive Helical Rolling of a Snake Robot to a Straight Pipe With Irregular Cross-Sectional Shape22
A Dexterous Robotic System for Autonomous Debridement of Osteolytic Bone Lesions in Confined Spaces: Human Cadaver Studies22
Cosserat Rod Modeling of Continuum Robots from Newtonian and Lagrangian Perspectives22
CPL-SLAM: Efficient and Certifiably Correct Planar Graph-Based SLAM Using the Complex Number Representation22
View Path Planning via Online Multiview Stereo for 3-D Modeling of Large-Scale Structures22
Optimal Force Allocation for Overconstrained Cable-Driven Parallel Robots: Continuously Differentiable Solutions With Assessment of Computational Efficiency22
A 5-mm Untethered Crawling Robot via Self-Excited Electrostatic Vibration22
Analysis of Coupling Effect in Human-Commanded Stiffness During Bilateral Tele-Impedance22
Empty Cities: A Dynamic-Object-Invariant Space for Visual SLAM22
Resilient and Consistent Multirobot Cooperative Localization With Covariance Intersection22
Stochastic Dynamic Games in Belief Space21
BarrierNet: Differentiable Control Barrier Functions for Learning of Safe Robot Control21
Active-Cooling-in-the-Loop Controller Design and Implementation for an SMA-Driven Soft Robotic Tentacle21
Adaptive Feet for Quadrupedal Walkers21
Design and Control of a Midair-Reconfigurable Quadcopter Using Unactuated Hinges21
A Two-Stage Optimization-Based Motion Planner for Safe Urban Driving21
Safe Active Dynamics Learning and Control: A Sequential Exploration–Exploitation Framework21
Workspace-Based Model Predictive Control for Cable-Driven Robots21
Following Leaders in Byzantine Multirobot Systems by Using Blockchain Technology21
Dynamic Parameter Identification of Serial Robots Using a Hybrid Approach21
Predefined-Time Robust Hierarchical Inverse Dynamics on Torque-Controlled Redundant Manipulators21
Flagellate Underwater Robotics at Macroscale: Design, Modeling, and Characterization20
Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot With Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment20
Automated Routing of Muscle Fibers for Soft Robots20
Spherical Wrist With Hybrid Motion-Impedance Control for Enhanced Robotic Manipulations20
Collaborative Magnetic Manipulation via Two Robotically Actuated Permanent Magnets20
An Evolutionary-Optimized Surgical Path Planner for a Programmable Bevel-Tip Needle20
Enabling Dynamic Behaviors With Aerodynamic Drag in Lightweight Tails19
A Secure Robot Learning Framework for Cyber Attack Scheduling and Countermeasure19
$\mathbf{\alpha }$-WaLTR: Adaptive Wheel-and-Leg Transformable Robot for Versatile Multiterrain Locomotion19
Characterizing Trust and Resilience in Distributed Consensus for Cyberphysical Systems19
Real-Time Gait Phase and Task Estimation for Controlling a Powered Ankle Exoskeleton on Extremely Uneven Terrain19
Graph-Based Thermal–Inertial SLAM With Probabilistic Neural Networks19
Design of Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Microrobots Driven by Homogeneous Quasi-Static Magnetic Fields19
A Self-Reconfigurable Variable-Stiffness Soft Robot Based on Boundary-Constrained Modular Units18
Launching of a Cyborg Locust via Co-Contraction Control of Hindleg Muscles18
A Novel Wavelet-Based Gait Segmentation Method for a Portable Hip Exoskeleton18
Distributed Motion Coordination for Multirobot Systems Under LTL Specifications18
Bio-Inspired Rapid Escape and Tight Body Flip on an At-Scale Flapping Wing Hummingbird Robot Via Reinforcement Learning18
Physics-Based Modeling of Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators Using Cosserat Rod Theory18
Toward a Unified Approximate Analytical Representation for Spatially Running Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Model18
Dynamic Resilient Containment Control in Multirobot Systems18
Lidar-Level Localization With Radar? The CFEAR Approach to Accurate, Fast, and Robust Large-Scale Radar Odometry in Diverse Environments17
PHD-SLAM 2.0: Efficient SLAM in the Presence of Missdetections and Clutter17
Temporal Logic Task Allocation in Heterogeneous Multirobot Systems17
Safety-Aware Hierarchical Passivity-Based Variable Compliance Control for Redundant Manipulators17
Evaluation of a Fused Sonomyography and Electromyography-Based Control on a Cable-Driven Ankle Exoskeleton17
Magnetically Controlled Modular Cubes With Reconfigurable Self-Assembly and Disassembly17
Kinetostatic Modeling of Tendon-Driven Parallel Continuum Robots17
Constrained Motion Planning Networks X17
Analytical Modeling of a Soft Pneu-Net Actuator Subjected to Planar Tip Contact17
3D Navigation Control of Untethered Magnetic Microrobot in Centimeter-Scale Workspace Based on Field-of-View Tracking Scheme17
Perception-Based Temporal Logic Planning in Uncertain Semantic Maps17
A Computational Multicriteria Optimization Approach to Controller Design for Physical Human-Robot Interaction17
Kinodynamic Model Identification: A Unified Geometric Approach17
A Successive-Elimination Approach to Adaptive Robotic Source Seeking16
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Observability of SLAM-Based TDOA Sensor Array Calibration and Source Localization16
Fast UAV Trajectory Optimization Using Bilevel Optimization With Analytical Gradients16
On the Workspace of Electromagnetic Navigation Systems16
In-Hand Object-Dynamics Inference Using Tactile Fingertips16
Adaptive Simultaneous Magnetic Actuation and Localization for WCE in a Tubular Environment16
Design of a New Bio-Inspired Dual-Axis Compliant Micromanipulator With Millimeter Strokes16
Controllability and Stabilization for Herding a Robotic Swarm Using a Leader: A Mean-Field Approach16
Eccentric Tube Robots as Multiarmed Steerable Sheaths16
Riemannian Optimization for Distance-Geometric Inverse Kinematics16
Three-Dimensional Bearing-Only Target Following via Observability-Enhanced Helical Guidance16
Resilient Monitoring in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems Through Network Reconfiguration16
A Novel Actuation Strategy for an Agile Bioinspired FWAV Performing a Morphing-Coupled Wingbeat Pattern16
A Flexible Catheter System for Ultrasound-Guided Magnetic Projectile Delivery16
Design and Optimization of a Multimode Amphibious Robot With Propeller-Leg16
A Soft Robot With Variable Stiffness Multidirectional Grasping Based on a Folded Plate Mechanism and Particle Jamming16
Efficient Anytime CLF Reactive Planning System for a Bipedal Robot on Undulating Terrain16
A Decade of MRI Compatible Robots: Systematic Review15
Human–Robot Interaction Evaluation-Based AAN Control for Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots Driven by Series Elastic Actuators15
Transferable Collision Detection Learning for Collaborative Manipulator Using Versatile Modularized Neural Network15
Shake and Take: Fast Transformation of an Origami Gripper15
A Novel Recursive Smooth Trajectory Generation Method for Unmanned Vehicles15
Stabilization of Complementarity Systems via Contact-Aware Controllers15
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