IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Papers
(The TQCC of IEEE Transactions on Robotics is 13. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
ORB-SLAM3: An Accurate Open-Source Library for Visual, Visual–Inertial, and Multimap SLAM1185
TEASER: Fast and Certifiable Point Cloud Registration257
FAST-LIO2: Fast Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry217
Past, Present, and Future of Aerial Robotic Manipulators136
A Review of Tactile Information: Perception and Action Through Touch118
TossingBot: Learning to Throw Arbitrary Objects With Residual Physics110
Deep Drone Racing: From Simulation to Reality With Domain Randomization100
RAPTOR: Robust and Perception-Aware Trajectory Replanning for Quadrotor Fast Flight100
Motion Planning Networks: Bridging the Gap Between Learning-Based and Classical Motion Planners97
GVINS: Tightly Coupled GNSS–Visual–Inertial Fusion for Smooth and Consistent State Estimation93
Design and Validation of a Powered Knee–Ankle Prosthesis With High-Torque, Low-Impedance Actuators89
Data-Driven Control of Soft Robots Using Koopman Operator Theory89
Making Sense of Vision and Touch: Learning Multimodal Representations for Contact-Rich Tasks86
A Holistic Visual Place Recognition Approach Using Lightweight CNNs for Significant ViewPoint and Appearance Changes84
Convergent Multiagent Formation Control With Collision Avoidance78
Event-Based Stereo Visual Odometry78
Representation-Free Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Motions in Quadrupeds76
Soft Robotic Suits: State of the Art, Core Technologies, and Open Challenges76
PoseRBPF: A Rao–Blackwellized Particle Filter for 6-D Object Pose Tracking76
A Survey on Policy Search Algorithms for Learning Robot Controllers in a Handful of Trials75
Dynamics of Continuum and Soft Robots: A Strain Parameterization Based Approach73
Active Interaction Force Control for Contact-Based Inspection With a Fully Actuated Aerial Vehicle71
Teach-Repeat-Replan: A Complete and Robust System for Aggressive Flight in Complex Environments71
Independent Control Strategy of Multiple Magnetic Flexible Millirobots for Position Control and Path Following70
TWISTER Hand: Underactuated Robotic Gripper Inspired by Origami Twisted Tower68
A Multimodal, Enveloping Soft Gripper: Shape Conformation, Bioinspired Adhesion, and Expansion-Driven Suction67
Motion Planning for Quadrupedal Locomotion: Coupled Planning, Terrain Mapping, and Whole-Body Control65
Direct Sparse Mapping63
Geometrically Constrained Trajectory Optimization for Multicopters62
Human-in-the-Loop Control of Soft Exosuits Using Impedance Learning on Different Terrains62
Object Handovers: A Review for Robotics62
Long-Range Indoor Navigation With PRM-RL61
Kinematic Calibration of Serial and Parallel Robots Based on Finite and Instantaneous Screw Theory61
Electroadhesion Technologies for Robotics: A Comprehensive Review61
Statistics-Based Automated Control for a Swarm of Paramagnetic Nanoparticles in 2-D Space60
Simultaneous Calibration of Multicoordinates for a Dual-Robot System by Solving the AXB = YCZ Problem55
Definition and Application of Variable Resistance Coefficient for Wheeled Mobile Robots on Deformable Terrain54
Scan Context++: Structural Place Recognition Robust to Rotation and Lateral Variations in Urban Environments54
An Iterative Approach for Accurate Dynamic Model Identification of Industrial Robots53
Hierarchical Impedance-Based Tracking Control of Kinematically Redundant Robots52
Energy Generating Electronic Skin With Intrinsic Tactile Sensing Without Touch Sensors51
A Comparative Study of Nonlinear MPC and Differential-Flatness-Based Control for Quadrotor Agile Flight51
Kimera-Multi: Robust, Distributed, Dense Metric-Semantic SLAM for Multi-Robot Systems50
LCDNet: Deep Loop Closure Detection and Point Cloud Registration for LiDAR SLAM50
Efficient and Trustworthy Social Navigation via Explicit and Implicit Robot–Human Communication50
MPC for Humanoid Gait Generation: Stability and Feasibility49
MADER: Trajectory Planner in Multiagent and Dynamic Environments48
An At-Scale Tailless Flapping-Wing Hummingbird Robot. I. Design, Optimization, and Experimental Validation48
Slip Detection for Grasp Stabilization With a Multifingered Tactile Robot Hand47
Derivative-Based Koopman Operators for Real-Time Control of Robotic Systems47
Enhancing the Universality of a Pneumatic Gripper via Continuously Adjustable Initial Grasp Postures47
Safety Assessment of Collaborative Robotics Through Automated Formal Verification47
Game-Theoretic Planning for Self-Driving Cars in Multivehicle Competitive Scenarios46
DefSLAM: Tracking and Mapping of Deforming Scenes From Monocular Sequences46
A Decentralized Cluster Formation Containment Framework for Multirobot Systems45
Towards Generalization in Target-Driven Visual Navigation by Using Deep Reinforcement Learning45
Collision Resilient Insect-Scale Soft-Actuated Aerial Robots With High Agility45
A Grasping-Centered Analysis for Cloth Manipulation45
Adaptation and Robust Learning of Probabilistic Movement Primitives44
Soft Robots Modeling: A Structured Overview44
Distributed Control for Cooperative Manipulation With Event-Triggered Communication44
Fully Distributed Cooperation for Networked Uncertain Mobile Manipulators43
A Survey on Swarm Microrobotics43
Operational Space Model Predictive Sliding Mode Control for Redundant Manipulators43
Robust Odometry and Mapping for Multi-LiDAR Systems With Online Extrinsic Calibration42
Capturability-Based Pattern Generation for Walking With Variable Height42
Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Cells for Orientation Control42
Learning-Based Proxy Collision Detection for Robot Motion Planning Applications42
Online State Estimation of a Fin-Actuated Underwater Robot Using Artificial Lateral Line System41
FASTER: Fast and Safe Trajectory Planner for Navigation in Unknown Environments41
Shape Formation in Homogeneous Swarms Using Local Task Swapping40
Lower-Limb Exoskeleton With Variable-Structure Series Elastic Actuators: Phase-Synchronized Force Control for Gait Asymmetry Correction40
Task Assignment for Multiplayer Reach–Avoid Games in Convex Domains via Analytical Barriers39
Proximity Perception in Human-Centered Robotics: A Survey on Sensing Systems and Applications39
Inchworm Inspired Multimodal Soft Robots With Crawling, Climbing, and Transitioning Locomotion39
ASRO-DIO: Active Subspace Random Optimization Based Depth Inertial Odometry39
Self-Supervised Visual Terrain Classification From Unsupervised Acoustic Feature Learning38
Model Predictive Contouring Control for Time-Optimal Quadrotor Flight38
Cat-Like Jumping and Landing of Legged Robots in Low Gravity Using Deep Reinforcement Learning37
In Vitro Design Investigation of a Rotating Helical Magnetic Swimmer for Combined 3-D Navigation and Blood Clot Removal37
A Real-Time Game Theoretic Planner for Autonomous Two-Player Drone Racing37
Multirobot Coordination With Counting Temporal Logics37
Incremental Nonlinear Fault-Tolerant Control of a Quadrotor With Complete Loss of Two Opposing Rotors36
Soft Gripper Design Based on the Integration of Flat Dry Adhesive, Soft Actuator, and Microspine36
Two-Fingered In-Hand Object Handling Based on Force/Tactile Feedback36
A Backdrivable Kinematically Redundant (6+3)-Degree-of-Freedom Hybrid Parallel Robot for Intuitive Sensorless Physical Human–Robot Interaction36
Unseen Object Instance Segmentation for Robotic Environments36
Force Control of SEA-Based Exoskeletons for Multimode Human–Robot Interactions36
Online Hybrid Motion Planning for Dyadic Collaborative Manipulation via Bilevel Optimization35
VIRAL-Fusion: A Visual-Inertial-Ranging-Lidar Sensor Fusion Approach35
Tactile Sensing and Terrain-Based Gait Control for Small Legged Robots35
Kinematics of Soft Robots by Geometric Computing34
Flow: A Modular Learning Framework for Mixed Autonomy Traffic34
Persistently Excited Adaptive Relative Localization and Time-Varying Formation of Robot Swarms34
Novel Optimization-Based Design and Surgical Evaluation of a Treaded Robotic Capsule Colonoscope33
A Dynamic Model for Concentric Tube Robots33
Large-Scale Vision-Based Tactile Sensing for Robot Links: Design, Modeling, and Evaluation33
Fail-Safe Motion Planning for Online Verification of Autonomous Vehicles Using Convex Optimization33
MiniNet: An Efficient Semantic Segmentation ConvNet for Real-Time Robotic Applications32
IN2LAAMA: Inertial Lidar Localization Autocalibration and Mapping32
Trajectory Planning and Optimization for Robotic Machining Based On Measured Point Cloud32
Good Feature Matching: Toward Accurate, Robust VO/VSLAM With Low Latency32
Singularity-Free Guiding Vector Field for Robot Navigation31
MIMC-VINS: A Versatile and Resilient Multi-IMU Multi-Camera Visual-Inertial Navigation System31
STANCE: Locomotion Adaptation Over Soft Terrain31
Origami-Inspired Soft Actuators for Stimulus Perception and Crawling Robot Applications31
Multilevel Operation Strategy of a Vascular Interventional Robot System for Surgical Safety in Teleoperation31
Walking Control Based on Step Timing Adaptation31
An Online Initialization and Self-Calibration Method for Stereo Visual-Inertial Odometry30
Toward Expedited Impedance Tuning of a Robotic Prosthesis for Personalized Gait Assistance by Reinforcement Learning Control30
Planning Grasps With Suction Cups and Parallel Grippers Using Superimposed Segmentation of Object Meshes30
Uncertainty Estimation for Data-Driven Visual Odometry30
A Bisection Algorithm for Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning Along Fully Specified Paths30
A Compliant Adaptive Gripper and Its Intrinsic Force Sensing Method30
Geometric Robot Dynamic Identification: A Convex Programming Approach29
Modeling and Control of a 2-DoF Meso-Scale Continuum Robotic Tool for Pediatric Neurosurgery29
Human-in-the-Loop Optimization of Exoskeleton Assistance Via Online Simulation of Metabolic Cost29
EfficientLPS: Efficient LiDAR Panoptic Segmentation29
A Hierarchical Architecture for Human–Robot Cooperation Processes28
Flat Inflatable Artificial Muscles With Large Stroke and Adjustable Force– Length Relations28
Real-Time Temporal and Rotational Calibration of Heterogeneous Sensors Using Motion Correlation Analysis28
RLOC: Terrain-Aware Legged Locomotion Using Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control28
Distributed Certifiably Correct Pose-Graph Optimization28
Deep Neural Network Based Electrical Impedance Tomographic Sensing Methodology for Large-Area Robotic Tactile Sensing28
Model-Free Online Neuroadaptive Controller With Intent Estimation for Physical Human–Robot Interaction28
RBO Hand 3: A Platform for Soft Dexterous Manipulation28
Policy Search for Model Predictive Control With Application to Agile Drone Flight27
PPCPP: A Predator–Prey-Based Approach to Adaptive Coverage Path Planning27
Decentralized Adaptive Control for Collaborative Manipulation of Rigid Bodies27
RoboFly: An Insect-Sized Robot With Simplified Fabrication That Is Capable of Flight, Ground, and Water Surface Locomotion27
The Role of the Control Framework for Continuous Teleoperation of a Brain–Machine Interface-Driven Mobile Robot27
Efficient Multicontact Pattern Generation With Sequential Convex Approximations of the Centroidal Dynamics26
Adaptive Pattern and Motion Control of Magnetic Microrobotic Swarms26
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Passivity of Impedance Rendering With Velocity-Sourced Series Elastic Actuation25
Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Robotic Ophthalmic Microsurgery via Reinforcement Learning from Demonstration25
Associating Uncertainty to Extended Poses for on Lie Group IMU Preintegration With Rotating Earth25
VILENS: Visual, Inertial, Lidar, and Leg Odometry for All-Terrain Legged Robots25
Towards Sensorless Soft Robotics: Self-Sensing Stiffness Control of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators25
Control of Mobile Robots Using Barrier Functions Under Temporal Logic Specifications25
Mobile Microrobots for In Vitro Biomedical Applications: A Survey24
Design and Control of a Hand-Held Concentric Tube Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery24
Physical Human-Robot Interaction With a Tethered Aerial Vehicle: Application to a Force-Based Human Guiding Problem24
Development of a Small-Sized Quadruped Robotic Rat Capable of Multimodal Motions24
A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for the Position Tracking of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots24
Autonomous Suturing Framework and Quantification Using a Cable-Driven Surgical Robot24
Implementing Rat-Like Motion for a Small-Sized Biomimetic Robot Based on Extraction of Key Movement Joints24
SCADE: Simultaneous Sensor Calibration and Deformation Estimation of FBG-Equipped Unmodeled Continuum Manipulators24
Toward Orientation Learning and Adaptation in Cartesian Space24
A Survey on Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: State of the Art and New Frontiers24
Autonomous Steering of Concentric Tube Robots via Nonlinear Model Predictive Control24
A Resilient and Energy-Aware Task Allocation Framework for Heterogeneous Multirobot Systems23
C-CROC: Continuous and Convex Resolution of Centroidal Dynamic Trajectories for Legged Robots in Multicontact Scenarios23
Goal-Driven Robotic Pushing Using Tactile and Proprioceptive Feedback23
Feasible Region: An Actuation-Aware Extension of the Support Region23
Crabbot: A Pole-Climbing Robot Driven by Piezoelectric Stack23
A Passivity-Based Approach for Simulating Satellite Dynamics With Robots: Discrete-Time Integration and Time-Delay Compensation23
Omni-Swarm: A Decentralized Omnidirectional Visual–Inertial–UWB State Estimation System for Aerial Swarms23
Trajectory Optimization of Robots With Regenerative Drive Systems: Numerical and Experimental Results22
Discrete Cosserat Approach for Closed-Chain Soft Robots: Application to the Fin-Ray Finger22
Adaptive Control Method for Dynamic Synchronization of Wearable Robotic Assistance to Discrete Movements: Validation for Use Case of Lifting Tasks22
Myoelectric or Force Control? A Comparative Study on a Soft Arm Exosuit22
An Abstraction-Free Method for Multirobot Temporal Logic Optimal Control Synthesis22
Optimal UAV Route Planning for Persistent Monitoring Missions22
Smallest Maximum Cable Tension Determination for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots22
Body Stiffness Variation of a Tensegrity Robotic Fish Using Antagonistic Stiffness in a Kinematically Singular Configuration22
Teleoperation of Humanoid Robots: A Survey22
A Shared-Control Teleoperation Architecture for Nonprehensile Object Transportation22
Adaptive Multirobot Formation Planning to Enclose and Track a Target With Motion and Visibility Constraints22
Cramér–Rao Bounds and Optimal Design Metrics for Pose-Graph SLAM21
On Closed-Form Formulas for the 3-D Nearest Rotation Matrix Problem21
EPSILON: An Efficient Planning System for Automated Vehicles in Highly Interactive Environments21
Powered Knee and Ankle Prosthesis With Adaptive Control Enables Climbing Stairs With Different Stair Heights, Cadences, and Gait Patterns21
Artificial Perception and Semiautonomous Control in Myoelectric Hand Prostheses Increases Performance and Decreases Effort21
Modeling and Stiffness-Based Continuous Torque Control of Lightweight Quasi-Direct-Drive Knee Exoskeletons for Versatile Walking Assistance21
Model-Based Design of a Soft 3-D Haptic Shape Display20
Multirobot Collaborative Monocular SLAM Utilizing Rendezvous20
Multiagent Planning and Control for Swarm Herding in 2-D Obstacle Environments Under Bounded Inputs20
Dynamic Modeling and Control of Deformable Linear Objects for Single-Arm and Dual-Arm Robot Manipulations20
Learning to Play Table Tennis From Scratch Using Muscular Robots20
Force from Shape—Estimating the Location and Magnitude of the External Force on Flexible Instruments20
Modeling Electromagnetic Navigation Systems20
Elasticity Meets Continuous-Time: Map-Centric Dense 3D LiDAR SLAM20
Universal Flying Objects: Modular Multirotor System for Flight of Rigid Objects20
Design, Development, and Control of a Hand/Wrist Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Training20
3-D Underactuated Bipedal Walking via H-LIP Based Gait Synthesis and Stepping Stabilization20
Neuromechanical Model-Based Adaptive Control of Bilateral Ankle Exoskeletons: Biological Joint Torque and Electromyogram Reduction Across Walking Conditions19
Outlier-Robust Estimation: Hardness, Minimally Tuned Algorithms, and Applications19
Autonomous Cave Surveying With an Aerial Robot19
Pose Estimation for Ground Robots: On Manifold Representation, Integration, Reparameterization, and Optimization19
Development of an Untethered Adaptive Thumb Exoskeleton for Delicate Rehabilitation Assistance19
Communication-Aware Energy Efficient Trajectory Planning With Limited Channel Knowledge19
Learning for Attitude Holding of a Robotic Fish: An End-to-End Approach With Sim-to-Real Transfer19
Single Master Bimanual Teleoperation System With Efficient Regulation19
Stochastic Dynamic Games in Belief Space18
Singularity Conditions for Continuum Parallel Robots18
CPL-SLAM: Efficient and Certifiably Correct Planar Graph-Based SLAM Using the Complex Number Representation18
Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Motion Control for Collision Avoidance Using Conditional Value-at-Risk18
Characterizing the Uncertainty of Jointly Distributed Poses in the Lie Algebra18
Empty Cities: A Dynamic-Object-Invariant Space for Visual SLAM18
Random-Finite-Set-Based Distributed Multirobot SLAM18
Safe Control With Learned Certificates: A Survey of Neural Lyapunov, Barrier, and Contraction Methods for Robotics and Control18
A Geometric Approach for Grasping Unknown Objects With Multifingered Hands18
Hoop-Passing Motion for a Snake Robot to Realize Motion Transition Across Different Environments18
Energy Regeneration From Electromagnetic Induction by Human Dynamics for Lower Extremity Robotic Prostheses18
Dynam-SLAM: An Accurate, Robust Stereo Visual-Inertial SLAM Method in Dynamic Environments18
Feedback Altitude Control of a Flying Insect–Computer Hybrid Robot17
Deep Learning Approaches to Grasp Synthesis: A Review17
HanGrawler: Large-Payload and High-Speed Ceiling Mobile Robot Using Crawler17
Shape Tracking and Feedback Control of Cardiac Catheter Using MRI-Guided Robotic Platform—Validation With Pulmonary Vein Isolation Simulator in MRI17
Morphing Origami Block for Lightweight Reconfigurable System17
A Motion Planning Approach for Nonprehensile Manipulation and Locomotion Tasks of a Legged Robot17
An Evolutionary-Optimized Surgical Path Planner for a Programmable Bevel-Tip Needle17
Static Workspace Optimization of Aerial Cable Towed Robots With Land-Fixed Winches17
A Dexterous Robotic System for Autonomous Debridement of Osteolytic Bone Lesions in Confined Spaces: Human Cadaver Studies17
Predefined-Time Robust Hierarchical Inverse Dynamics on Torque-Controlled Redundant Manipulators17
Flagellate Underwater Robotics at Macroscale: Design, Modeling, and Characterization16
Soft Exoskeleton With Fully Actuated Thumb Movements for Grasping Assistance16
Energy-Efficient Path Planning of Reconfigurable Robots in Complex Environments16
Analysis and Synthesis of Underactuated Compliant Mechanisms Based on Transmission Properties of Motion and Force16
Information Correlated Lévy Walk Exploration and Distributed Mapping Using a Swarm of Robots16
Kalman-Filter-Based, Dynamic 3-D Shape Reconstruction for Steerable Needles With Fiber Bragg Gratings in Multicore Fibers16
Safe Active Dynamics Learning and Control: A Sequential Exploration–Exploitation Framework16
ABENICS: Active Ball Joint Mechanism With Three-DoF Based on Spherical Gear Meshings16
Analysis of Coupling Effect in Human-Commanded Stiffness During Bilateral Tele-Impedance16
Robust Distributed Planar Formation Control for Higher Order Holonomic and Nonholonomic Agents16
TAMOLS: Terrain-Aware Motion Optimization for Legged Systems16
A 5-mm Untethered Crawling Robot via Self-Excited Electrostatic Vibration16
Probabilistic Modeling and Bayesian Filtering for Improved State Estimation for Soft Robots15
Quantifying Hypothesis Space Misspecification in Learning From Human–Robot Demonstrations and Physical Corrections15
Spherical Wrist With Hybrid Motion-Impedance Control for Enhanced Robotic Manipulations15
Neural-Swarm2: Planning and Control of Heterogeneous Multirotor Swarms Using Learned Interactions15
A Real-Time State Dependent Region Estimator for Autonomous Endoscope Navigation15
Automated Routing of Muscle Fibers for Soft Robots15
Spatiotemporal Multisensor Calibration via Gaussian Processes Moving Target Tracking15
Elongatable Gripper Fingers With Integrated Stretchable Tactile Sensors for Underactuated Grasping and Dexterous Manipulation15
Perceptive Locomotion Through Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control15
Global Model Learning for Large Deformation Control of Elastic Deformable Linear Objects: An Efficient and Adaptive Approach15
Observability-Aware Intrinsic and Extrinsic Calibration of LiDAR-IMU Systems15
Constructive Time-Varying Vector Fields for Robot Navigation15
Controlled Noncontact Manipulation of Nonmagnetic Untethered Microbeads Orbiting Two-Tailed Soft Microrobot15
Toward a Unified Approximate Analytical Representation for Spatially Running Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Model15
Bio-Inspired Rapid Escape and Tight Body Flip on an At-Scale Flapping Wing Hummingbird Robot Via Reinforcement Learning15
Observability Analysis and Keyframe-Based Filtering for Visual Inertial Odometry With Full Self-Calibration15
Optimal Force Allocation for Overconstrained Cable-Driven Parallel Robots: Continuously Differentiable Solutions With Assessment of Computational Efficiency15
Data-Driven Variable Impedance Control of a Powered Knee–Ankle Prosthesis for Adaptive Speed and Incline Walking14
Achieving Versatile Energy Efficiency With the WANDERER Biped Robot14
A Computational Multicriteria Optimization Approach to Controller Design for Physical Human-Robot Interaction14
Enabling Dynamic Behaviors With Aerodynamic Drag in Lightweight Tails14
Approximate Optimal Motion Planning to Avoid Unknown Moving Avoidance Regions14
Design of Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Microrobots Driven by Homogeneous Quasi-Static Magnetic Fields14
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