Journal of Field Robotics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Field Robotics is 1. 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.)
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Graph‐based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots91
Robotic weed control using automated weed and crop classification73
AMZ Driverless: The full autonomous racing system60
Performance improvements of a sweet pepper harvesting robot in protected cropping environments55
CNN‐OHGS: CNN‐oppositional‐based Henry gas solubility optimization model for autonomous vehicle control system47
Pesticide spraying robot for precision agriculture: A categorical literature review and future trends44
Controlling Ocean One: Human–robot collaboration for deep‐sea manipulation40
A review of soft manipulator research, applications, and opportunities39
Localization for precision navigation in agricultural fields—Beyond crop row following38
Computer vision‐based tree trunk and branch identification and shaking points detection in Dense‐Foliage canopy for automated harvesting of apples35
An open‐source system for vision‐based micro‐aerial vehicle mapping, planning, and flight in cluttered environments35
Towards autonomous inspection of concrete deterioration in sewers with legged robots33
Falco: Fast likelihood‐based collision avoidance with extension to human‐guided navigation32
Object detection, recognition, and tracking from UAVs using a thermal camera29
Perceptive whole‐body planning for multilegged robots in confined spaces28
Design and evaluation of a modular robotic plum harvesting system utilizing soft components27
Multisensor online 3D view planning for autonomous underwater exploration27
Multirepresentation, Multiheuristic A* search‐based motion planning for a free‐floating underwater vehicle‐manipulator system in unknown environment27
Fast and incremental loop closure detection with deep features and proximity graphs26
Emerging UAV technology for disaster detection, mitigation, response, and preparedness25
The effect of data augmentation and network simplification on the image‐based detection of broccoli heads with Mask R‐CNN24
Development and performance evaluation of a machine vision system and an integrated prototype for automated green shoot thinning in vineyards24
Recent developments and applications of simultaneous localization and mapping in agriculture23
WiMUST: A cooperative marine robotic system for autonomous geotechnical surveys23
Toward a gliding hybrid aerial underwater vehicle: Design, fabrication, and experiments23
Automation and robotics in the cultivation of pome fruit: Where do we stand today?23
Design and testing of the JPL‐Nautilus Gripper for deep‐ocean geological sampling23
Robotic harvesting of the occluded fruits with a precise shape and position reconstruction approach22
Design, modeling, and control of an aerial manipulator for placement and retrieval of sensors in the environment22
Adaptive sampling with an autonomous underwater vehicle in static marine environments22
SLAM for autonomous planetary rovers with global localization22
Visual model‐predictive localization for computationally efficient autonomous racing of a 72‐g drone22
Learning features from georeferenced seafloor imagery with location guided autoencoders21
Weld line recognition and path planning with spherical tank inspection robots21
Autonomous aerial robot using dual‐fisheye cameras20
Diver tracking in open waters: A low‐cost approach based on visual and acoustic sensor fusion20
Mars curiosity rover mobility trends during the first 7 years20
Canopy density estimation in perennial horticulture crops using 3D spinning lidar SLAM19
Towards automating construction tasks: Large‐scale object mapping, segmentation, and manipulation18
TagLab: AI‐assisted annotation for the fast and accurate semantic segmentation of coral reef orthoimages18
Gas source localization and mapping with mobile robots: A review18
Autonomous boat driving system using sample‐efficient model predictive control‐based reinforcement learning approach18
An autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system for fast exploration of large complex indoor environments17
Underwater navigation with 2D forward looking SONAR: An adaptive unscented Kalman filter‐based strategy for AUVs17
Magnetic survey and autonomous target reacquisition with a scalar magnetometer on a small AUV17
Ocean front detection and tracking using a team of heterogeneous marine vehicles16
The MADMAX data set for visual‐inertial rover navigation on Mars16
Sensor‐driven autonomous underwater inspections: A receding‐horizon RRT‐based view planning solution for AUVs16
Hybridization of ResNet with YOLO classifier for automated paddy leaf disease recognition: An optimized model16
Autonomous navigation of MAVs in unknown cluttered environments16
Deep learning with RGB and thermal images onboard a drone for monitoring operations16
Experimental validation of the modeling and control of a multibody underwater vehicle manipulator system for sea mining exploration16
Self‐reliant rovers for increased mission productivity15
Efficient obstacle detection based on prior estimation network and spatially constrained mixture model for unmanned surface vehicles15
A real‐time quadrotor trajectory planning framework based on B‐spline and nonuniform kinodynamic search15
Gait optimization of step climbing for a hexapod robot15
A review for control theory and condition monitoring on construction robots14
Consistent decentralized cooperative localization for autonomous vehicles using LiDAR, GNSS, and HD maps13
Efficient autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources13
Design, development, and field evaluation of a rubber tapping robot13
DE‐SLAM: SLAM for highly dynamic environment13
Development of a mobile robot for safe mechanical evacuation of hazardous bulk materials in industrial confined spaces13
A marsupial robotic system for surveying and inspection of freshwater ecosystems12
Terrain‐aided navigation for long‐range AUVs in dynamic under‐mapped environments12
EIL‐SLAM: Depth‐enhanced edge‐based infrared‐LiDAR SLAM12
Autonomous robotic rock breaking using a real‐time 3D visual perception system12
What localizes beneath: A metric multisensor localization and mapping system for autonomous underground mining vehicles12
Special issue on future challenges and opportunities in vision‐based drone navigation12
High‐accuracy absolute positioning for the stationary planetary rover by integrating the star sensor and inclinometer12
Robotic drilling tests in simulated lunar regolith environment11
ARDEA—An MAV with skills for future planetary missions11
A 3D reactive collision avoidance algorithm for underactuated underwater vehicles11
Highly optimized Q‐learning‐based bees approach for mobile robot path planning in static and dynamic environments11
On the role of feature and signal selection for terrain learning in planetary exploration robots11
GrowliFlower: An image time‐series dataset for GROWth analysis of cauLIFLOWER11
TUM autonomous motorsport: An autonomous racing software for the Indy Autonomous Challenge11
Lifting‐principle‐based design and implementation of fixed‐wing unmanned aerial–underwater vehicle10
A more precise way to localize animals using drones10
Navigating high‐speed unmanned surface vehicles: System approach and validations10
An automated heterogeneous robotic system for radiation surveys: Design and field testing10
A modular agricultural robotic system (MARS) for precision farming: Concept and implementation10
Field observation of tornadic supercells by multiple autonomous fixed‐wing unmanned aircraft9
Recognition of fruits and vegetables with similar‐color background in natural environment: A survey8
Experimental evaluation of Visual‐Inertial Odometry systems for arable farming8
Automatic three‐dimensional mapping for tree diameter measurements in inventory operations8
A novel loop closure detection method with the combination of points and lines based on information entropy8
Rapid location technology of odor sources by multi‐UAV8
Local path planning for autonomous mobile robots by integrating modified dynamic‐window approach and improved follow the gap method7
River segmentation for autonomous surface vehicle localization and river boundary mapping7
Field‐based robotic leaf angle detection and characterization of maize plants using stereo vision and deep convolutional neural networks7
Zeus: A system description of the two‐time winner of the collegiate SAE autodrive competition7
LiDAR‐based robust localization for field autonomous vehicles in off‐road environments7
A multirobot system for autonomous deployment and recovery of a blade crawler for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbine blades7
Hijacking of unmanned surface vehicles: A demonstration of attacks and countermeasures in the field7
Development, integration, and field evaluation of an autonomous citrus‐harvesting robot7
Low complexity visual UAV track navigation using long‐wavelength infrared7
Autonomous hanging tether management and experimentation for an unmanned air‐surface vehicle team6
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Vega—A small, low cost, ground robot for nuclear decommissioning6
Combinations of novel hybrid optimization algorithms‐based trajectory planning analysis for an industrial robotic manipulators6
Experimental tests of hybrid VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle designed for surveillance missions and operations in maritime conditions from ship‐based helipads6
Parent–child‐based navigation method of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles for an underwater self‐completed survey6
A strawberry harvest‐aiding system with crop‐transport collaborative robots: Design, development, and field evaluation6
Versatile multilinked aerial robot with tilted propellers: Design, modeling, control, and state estimation for autonomous flight and manipulation6
Practical path planning techniques in overtaking for autonomous shuttles6
Development of a search and rescue robot system for the underground building environment6
A review of path following control strategies for autonomous robotic vehicles: Theory, simulations, and experiments6
Automated wall‐climbing robot for concrete construction inspection6
Radio propagation models for differential GNSS based on dense point clouds5
Complete coverage path planning and performance factor analysis for autonomous bulldozer5
Cooperative acoustic navigation of underwater vehicles without a DVL utilizing a dynamic process model: Theory and field evaluation5
Q‐Whex: A simple and highly mobile quasi‐wheeled hexapod robot5
Digital twin‐assisted fault diagnosis system for robot joints with insufficient data5
Relocalization based on millimeter wave radar point cloud for visually degraded environments5
A portable off‐road crawling hexapod robot5
Row‐sensing templates: A generic 3D sensor‐based approach to robot localization with respect to orchard row centerlines5
RumexWeeds: A grassland dataset for agricultural robotics5
Interaction mechanics model for screw‐drive wheel of granary robot traveling on the loose grain terrain5
Underwater UXO detection using magnetometry on hovering AUVs4
Design and manufacturing a novel screw‐in‐pipe inspection robot with steering capability4
A systematic literature review on long‐term localization and mapping for mobile robots4
Into the dirt: Datasets of sewer networks with aerial and ground platforms4
Building information modeling‐based 3D reconstruction and coverage planning enabled automatic painting of interior walls using a novel painting robot in construction4
Trajectory tracking for quadrotors: An optimization‐based planning followed by controlling approach4
A systematic literature review of flying ad hoc networks: State‐of‐the‐art, challenges, and perspectives4
Characteristics of optical flow from aerial thermal imaging, “thermal flow”4
Bacchus Long‐Term (BLT) data set: Acquisition of the agricultural multimodal BLT data set with automated robot deployment4
Adaptive end‐effector pose control for tomato harvesting robots4
Automatic vocabulary and graph verification for accurate loop closure detection4
An efficient online citrus counting system for large‐scale unstructured orchards based on the unmanned aerial vehicle4
Mechanical design and wheel–leg–body cooperation control of a step‐climbing robot4
TetraFLEX: Design and kinematic analysis of a novel self‐aligning family of 3T1R parallel manipulators4
Characterization of motion power loss of off‐road wheeled robot in a slippery terrain4
Minimum‐time row transition control of a vision‐guided agricultural robot3
Experimental and theoretical analysis on truss construction robot: Automatic grasping and hoisting of concrete composite floor slab3
Development and test of a Lunar Excavation and Size Separation System (LES3) for the LUVMI‐X rover platform3
Achievements and future directions in self‐reconfigurable modular robotic systems3
Learning‐based model predictive control for improved mobile robot path following using Gaussian processes and feedback linearization3
Research on path generation and stability control method for UAV‐based intelligent spray painting of ships3
Research on joint calibration and compensation of the inclinometer installation and instrument errors in the celestial positioning system3
Design and development of remote‐control system for two‐wheel paddy transplanter3
Design and analysis of a wall‐climbing robot for passive adaptive movement on variable‐curvature metal facades3
Vision‐assisted deep stall landing for a fixed‐wing UAV3
Research on robotic manipulator fault detection and diagnosis technology based on machine vision in complex environments3
Kinematic coupling‐based trajectory planning for rotary crane system with double‐pendulum effects and output constraints3
Field trials of an energy‐aware mission planner implemented on an autonomous surface vehicle3
Sparse point cloud registration and aggregation with mesh‐based generalized iterative closest point3
Autonomous platooning of multiple ground vehicles in rough terrain3
A comprehensive survey on non‐cooperative collision avoidance for micro aerial vehicles: Sensing and obstacle detection2
A benchmark analysis of data‐driven and geometric approaches for robot ego‐motion estimation2
Long future frame prediction using optical flow‐informed deep neural networks for enhancement of robotic teleoperation in high latency environments2
Traversability analysis for autonomous driving in complex environment: A LiDAR‐based terrain modeling approach2
YOLOv4‐tiny‐based robust RGB‐D SLAM approach with point and surface feature fusion in complex indoor environments2
Towards autonomous selective harvesting: A review of robot perception, robot design, motion planning and control2
Autonomous Bayesian escorting of a human integrating intention and obstacle avoidance2
Research on fault diagnosis of bearings in walking part of wall‐building robot based on roadside acoustic signal2
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Evaluation of excavation motion sequence for hydraulic excavators based on extraction of excavation style and phase2
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Research on disturbance rejection motion control method of USV for UUV recovery2
Modeling of UAV/RPAS data traffic in space, air, and ground networks2
Demonstration of localization for construction vehicles using 3D LiDARs installed in the field2
Robust active disturbance rejection control for systems with internal uncertainties: Multirotor UAV application2
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Efficient and multifidelity terrain modeling for 3D large‐scale and unstructured environments2
On‐line estimation of power model parameters for skid‐steer robots with applications in mission energy use prediction2
Field demonstration of advanced autonomous navigation technique for a fully unmanned surface vehicle in complex coastal traffic areas2
Projection operator‐based robust adaptive control of an aerial robot with a manipulator2
Reliable Monte Carlo localization for mobile robots2
Motion planning in complex urban environments: An industrial application on autonomous last‐mile delivery vehicles2
A high‐resolution AUV navigation framework with integrated communication and tracking for under‐ice deployments2
Nonlinear model predictive control for hydrobatics: Experiments with an underactuated AUV2
Development of the generator inspection vehicle and the inspection equipment2
Mobile robotics platform for strawberry sensing and harvesting within precision indoor farming systems2
Optimization and evaluation of swing leg retraction for a hydraulic biped robot2
Design, implementation, and verification of a low‐cost terminal guidance system for small fixed‐wing UAVs2
Expediting recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles in dynamic mission environments: A system‐of‐systems challenge for underwater warfare2
Development of an automated mobile robotic sprayer to prevent workers' exposure of agro‐chemicals inside polyhouse2
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A motion control framework for autonomous water sampling and swing‐free transportation of a multirotor UAV with a cable‐suspended mechanism2
Unmanned aircraft flight control aided by phased‐array radio navigation2
Mechanics of bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion on dry and wet granular media2
Particle filter‐based aerial tracking for moving targets2
Influence of screw blades on the performance of a screw‐drive granary robot2
A practical method for the deformation of long‐stroke hydraulic manipulators in grasping‐handling tasks2
An autonomous robot for shell and tube heat exchanger inspection2
In situ slip estimation for mobile robots in outdoor environments2
Real‐time vibration monitoring and analysis of agricultural tractor drivers using an IoT‐based system2
In situ skid estimation for mobile robots in outdoor environments1
Complete coverage path planning for wheeled agricultural robots1
Deep neural networks to predict autonomous ground vehicle behavior on sloping terrain field1
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Precise pose estimation of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover through a stereo‐vision‐based approach1
Modular autonomous strawberry picking robotic system1
Modeling of flexible metal wheel for pressurized lunar rover and traction performance prediction1
Optimal terminal‐velocity‐control guidance for intercepting non‐cooperative maneuvering quadcopter1
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Combustion‐enabled underwater vehicles (CUVs) in dynamic fluid environment1
Variable‐geometry exit nozzle for improving static thrust of drones ducted fans1
Position‐based force tracking adaptive impedance control strategy for robot grinding complex surfaces system1
Longitudinal deep truck: Deep longitudinal model with application to sim2real deep reinforcement learning for heavy‐duty truck control in the field1
Design and implementation of resource‐aware robust event‐based integral sliding mode controller for a networked wheeled mobile robot1
Geometry‐based flipper motion planning for articulated tracked robots traversing rough terrain in real‐time1
Power and energy consumption of skid‐steer rovers turning on loose soil1
Autonomous detection and loading of ore piles with load–haul–dump machines in Room & Pillar mines1
An automated apple harvesting robot—From system design to field evaluation1
Deep learning‐based crop row detection for infield navigation of agri‐robots1
An obstacle avoidance strategy for complex obstacles based on artificial potential field method1
A prototype autonomous robot for underwater crime scene investigation and emergency response1
Design and analysis of a wall‐climbing robot for water wall inspection of thermal power plants1
Whole‐body motion planning and control of a quadruped robot for challenging terrain1
Towards fluid force estimation of a water‐jetting aerial robot with hybrid kinematics‐force model1
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Development of disaster‐responding special‐purpose machinery: Results of experiments1
An autonomous spraying robot architecture for sucker management in large‐scale hazelnut orchards1
SPINS: A structure priors aided inertial navigation system1
Combined depth and heading control and experiment of ROV under the influence of residual buoyancy, current disturbance, and control dead zone1
Robot self‐calibration using actuated 3D sensors1
Fusion of neural networks, for LIDAR‐based evidential road mapping1
Optimization and evaluation of machine–field parameters of remotely controlled two‐wheel paddy transplanter1
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Actuator fault detection for masonry robot manipulator arm with the interval observer1
Robust control scheme based on an uncertainty and disturbance estimator for a quadrotor with motor failures1
Field experiment of autonomous ship navigation in canal and surrounding nearshore environments1
Study on forearm swing recognition algorithms to drive the underwater power‐assisted device of frogman1
Three‐dimensional dead reckoning of wall‐climbing robot based on information fusion of compound extended Kalman filter1
Aerial online mapping on‐board system by real‐time object detection for UGV path generation in unstructured outdoor environments1
Earthwork digital twin for teleoperation of an automated bulldozer in edge dumping1
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AI‐enabled farm‐friendly automatic machine for washing, image‐based sorting, and weight grading of citrus fruits: Design optimization, performance evaluation, and ergonomic assessment1
Closed‐form solution for real‐time optimal walking pattern generation constrained by the desired amount of capture point1
Merging three‐dimensional occupancy grid maps to support multi‐UAVs cooperative navigation systems1
Distributed cohesive configuration controller for a swarm with low‐cost platforms1
Automated construction for human–robot interaction in wooden buildings: Integrated robotic construction and digital design of iSMART wooden arches1
Roboat III: An autonomous surface vessel for urban transportation1
Neural network‐based optical flow versus traditional optical flow techniques with thermal aerial imaging in real‐world settings1
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