OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Field Robotics is 6. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Graph‐based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots	94
AMZ Driverless: The full autonomous racing system	63
Performance improvements of a sweet pepper harvesting robot in protected cropping environments	60
CNN‐OHGS: CNN‐oppositional‐based Henry gas solubility optimization model for autonomous vehicle control system	48
Pesticide spraying robot for precision agriculture: A categorical literature review and future trends	48
A review of soft manipulator research, applications, and opportunities	47
Controlling Ocean One: Human–robot collaboration for deep‐sea manipulation	42
Localization for precision navigation in agricultural fields—Beyond crop row following	41
An open‐source system for vision‐based micro‐aerial vehicle mapping, planning, and flight in cluttered environments	38
Computer vision‐based tree trunk and branch identification and shaking points detection in Dense‐Foliage canopy for automated harvesting of apples	36
Falco: Fast likelihood‐based collision avoidance with extension to human‐guided navigation	35
Towards autonomous inspection of concrete deterioration in sewers with legged robots	33
Design and evaluation of a modular robotic plum harvesting system utilizing soft components	31
Emerging UAV technology for disaster detection, mitigation, response, and preparedness	31
Object detection, recognition, and tracking from UAVs using a thermal camera	30
Perceptive whole‐body planning for multilegged robots in confined spaces	30
Automation and robotics in the cultivation of pome fruit: Where do we stand today?	29
Multisensor online 3D view planning for autonomous underwater exploration	28
Fast and incremental loop closure detection with deep features and proximity graphs	27
Weld line recognition and path planning with spherical tank inspection robots	27
Robotic harvesting of the occluded fruits with a precise shape and position reconstruction approach	25
WiMUST: A cooperative marine robotic system for autonomous geotechnical surveys	25
The effect of data augmentation and network simplification on the image‐based detection of broccoli heads with Mask R‐CNN	24
Recent developments and applications of simultaneous localization and mapping in agriculture	24
Design, modeling, and control of an aerial manipulator for placement and retrieval of sensors in the environment	24

Development and performance evaluation of a machine vision system and an integrated prototype for automated green shoot thinning in vineyards	24
Learning features from georeferenced seafloor imagery with location guided autoencoders	23
Toward a gliding hybrid aerial underwater vehicle: Design, fabrication, and experiments	23
Adaptive sampling with an autonomous underwater vehicle in static marine environments	23
Mars curiosity rover mobility trends during the first 7 years	22
Gas source localization and mapping with mobile robots: A review	22
Visual model‐predictive localization for computationally efficient autonomous racing of a 72‐g drone	22
Canopy density estimation in perennial horticulture crops using 3D spinning lidar SLAM	21
Diver tracking in open waters: A low‐cost approach based on visual and acoustic sensor fusion	21
Autonomous boat driving system using sample‐efficient model predictive control‐based reinforcement learning approach	20
Hybridization of ResNet with YOLO classifier for automated paddy leaf disease recognition: An optimized model	20
A review for control theory and condition monitoring on construction robots	19
Towards automating construction tasks: Large‐scale object mapping, segmentation, and manipulation	19
TagLab: AI‐assisted annotation for the fast and accurate semantic segmentation of coral reef orthoimages	19
Underwater navigation with 2D forward looking SONAR: An adaptive unscented Kalman filter‐based strategy for AUVs	19
The MADMAX data set for visual‐inertial rover navigation on Mars	19
Gait optimization of step climbing for a hexapod robot	18
Magnetic survey and autonomous target reacquisition with a scalar magnetometer on a small AUV	18
Sensor‐driven autonomous underwater inspections: A receding‐horizon RRT‐based view planning solution for AUVs	18
An autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system for fast exploration of large complex indoor environments	18
Autonomous navigation of MAVs in unknown cluttered environments	17
Deep learning with RGB and thermal images onboard a drone for monitoring operations	17
A real‐time quadrotor trajectory planning framework based on B‐spline and nonuniform kinodynamic search	16
Consistent decentralized cooperative localization for autonomous vehicles using LiDAR, GNSS, and HD maps	16
Ocean front detection and tracking using a team of heterogeneous marine vehicles	16
Experimental validation of the modeling and control of a multibody underwater vehicle manipulator system for sea mining exploration	16
Efficient obstacle detection based on prior estimation network and spatially constrained mixture model for unmanned surface vehicles	16
Self‐reliant rovers for increased mission productivity	15
DE‐SLAM: SLAM for highly dynamic environment	15
Efficient autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources	14
Development of a mobile robot for safe mechanical evacuation of hazardous bulk materials in industrial confined spaces	14
Design, development, and field evaluation of a rubber tapping robot	14
EIL‐SLAM: Depth‐enhanced edge‐based infrared‐LiDAR SLAM	14
Special issue on future challenges and opportunities in vision‐based drone navigation	13
What localizes beneath: A metric multisensor localization and mapping system for autonomous underground mining vehicles	13
A marsupial robotic system for surveying and inspection of freshwater ecosystems	13
Terrain‐aided navigation for long‐range AUVs in dynamic under‐mapped environments	13
GrowliFlower: An image time‐series dataset for GROWth analysis of cauLIFLOWER	12
TUM autonomous motorsport: An autonomous racing software for the Indy Autonomous Challenge	12
A strawberry harvest‐aiding system with crop‐transport collaborative robots: Design, development, and field evaluation	12
Highly optimized Q‐learning‐based bees approach for mobile robot path planning in static and dynamic environments	12
On the role of feature and signal selection for terrain learning in planetary exploration robots	12
Autonomous robotic rock breaking using a real‐time 3D visual perception system	12
Navigating high‐speed unmanned surface vehicles: System approach and validations	11
Robotic drilling tests in simulated lunar regolith environment	11
Lifting‐principle‐based design and implementation of fixed‐wing unmanned aerial–underwater vehicle	11
Development, integration, and field evaluation of an autonomous citrus‐harvesting robot	10
A modular agricultural robotic system (MARS) for precision farming: Concept and implementation	10
An automated heterogeneous robotic system for radiation surveys: Design and field testing	10
Recognition of fruits and vegetables with similar‐color background in natural environment: A survey	10

Experimental evaluation of Visual‐Inertial Odometry systems for arable farming	10
Automatic three‐dimensional mapping for tree diameter measurements in inventory operations	10
A more precise way to localize animals using drones	10
Local path planning for autonomous mobile robots by integrating modified dynamic‐window approach and improved follow the gap method	9
Field‐based robotic leaf angle detection and characterization of maize plants using stereo vision and deep convolutional neural networks	9
Q‐Whex: A simple and highly mobile quasi‐wheeled hexapod robot	9
A review of path following control strategies for autonomous robotic vehicles: Theory, simulations, and experiments	9
Zeus: A system description of the two‐time winner of the collegiate SAE autodrive competition	8
Vega—A small, low cost, ground robot for nuclear decommissioning	8
Hijacking of unmanned surface vehicles: A demonstration of attacks and countermeasures in the field	8
Rapid location technology of odor sources by multi‐UAV	8
A novel loop closure detection method with the combination of points and lines based on information entropy	8
RumexWeeds: A grassland dataset for agricultural robotics	8
A multirobot system for autonomous deployment and recovery of a blade crawler for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbine blades	8
Digital twin‐assisted fault diagnosis system for robot joints with insufficient data	7
Low complexity visual UAV track navigation using long‐wavelength infrared	7
Experimental tests of hybrid VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle designed for surveillance missions and operations in maritime conditions from ship‐based helipads	7
Parent–child‐based navigation method of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles for an underwater self‐completed survey	7
River segmentation for autonomous surface vehicle localization and river boundary mapping	7
Practical path planning techniques in overtaking for autonomous shuttles	7
Mechanical design and wheel–leg–body cooperation control of a step‐climbing robot	7
LiDAR‐based robust localization for field autonomous vehicles in off‐road environments	7
Automated wall‐climbing robot for concrete construction inspection	7
An efficient online citrus counting system for large‐scale unstructured orchards based on the unmanned aerial vehicle	6
Relocalization based on millimeter wave radar point cloud for visually degraded environments	6
Versatile multilinked aerial robot with tilted propellers: Design, modeling, control, and state estimation for autonomous flight and manipulation	6
Development of a search and rescue robot system for the underground building environment	6
Complete coverage path planning and performance factor analysis for autonomous bulldozer	6
Combinations of novel hybrid optimization algorithms‐based trajectory planning analysis for an industrial robotic manipulators	6
Autonomous hanging tether management and experimentation for an unmanned air‐surface vehicle team	6
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Adaptive end‐effector pose control for tomato harvesting robots	6
A portable off‐road crawling hexapod robot	6