Intelligent Service Robotics

Article	Citations
Scan corner of context: a novel corner feature rotation-invariant descriptor for loop closure detection from 3D LiDAR data	840
Autonomous gait switching method and experiments of a hexapod walking robot for Mars environment with multiple terrains	123
Trajectory tracking of mobile robots using hedge-agebras-based controllers	117
Evaluating user performance and perceptions in a block-based visual programming language for socially assistive robots	37
Editorial: Task planning and motion control problems of service robots in human-centered environments	29
Empowering robots with social cues: an initiative pose control framework for human–robot interaction	29
A cross-task visuo-tactile representation using point clouds	26
Model-aided 3D shape and force estimation of continuum robots based on Cosserat rod theory and using a magnetic localization system	26
Finite-time sliding mode Control strategies for perturbed input-constrained nonlinear bilateral teleoperation systems with variable-time communication delays	26
Fast marching firework method for multi-goal mobile robot path planning in complex obstacle maps	24
A Methodology for end user programming of ROS-based service robots using jigsaw metaphor and ontologies	22
Research on multi-AGV path planning based on map training and action replanning	22
A sampling-based planner for underground pipeline inspection with unknown narrow passage	21
A finger-inspired pneumatic network actuator based on rigid-flexible coupling structure for soft robotic grippers	20
Research on AGV path planning in flexible job-shop scheduling problem based on multi-agent deep Q network	20
R3T*-MOSafeRL($$\lambda $$): path planning of mobile robots in unknown dynamic environments	19
Improved seeker optimization algorithm-based reliable multi-robot path planning for intelligent storage system	18
A collision-free path planning method for industrial robot manipulators considering safe human–robot interaction	17
Adaptive RBF neural network-computed torque control for a pediatric gait exoskeleton system: an experimental study	17
Gait detection of lower limb exoskeleton robot integrating visual perception and geometric features	17
Grasping control using 2D and 3D visual integration for robotic prosthetic hand	16
A survey on maritime perception datasets and technologies for autonomous surface vessels	16
Personalized passive training control strategy for a lower limb rehabilitation robot with specified step lengths	16
An efficient network for 3D point cloud moving object detection in autonomous driving environments	16
Event-based reconfiguration control for time-varying formation of robot swarms in narrow spaces	16

HDFOS: path planning for heterogeneous truck-drone cooperative delivery and pickup services	15
Development of source seeking algorithm for mobile robots	15
FruitTrackDB: a multi-sensor dataset for intelligent navigation in real orchard environments	15
Soft component technology and application for soft robotics	14
Night-to-day thermal image translation for deep thermal place recognition	14
Acoustic analysis of ultrasonic air-borne transducer with concave structure	13
Novel 3D chaotic quadrotor trajectories for infrastructure monitoring	13
LSTM-based regression for continuous control of an EMG prosthetic hand: performance evaluation and experimental studies	13
HAC-based adaptive combined pick-up path optimization strategy for intelligent warehouse	13
Effects of repetitive ROM exercise training using a patient robot with musculoskeletal symptoms	13
Locomotion mode detection method based on electromyography and divergent component of motion from single leg	12
Hierarchical Topology Map with Explicit Corridor for global path planning of mobile robots	12
Path planning in dynamic structured environments using transformer-enabled twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient for mobile robots in simulation	12
Feature refinement with DBO: optimizing RFRC method for autonomous vehicle detection	12
MI-RRT*: an improved RRT* algorithm for mobile robot path planning with multi-informed sampling and two path optimization strategies	12
6-DoF grasp pose estimation based on instance reconstruction	12
A modified double DQN for UAV path planning: dynamic reward shaping and heuristic-guided tie-breaking	11
Manufacture and development of Taban: a cute back-projected head social robot for educational purposes	11
Multirobot conflict coordination and dynamic obstacle avoidance cooperative path planning	11
The robot and the nurse prepare for surgery: early insights into the impact of robot’s inner speech	10
Intelligent robotic arm trajectory planning using improved classical Q-learning and LSTM	10
Pas: a scale-invariant approach to maritime search and rescue object detection using preprocessing and attention scaling	10
Posture stabilizing control of quadruped robot based on cart-inverted pendulum model	9
Slope-constrained global path planning for quadruped robots	9
Temporal modeling for domain-invariant fault diagnosis in robotics digital twin systems	9
Autonomous vehicle lane-change maneuver accounting for emotion-induced driving behavior in other vehicles	8
Dynamic liquid volume estimation using optical tactile sensors and spiking neural network	8
Grasping Stability of a Robotic Gripper with Frictional Self-Locking Mechanism	8
Optimal two-wheeled self-balancing mobile robot strategy of navigation using adaptive fuzzy controller-based KD-SegNet	8
Collaborative semantic mapping for updating the digital twin in controlled indoor environment	8
The development of an optimal hedge algebras path following controller for Robotnik	7
Cooperative push-grasping in clutter via deep reinforcement learning	7
Analysis of impressions of robot by changing its motion and trajectory parameters for designing parameterized behaviors of home-service robots	7
Offline spatial–temporal actor-critic learning for robot crowd navigation without behavior regularization	7
Design and dynamic modeling of a balance rehabilitation cable (BaReCa) robot: integration with patients	7
Magnetorheological damper for vibration reduction in a robot arm	7
Direct RGB-D visual odometry with point features	7
Neuro-LQR control for swarm and synchronization of coaxial octocopters in unknown environment	7
MORE: simultaneous multi-view 3D object recognition and pose estimation	7
Improving reinforcement learning based moving object grasping with trajectory prediction	7
Real-time monocular visual–inertial SLAM with structural constraints of line and point–line fusion	7
Heterogeneous multi-robot system mission planning with cooperative replenishment through data-driven rendezvous point selection	6
NMPC formation control for heterogeneous multi-air vehicles with obstacle avoidance and connectivity maintenance	6
Robots in healthcare as envisioned by care professionals	6
A novel multiple targets detection method for service robots in the indoor complex scenes	6
Handmaid: design and evaluation of a hand exoskeleton with active backdrive for neuromuscular rehabilitation	6
Real-time autonomous navigation in palm tree environments using vision-based landmark detection and an integrated path planning and control framework	6
Gait environments recognition using Gaussian process regression model-based CoP trajectory for wearable robot applications	6
Kinematic modeling of PAM-based 3-UPS parallel robot module using string encoders	6
Woa-fism planning hexapod robot various gaits	6

Modified type-2 fuzzy controller for intercollision avoidance of single and multi-humanoid robots in complex terrains	6
Frontend and backend electronics achieving flexibility and scalability for tomographic tactile sensing	5
Occlusion-resilient pose estimation of textureless components in cluttered environment and its implementation in robotic bin-picking	5
Deep reinforcement learning-based autonomous navigation for quadcopter using PPO and improved grey wolf optimizer	5
Kinematics and stiffness analysis of a wheelchair-based cable-actuated ankle rehabilitation robot with flexure-based variable-stiffness devices	5
Variable admittance control for door opening with a wheeled mobile manipulator considering ground obstacles	5
Indoor scene neural implicit 3D reconstruction with SO (3)-equivariant network	5
Electroactive polymer-based spreading mechanism for self-deformable smart skirt	5
MSM: point cloud alignment algorithm through multi-scale feature fusion and cross-attention mechanism	5
Low-cost environment-adaptive SLAM for bed-chair robots in complex indoor scenarios	5
Development of a whole-body walking rehabilitation robot and power assistive method using EMG signals	4
Personal assistant robot using reinforcement learning: DARWIN-OP2 as a case study	4
A* algorithm based on adaptive expansion convolution for unmanned aerial vehicle path planning	4
Design and development of a haptic-enabled telerobotic system for improved ultrasonography	4
Design and evaluation of hybrid upper limb exoskeleton considering human–robot interaction force	4
Execution and perception of upper limb exoskeleton for stroke patients: a systematic review	4
Real-time semantic octree mapping under aerial-ground cooperative system	4
Trajectory planning and inverse kinematics solution of Kuka robot using COA along with pick and place application	4
Four-wheeled omnidirectional mobile robots strategy of navigation using hybrid HPSO-GA-PID controller-based YOLO3D-CSSA network	4
Time delay compensated disturbance observer-based sliding mode slave controller and neural network model for bilateral teleoperation system	4
A soft gripper driven by conical dielectric elastomer actuator to achieve displacement amplification and compliant grips	4
Optimizing human–robot emotional interactions with Markov decision process	4
Simple and effective strategies to pick up foods for a meal assistant robot integrated with an integrated spoon and chopstick mechanism	4
Monte Carlo localization based on off-line feature matching and improved particle swarm optimization for mobile robots	4
Sca-pose: category-level 6D pose estimation with adaptive shape prior based on CNN and graph convolution	4
Combined task and motion planning system for the service robot using hierarchical action decomposition	4
A survey on integration of large language models with intelligent robots	4
A heuristic for task allocation and path planning of multiple tethered underwater robots considering workload balance	4
Robot motion planning using predictive trajectory of moving obstacles	4
Drone-robot to install aerial marker balls for power lines	4
Imaging radar and LiDAR image translation for 3-DOF extrinsic calibration	4
Motion detection of the lower limb based on tendon-inspired piezoelectric sensors	4
SLAM navigation algorithm for lightweight UAV based on vision-reference coupling	4
Proprioception-driven adaptive locomotion and posture control for spine joint quadruped robot on complex terrain	4
A dynamic threat model-based conflict resolution method for multiple mobile robots in constrained spaces	4
Multi-robot path planning using a hybrid dynamic window approach and modified chaotic neural oscillator-based hyperbolic gravitational search algorithm in a complex terrain	3
A novel cascade calibration method for robotic grinding system	3
Efficient multi-objective path planning for complex disaster environments: hierarchical target filtering and ranking optimization strategies	3
Experimental investigation of a new type of driving concept for capsule robot	3
Real-time trajectory planning for collaborative robots using incremental multi-objective optimization	3
Memory-based soft actor–critic with prioritized experience replay for autonomous navigation	3
Human-embodied drone interface for aerial manipulation: advantages and challenges	3
Evaluation of a neuroadaptive admittance controller for ambulation through physical human–robot interaction	3
Object-aware data association for the semantically constrained visual SLAM	3
Humanising robot-assisted navigation	3
AUV pose correction via underwater object recognition using synthetic data	3
Distance estimation with semantic segmentation and edge detection of surround view images	3
Enhanced resampling scheme for Monte Carlo localization	3
Exploring the impact of the uncanny valley effect on teenagers’ attitudes toward virtual characters and EFL reading comprehension skills	3
Sac-eprb: Soft Actor-Critic with Enhanced Prioritized Replay Buffer for UAV Navigation	3
A self-adaptive safe A* algorithm for AGV in large-scale storage environment	3
Improved sparrow search algorithm-based trajectory planning for combined movements of ankle rehabilitation robot	3
Trust and care robots: philosophical considerations, ethical challenges, and viable options	3
On terrain traversability analysis in unstructured environments: recent advances in forest applications	3
Research on robot path planning by integrating state-based decision-making A* algorithm and inertial dynamic window approach	3
HOA-IAPF: a hiking optimization algorithm and improved artificial potential field for formation path planning for multi-mobile robots	3
A multi-UGV coverage path planning method with reduced the number of turns for structured obstacle-enclosed area	3
LiDAR odometry survey: recent advancements and remaining challenges	3
Real-time recognition of human interactions from a single RGB-D camera for socially-aware robot navigation	3
Lmapping: tightly-coupled LiDAR-inertial odometry and mapping for degraded environments	3
Research on high-precision positioning method of robot based on laser tracker	3
Multirobot cooperative localization based on event-triggered mechanism	3
PCR-DAT: a new point cloud registration method for lidar inertial odometry via distance and Gauss distributed	3
On automatic camera shooting systems via PTZ control and DNN-based visual sensing	3
Design and architecture of a slender and flexible underwater robot	2
A reinforcement learning approach for multi-goal motion planning of autonomous ground vehicles in cluttered environments	2
Dynamic modulation of multi-task priority for controlling redundancy insufficient robots	2
Admittance Control for Reducing Human Physical Effort in Robot Programming through Motion Guidance	2
Time-energy optimization based on integrated model for multi-robot welding task planning	2
Detecting deformation of a soft cylindrical structure using piezoelectric sensors	2
Research on a RBF-based compliance control method of lower limb exoskeleton robots	2
A ROS-based distributed multi-robot localization and orientation strategy for heterogeneous robots	2
Socially acceptable sequential approaches to groups in dynamic environments	2
A novel approach to design multi-input Hedge-Algebras-based controllers and applications in motion control of autonomous vehicles	2
Design, simulation, and experimental evaluation of a light weight, and wearable cable driven ForeWrist exoskeleton robot for assistance and rehabilitation	2
Reinforced bidirectional artificial muscles: enhancing force and stability for soft robotics	2
Design exploration and kinematic validation of a transtibial prosthesis using a 2SPU-RU parallel mechanism	2
Polar coordinate-based differential evolution for moving target search using vision sensor on unmanned aerial vehicles	2
A novel adaptive keyframe selection method with multi-source joint constraints for visual SLAM	2
Actuator-level motion and contact episode learning and classification using adaptive resonance theory	2

A survey on generative nonverbal facial behavior for highly realistic embodied agents	2
Modeling and torque compensation control of double tendon–sheath artificial muscle with time-varying configuration	2
An improved Quick Informed-RRT* algorithm based on hybrid bidirectional search and adaptive adjustment strategies	2
Reward shaping of deep reinforcement learning algorithm for autonomous navigation in a structured environment	2
Sliding mode controller for safe landing of a tiltrotor in one engine failure	2
Multi-agent flocking with obstacle avoidance and safety distance preservation: a fuzzy potential-based approach	2
Development of an integrated estimation and predictive control framework for safe navigation in mobile robots for industrial environments	2
Human–robot interaction through joint robot planning with large language models	2
MAP3F: a decentralized approach to multi-agent pathfinding and collision avoidance with scalable 1D, 2D, and 3D feature fusion	2
Dual-layer multi-robot path planning in narrow-lane environments under specific traffic policies	2
On-site kinematic calibration framework for robotic manipulators using a single-laser distance sensor	2
Convolutional neural network-based deep Q-network (CNN-DQN) path planning method for mobile robots	2
Correction: A path planning algorithm for mobile robots combining bidirectional scanning and sampling with virtual obstacles	2
Optimal path planning using a continuous anisotropic model for navigation on irregular terrains	2
Visual SLAM and dense map reconstruction in highly dynamic environments	2
A gamified social robotics platform for intensive therapies in neurorehabilitation	2