OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Intelligent Service 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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
Empowering robots with social cues: an initiative pose control framework for human–robot interaction	29
Editorial: Task planning and motion control problems of service robots in human-centered environments	29
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
A cross-task visuo-tactile representation using point clouds	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
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
A collision-free path planning method for industrial robot manipulators considering safe human–robot interaction	17
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
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

Development of source seeking algorithm for mobile robots	15
FruitTrackDB: a multi-sensor dataset for intelligent navigation in real orchard environments	15
HDFOS: path planning for heterogeneous truck-drone cooperative delivery and pickup services	15
Soft component technology and application for soft robotics	14
Night-to-day thermal image translation for deep thermal place recognition	14
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
Acoustic analysis of ultrasonic air-borne transducer with concave structure	13
Novel 3D chaotic quadrotor trajectories for infrastructure monitoring	13
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
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
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
A modified double DQN for UAV path planning: dynamic reward shaping and heuristic-guided tie-breaking	11
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
The robot and the nurse prepare for surgery: early insights into the impact of robot’s inner speech	10
Slope-constrained global path planning for quadruped robots	9
Temporal modeling for domain-invariant fault diagnosis in robotics digital twin systems	9
Posture stabilizing control of quadruped robot based on cart-inverted pendulum model	9
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
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
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
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
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
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