OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is 59. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
An Adaptive Finite-Time Force-Sensorless Tracking Control Scheme for Pneumatic Muscle Actuators by an Optimal Force Estimation	438
Freetures: Localization in Signed Distance Function Maps	198
Table of Contents	166
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information	166
Evolution of UAV Landing Structures in the Bistable Space of Kresling Origami Structures	165
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Information for Authors	163
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information	155
Manipulation of Granular Materials by Learning Particle Interactions	146
Exploring the Mutual Influence Between Self-Supervised Single-Frame and Multi-Frame Depth Estimation	141
A Twisted Elastic Rotary-Rail Actuator (TERRA) Using a Double-Stranded Helix Structure	137
Globally Optimal Consensus Maximization for Relative Pose Estimation With Known Gravity Direction	137
Reshaping Local Path Planner	129
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Publication Information	120
The Folded Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (foldPAM): Towards Programmability and Control via End Geometry	120
MotionPerceiver: Real-Time Occupancy Forecasting for Embedded Systems	119
Cross Fusion of Point Cloud and Learned Image for Loop Closure Detection	118
Use Your Imagination: A Detector-Independent Approach for LiDAR Quality Booster	117
Stability Analysis of Plane-to-Plane Positioning by Proximity-Based Control	114
End-to-End From Human Hand Synergies to Robot Hand Tendon Routing	113
Matched Filtering Based LiDAR Place Recognition for Urban and Natural Environments	103
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Information for Authors	103
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information	100
Kinematic Synthesis of a Serial Manipulator Using Gradient-Based Optimization on Lie Groups	99
A Variable Sensing Range Electrical Impedance Tomography Sensor for Robot Electric Skins	93
Batch Informed Vines (BIV*): Heuristically Guided Exploration of Narrow Passages by Batch Vine Expansion	91

On Robust Context-Aware Navigation for Autonomous Ground Vehicles	91
3D Guidance Law for Flexible Target Enclosing With Inherent Safety	90
CamMap: Extrinsic Calibration of Non-Overlapping Cameras Based on SLAM Map Alignment	89
Foam-Embedded Soft Robotic Joint With Inverse Kinematic Modeling by Iterative Self-Improving Learning	88
Acoustic-VINS: Tightly Coupled Acoustic-Visual-Inertial Navigation System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles	88
Enhancing Closed-Loop Performance in Learning-Based Vehicle Motion Planning by Integrating Rule-Based Insights	85
SensorX2Vehicle: Online Sensors-to-Vehicle Rotation Calibration Methods in Road Scenarios	85
GATR: Transformer Based on Guided Aggregation Decoder for 3D Multi-Modal Detection	83
Improving Multi-Agent Trajectory Prediction Using Traffic States on Interactive Driving Scenarios	81
DSEC: A Stereo Event Camera Dataset for Driving Scenarios	80
Personalized Wearable Ankle Robot Using Modular Additive Manufacturing Design	80
An Overall Configuration Planning Method of Continuum Hyper-Redundant Manipulators Based on Improved Artificial Potential Field Method	80
VECtor: A Versatile Event-Centric Benchmark for Multi-Sensor SLAM	79
Correct Me If I am Wrong: Interactive Learning for Robotic Manipulation	78
Development and Stiffness Optimization for a Flexible-Tail Robotic Fish	76
EPM–MRE: Electropermanent Magnet–Magnetorheological Elastomer for Soft Actuation System and Its Application to Robotic Grasping	76
Design and Hierarchical Force-Position Control of Redundant Pneumatic Muscles-Cable-Driven Ankle Rehabilitation Robot	76
Exploring Recurrent Long-Term Temporal Fusion for Multi-View 3D Perception	74
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information	73
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information	69
Performance Comparison of Typical Physics Engines Using Robot Models With Multiple Joints	68
PLASTR: Planning for Autonomous Sampling-Based Trowelling	66
RAT iLQR: A Risk Auto-Tuning Controller to Optimally Account for Stochastic Model Mismatch	65
Inspired by Physical Intelligence of an Elephant Trunk: Biomimetic Soft Robot With Pre-Programmable Localized Stiffness	65
REDE: End-to-End Object 6D Pose Robust Estimation Using Differentiable Outliers Elimination	64
Continuous-Time Trajectory Estimation for Differentially Flat Systems	62
Scale-Aware Squeeze-and-Excitation for Lightweight Object Detection	62
Editing Driver Character: Socially-Controllable Behavior Generation for Interactive Traffic Simulation	62
Discrete Windowed-Energy Variable Structure Passivity Signature Control for Physical Human-(Tele)Robot Interaction	61
Stable Learning-Based Tracking Control of Underactuated Balance Robots	61
Multi-Tap Resistive Sensing and FEM Modeling Enables Shape and Force Estimation in Soft Robots	60
Continuous-Time Stereo-Inertial Odometry	60
Lightweight Deep Neural Network for Real-Time Instrument Semantic Segmentation in Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery	60
Control of Rough Terrain Vehicles Using Deep Reinforcement Learning	60
Online Centroidal Angular Momentum Reference Generation and Motion Optimization for Humanoid Push Recovery	59
Magnetic Control of a Steerable Guidewire Under Ultrasound Guidance Using Mobile Electromagnets	59