IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Papers
(The TQCC of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is 10. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
FAST-LIO: A Fast, Robust LiDAR-Inertial Odometry Package by Tightly-Coupled Iterated Kalman Filter369
EGO-Planner: An ESDF-Free Gradient-Based Local Planner for Quadrotors183
DynaSLAM II: Tightly-Coupled Multi-Object Tracking and SLAM165
Multi-Sensor Guided Hand Gesture Recognition for a Teleoperated Robot Using a Recurrent Neural Network155
Towards High-Performance Solid-State-LiDAR-Inertial Odometry and Mapping154
Data-Driven MPC for Quadrotors145
DSEC: A Stereo Event Camera Dataset for Driving Scenarios141
Pixel-Level Extrinsic Self Calibration of High Resolution LiDAR and Camera in Targetless Environments140
BADGR: An Autonomous Self-Supervised Learning-Based Navigation System139
R $^2$ LIVE: A Robust, Real-Time, LiDAR-Inertial-Visual Tightly-Coupled State Estimator and Mapping137
FUEL: Fast UAV Exploration Using Incremental Frontier Structure and Hierarchical Planning121
Improving Multi-Agent Trajectory Prediction Using Traffic States on Interactive Driving Scenarios120
Moving Object Segmentation in 3D LiDAR Data: A Learning-Based Approach Exploiting Sequential Data119
ERASOR: Egocentric Ratio of Pseudo Occupancy-Based Dynamic Object Removal for Static 3D Point Cloud Map Building117
BALM: Bundle Adjustment for Lidar Mapping114
A Unified MPC Framework for Whole-Body Dynamic Locomotion and Manipulation113
Faster-LIO: Lightweight Tightly Coupled Lidar-Inertial Odometry Using Parallel Sparse Incremental Voxels108
KISS-ICP: In Defense of Point-to-Point ICP – Simple, Accurate, and Robust Registration If Done the Right Way105
M2DGR: A Multi-Sensor and Multi-Scenario SLAM Dataset for Ground Robots99
BiTraP: Bi-Directional Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction With Multi-Modal Goal Estimation97
Multi-Class Road User Detection With 3+1D Radar in the View-of-Delft Dataset96
Ground-Aware Monocular 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving95
Real-Time Semantic Segmentation With Fast Attention94
V2X-Sim: Multi-Agent Collaborative Perception Dataset and Benchmark for Autonomous Driving93
Unified Multi-Modal Landmark Tracking for Tightly Coupled Lidar-Visual-Inertial Odometry91
Combining Events and Frames Using Recurrent Asynchronous Multimodal Networks for Monocular Depth Prediction89
Autonomy in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Brief Survey89
Recovery RL: Safe Reinforcement Learning With Learned Recovery Zones88
LOCUS: A Multi-Sensor Lidar-Centric Solution for High-Precision Odometry and 3D Mapping in Real-Time88
Stepwise Goal-Driven Networks for Trajectory Prediction85
Integrated Task Assignment and Path Planning for Capacitated Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery84
Vision-Only Robot Navigation in a Neural Radiance World83
Panoptic Nuscenes: A Large-Scale Benchmark for LiDAR Panoptic Segmentation and Tracking81
Direct LiDAR Odometry: Fast Localization With Dense Point Clouds80
Real-Time Gait Phase Estimation for Robotic Hip Exoskeleton Control During Multimodal Locomotion80
Patchwork: Concentric Zone-Based Region-Wise Ground Segmentation With Ground Likelihood Estimation Using a 3D LiDAR Sensor79
Range-Focused Fusion of Camera-IMU-UWB for Accurate and Drift-Reduced Localization78
Elastica: A Compliant Mechanics Environment for Soft Robotic Control77
OverlapTransformer: An Efficient and Yaw-Angle-Invariant Transformer Network for LiDAR-Based Place Recognition76
Autonomous UAV Exploration of Dynamic Environments Via Incremental Sampling and Probabilistic Roadmap76
Message-Aware Graph Attention Networks for Large-Scale Multi-Robot Path Planning76
LaneAF: Robust Multi-Lane Detection With Affinity Fields73
Object-Independent Human-to-Robot Handovers Using Real Time Robotic Vision72
UniFuse: Unidirectional Fusion for 360° Panorama Depth Estimation69
Decentralized Multi-Agent Pursuit Using Deep Reinforcement Learning68
Path Planning With Automatic Seam Extraction Over Point Cloud Models for Robotic Arc Welding65
PRIMAL$_2$: Pathfinding Via Reinforcement and Imitation Multi-Agent Learning - Lifelong65
Performance, Precision, and Payloads: Adaptive Nonlinear MPC for Quadrotors63
Air-to-Air Visual Detection of Micro-UAVs: An Experimental Evaluation of Deep Learning63
Endo-Depth-and-Motion: Reconstruction and Tracking in Endoscopic Videos Using Depth Networks and Photometric Constraints62
DM-VIO: Delayed Marginalization Visual-Inertial Odometry62
Concurrent Training of a Control Policy and a State Estimator for Dynamic and Robust Legged Locomotion61
Liquid-Metal Magnetic Soft Robot With Reprogrammable Magnetization and Stiffness61
LAMP 2.0: A Robust Multi-Robot SLAM System for Operation in Challenging Large-Scale Underground Environments60
Intensity-SLAM: Intensity Assisted Localization and Mapping for Large Scale Environment60
DiSCO: Differentiable Scan Context With Orientation60
Are We Ready for Unmanned Surface Vehicles in Inland Waterways? The USVInland Multisensor Dataset and Benchmark59
Deep Compression for Dense Point Cloud Maps59
SeqNet: Learning Descriptors for Sequence-Based Hierarchical Place Recognition58
Reinforcement Learned Distributed Multi-Robot Navigation With Reciprocal Velocity Obstacle Shaped Rewards58
PVStereo: Pyramid Voting Module for End-to-End Self-Supervised Stereo Matching58
Run Your Visual-Inertial Odometry on NVIDIA Jetson: Benchmark Tests on a Micro Aerial Vehicle58
Learning Variable Impedance Control via Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Force-Related Tasks57
Super-Human Performance in Gran Turismo Sport Using Deep Reinforcement Learning57
GA-Nav: Efficient Terrain Segmentation for Robot Navigation in Unstructured Outdoor Environments56
Learning-Based Real-Time Detection of Robot Collisions Without Joint Torque Sensors56
SE-ResUNet: A Novel Robotic Grasp Detection Method56
Magnetic Control of a Steerable Guidewire Under Ultrasound Guidance Using Mobile Electromagnets56
Interaction-Aware Motion Prediction for Autonomous Driving: A Multiple Model Kalman Filtering Scheme55
TACTO: A Fast, Flexible, and Open-Source Simulator for High-Resolution Vision-Based Tactile Sensors55
Keypoints-Based Deep Feature Fusion for Cooperative Vehicle Detection of Autonomous Driving55
Model-Based Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Flight With Suspended Payloads54
Nonlinear MPC for Quadrotor Fault-Tolerant Control54
Multimodal Deep Generative Models for Trajectory Prediction: A Conditional Variational Autoencoder Approach54
Model-Free Safety-Critical Control for Robotic Systems52
OmniDet: Surround View Cameras Based Multi-Task Visual Perception Network for Autonomous Driving52
Effect of Cognitive Fatigue, Operator Sex, and Robot Assistance on Task Performance Metrics, Workload, and Situation Awareness in Human-Robot Collaboration52
Efficient Trajectory Planning for Multiple Non-Holonomic Mobile Robots via Prioritized Trajectory Optimization52
OV$^{2}$SLAM: A Fully Online and Versatile Visual SLAM for Real-Time Applications52
Vision-Based Drone Flocking in Outdoor Environments51
Autonomous Quadrotor Flight Despite Rotor Failure With Onboard Vision Sensors: Frames vs. Events50
HD Map Update for Autonomous Driving With Crowdsourced Data50
Adaptive Learning Attention Network for Underwater Image Enhancement49
Multi-Agent Motion Planning From Signal Temporal Logic Specifications49
Generation of GelSight Tactile Images for Sim2Real Learning49
Introducing GARMI - A Service Robotics Platform to Support the Elderly at Home: Design Philosophy, System Overview and First Results49
Modular Deep Reinforcement Learning for Continuous Motion Planning With Temporal Logic49
UV-SLAM: Unconstrained Line-Based SLAM Using Vanishing Points for Structural Mapping48
Multi-GAT: A Graphical Attention-Based Hierarchical Multimodal Representation Learning Approach for Human Activity Recognition48
Goal-Driven Autonomous Exploration Through Deep Reinforcement Learning48
Efficient and Probabilistic Adaptive Voxel Mapping for Accurate Online LiDAR Odometry48
DeepFusionMOT: A 3D Multi-Object Tracking Framework Based on Camera-LiDAR Fusion With Deep Association48
Advantages of Bilinear Koopman Realizations for the Modeling and Control of Systems With Unknown Dynamics48
Efficient Learning of Goal-Oriented Push-Grasping Synergy in Clutter48
Panoster: End-to-End Panoptic Segmentation of LiDAR Point Clouds48
Design of the High-Payload Flapping Wing Robot E-Flap48
LOCUS 2.0: Robust and Computationally Efficient Lidar Odometry for Real-Time 3D Mapping48
GPR-RCNN: An Algorithm of Subsurface Defect Detection for Airport Runway Based on GPR47
Large-Scale Autonomous Flight With Real-Time Semantic SLAM Under Dense Forest Canopy47
A Sim-to-Real Pipeline for Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robot Navigation in Cluttered Rough Terrain47
Learning Open-World Object Proposals Without Learning to Classify47
Underwater Soft Robot Modeling and Control With Differentiable Simulation46
Monocular 3D Detection With Geometric Constraint Embedding and Semi-Supervised Training46
Automatic Labeling to Generate Training Data for Online LiDAR-Based Moving Object Segmentation46
Human-Centered Collaborative Robots With Deep Reinforcement Learning46
A Lifelong Learning Approach to Mobile Robot Navigation46
LiDAR SLAM With Plane Adjustment for Indoor Environment46
Vision-Based Autonomous Car Racing Using Deep Imitative Reinforcement Learning46
Do We Need to Compensate for Motion Distortion and Doppler Effects in Spinning Radar Navigation?46
Socially Compliant Robot Navigation in Crowded Environment by Human Behavior Resemblance Using Deep Reinforcement Learning46
A Multi-Resolution Frontier-Based Planner for Autonomous 3D Exploration45
Semantic Histogram Based Graph Matching for Real-Time Multi-Robot Global Localization in Large Scale Environment45
Multi-Scale Interaction for Real-Time LiDAR Data Segmentation on an Embedded Platform44
BVMatch: Lidar-Based Place Recognition Using Bird's-Eye View Images44
Keypoint Matching for Point Cloud Registration Using Multiplex Dynamic Graph Attention Networks44
Visual Servoing of a Cable-Driven Soft Robot Manipulator With Shape Feature44
TransCG: A Large-Scale Real-World Dataset for Transparent Object Depth Completion and a Grasping Baseline44
Robust Three-Dimensional Shape Sensing for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery Using Multi-Core FBG Sensors43
Sensing and Control of a Multi-Joint Soft Wearable Robot for Upper-Limb Assistance and Rehabilitation43
Tendon-Driven Soft Robotic Gripper for Blackberry Harvesting43
Where to go Next: Learning a Subgoal Recommendation Policy for Navigation in Dynamic Environments43
Learning-Based Balance Control of Wheel-Legged Robots43
MLPD: Multi-Label Pedestrian Detector in Multispectral Domain43
PLF-VINS: Real-Time Monocular Visual-Inertial SLAM With Point-Line Fusion and Parallel-Line Fusion43
When Transformer Meets Robotic Grasping: Exploits Context for Efficient Grasp Detection43
Underactuated Motion Planning and Control for Jumping With Wheeled-Bipedal Robots42
Multi-Robot Collaborative Perception With Graph Neural Networks42
Mobile Manipulator for Autonomous Localization, Grasping and Precise Placement of Construction Material in a Semi-Structured Environment42
PTP: Parallelized Tracking and Prediction With Graph Neural Networks and Diversity Sampling42
SegContrast: 3D Point Cloud Feature Representation Learning Through Self-Supervised Segment Discrimination42
Closed-Loop Dynamic Control of a Soft Manipulator Using Deep Reinforcement Learning42
Invariant Extended Kalman Filtering for Underwater Navigation42
Learnable Online Graph Representations for 3D Multi-Object Tracking42
Lightweight 3-D Localization and Mapping for Solid-State LiDAR42
Autonomous Driving Trajectory Optimization With Dual-Loop Iterative Anchoring Path Smoothing and Piecewise-Jerk Speed Optimization41
Real-Time Neural MPC: Deep Learning Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors and Agile Robotic Platforms41
DynaVINS: A Visual-Inertial SLAM for Dynamic Environments41
Cooperative Transportation of Cable Suspended Payloads With MAVs Using Monocular Vision and Inertial Sensing41
RINet: Efficient 3D Lidar-Based Place Recognition Using Rotation Invariant Neural Network41
Design and Control of a Highly Redundant Rigid-flexible Coupling Robot to Assist the COVID-19 Oropharyngeal-Swab Sampling41
Optimal Cooperative Maneuver Planning for Multiple Nonholonomic Robots in a Tiny Environment via Adaptive-Scaling Constrained Optimization40
Relative Position Estimation in Multi-Agent Systems Using Attitude-Coupled Range Measurements40
Toward Gait Symmetry Enhancement via a Cable-Driven Exoskeleton Powered by Series Elastic Actuators40
The Hilti SLAM Challenge Dataset40
CPG-RL: Learning Central Pattern Generators for Quadruped Locomotion40
Path Planning for UGVs Based on Traversability Hybrid A*39
Koopman-Based Control of a Soft Continuum Manipulator Under Variable Loading Conditions39
Synthetic Biological Signals Machine-Generated by GPT-2 Improve the Classification of EEG and EMG Through Data Augmentation39
A Magnetic Continuum Robot With Multi-Mode Control Using Opposite-Magnetized Magnets39
Relative Position Estimation Between Two UWB Devices With IMUs39
Learning a State Representation and Navigation in Cluttered and Dynamic Environments39
Design of a 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Hand With Integrated Distributed Tactile Sensing39
Learning Topology From Synthetic Data for Unsupervised Depth Completion39
Adaptive Sliding Mode Disturbance Observer Based Robust Control for Robot Manipulators Towards Assembly Assistance39
DenseLiDAR: A Real-Time Pseudo Dense Depth Guided Depth Completion Network39
DiSCo-SLAM: Distributed Scan Context-Enabled Multi-Robot LiDAR SLAM With Two-Stage Global-Local Graph Optimization39
Pose Refinement Graph Convolutional Network for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition39
Hysteresis Modeling of Robotic Catheters Based on Long Short-Term Memory Network for Improved Environment Reconstruction39
Bi-Directional Domain Adaptation for Sim2Real Transfer of Embodied Navigation Agents39
Bilateral Teleoperation With Adaptive Impedance Control for Contact Tasks38
A Soft Robotic Gripper With an Active Palm and Reconfigurable Fingers for Fully Dexterous In-Hand Manipulation38
Learning Interaction-Aware Trajectory Predictions for Decentralized Multi-Robot Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments38
Deep Koopman Operator With Control for Nonlinear Systems38
SO-SLAM: Semantic Object SLAM With Scale Proportional and Symmetrical Texture Constraints38
Predictive Locomotion Mode Recognition and Accurate Gait Phase Estimation for Hip Exoskeleton on Various Terrains38
Toward Deep Generalization of Peripheral EMG-Based Human-Robot Interfacing: A Hybrid Explainable Solution for NeuroRobotic Systems38
Joint Plant Instance Detection and Leaf Count Estimation for In-Field Plant Phenotyping38
Adaptive Robust Kernels for Non-Linear Least Squares Problems38
An Overall Configuration Planning Method of Continuum Hyper-Redundant Manipulators Based on Improved Artificial Potential Field Method38
Topology Aware Object-Level Semantic Mapping Towards More Robust Loop Closure37
Power Line Inspection Tasks With Multi-Aerial Robot Systems Via Signal Temporal Logic Specifications37
A Lower Limb Exoskeleton With Rigid and Soft Structure for Loaded Walking Assistance37
Bird’s-Eye-View Panoptic Segmentation Using Monocular Frontal View Images37
Adaptive CPG-Based Gait Planning With Learning-Based Torque Estimation and Control for Exoskeletons36
Multimodal Safety-Critical Scenarios Generation for Decision-Making Algorithms Evaluation36
On the Implementation of Behavior Trees in Robotics36
Taxim: An Example-Based Simulation Model for GelSight Tactile Sensors36
Design, Fabrication, and Hysteresis Modeling of Soft Microtubule Artificial Muscle (SMAM) for Medical Applications36
Edge Computing in 5G for Drone Navigation: What to Offload?36
A Snake-Inspired Multi-Segmented Magnetic Soft Robot Towards Medical Applications36
Decoding HD-EMG Signals for Myoelectric Control - How Small Can the Analysis Window Size be?36
LoLa-SLAM: Low-Latency LiDAR SLAM Using Continuous Scan Slicing36
Dynamic Modeling of Magnetic Helical Microrobots36
Aerial Manipulator Pushing a Movable Structure Using a DOB-Based Robust Controller36
A Global-Local Coupling Two-Stage Path Planning Method for Mobile Robots36
Towards Fully Autonomous Ultrasound Scanning Robot With Imitation Learning Based on Clinical Protocols36
DigiTac: A DIGIT-TacTip Hybrid Tactile Sensor for Comparing Low-Cost High-Resolution Robot Touch35
Receding Moving Object Segmentation in 3D LiDAR Data Using Sparse 4D Convolutions35
Hybrid Adaptive Control Strategy for Continuum Surgical Robot Under External Load35
ViViD++ : Vision for Visibility Dataset34
Volumetric Propagation Network: Stereo-LiDAR Fusion for Long-Range Depth Estimation34
SuctionNet-1Billion: A Large-Scale Benchmark for Suction Grasping34
Learning-Based Bias Correction for Time Difference of Arrival Ultra-Wideband Localization of Resource-Constrained Mobile Robots34
Dynamic End Effector Tracking With an Omnidirectional Parallel Aerial Manipulator34
Soft Robot Skin With Conformal Adaptability for On-Body Tactile Perception of Collaborative Robots34
Large-Scale Exploration of Cave Environments by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles34
KNODE-MPC: A Knowledge-Based Data-Driven Predictive Control Framework for Aerial Robots34
An Efficient Follow-the-Leader Strategy for Continuum Robot Navigation and Coiling34
Fast and Safe Trajectory Planning: Solving the Cobot Performance/Safety Trade-Off in Human-Robot Shared Environments34
MAMMOBOT: A Miniature Steerable Soft Growing Robot for Early Breast Cancer Detection34
Fast-Racing: An Open-Source Strong Baseline for $\mathrm{SE}(3)$ Planning in Autonomous Drone Racing34
Bayesian and Neural Inference on LSTM-Based Object Recognition From Tactile and Kinesthetic Information34
RRT*-Based Path Planning for Continuum Arms34
RGB-D Inertial Odometry for a Resource-Restricted Robot in Dynamic Environments34
Proprioceptive Soft Pneumatic Gripper for Extreme Environments Using Hybrid Optical Fibers34
Range-Visual-Inertial Odometry: Scale Observability Without Excitation33
High-Force Fabric-Based Pneumatic Actuators With Asymmetric Chambers and Interference-Reinforced Structure for Soft Wearable Assistive Gloves33
Efficient LiDAR Odometry for Autonomous Driving33
A 3D Printed Soft Robotic Gripper With a Variable Stiffness Enabled by a Novel Positive Pressure Layer Jamming Technology33
Learning Free Gait Transition for Quadruped Robots Via Phase-Guided Controller33
Event-Based Signal Temporal Logic Synthesis for Single and Multi-Robot Tasks33
Real-Time Dynamics of Cable-Driven Continuum Robots Considering the Cable Constraint and Friction Effect33
Fully 3D-Printed Modular Pipe-Climbing Robot33
Fast and Robust Registration of Partially Overlapping Point Clouds33
Time-Optimal Online Replanning for Agile Quadrotor Flight33
Optimization-Based Framework for Excavation Trajectory Generation33
Cooperative Multi-Robot Object Transportation System Based on Hierarchical Quadratic Programming33
kPAM 2.0: Feedback Control for Category-Level Robotic Manipulation33
Occupancy Flow Fields for Motion Forecasting in Autonomous Driving32
A Sim-to-Real Object Recognition and Localization Framework for Industrial Robotic Bin Picking32
Distributed Predictive Drone Swarms in Cluttered Environments32
Minimum-Time Quadrotor Waypoint Flight in Cluttered Environments32
LaND: Learning to Navigate From Disengagements32
EMG-Driven Machine Learning Control of a Soft Glove for Grasping Assistance and Rehabilitation32
Avoiding Dynamic Small Obstacles With Onboard Sensing and Computation on Aerial Robots32
DymSLAM: 4D Dynamic Scene Reconstruction Based on Geometrical Motion Segmentation32
Joint Iterative Color Correction and Dehazing for Underwater Image Enhancement32
Human Joint Torque Modelling With MMG and EMG During Lower Limb Human-Exoskeleton Interaction32
Design and Control of Pneumatic Systems for Soft Robotics: A Simulation Approach32
Online Trajectory Planning for Multiple Quadrotors in Dynamic Environments Using Relative Safe Flight Corridor32
Human-Piloted Drone Racing: Visual Processing and Control32
3D ego-Motion Estimation Using low-Cost mmWave Radars via Radar Velocity Factor for Pose-Graph SLAM32
A Switchable Unmanned Aerial Manipulator System for Window-Cleaning Robot Installation32
Multi-Tour Set Traveling Salesman Problem in Planning Power Transmission Line Inspection32
Drone Detection Using Sparse Lidar Measurements31
Snake Robot Gripper Module for Search and Rescue in Narrow Spaces31
A Bi-Directional LSTM Network for Estimating Continuous Upper Limb Movement From Surface Electromyography31
Combining Learning-Based Locomotion Policy With Model-Based Manipulation for Legged Mobile Manipulators31
CALVIN: A Benchmark for Language-Conditioned Policy Learning for Long-Horizon Robot Manipulation Tasks31
VR-ORCA: Variable Responsibility Optimal Reciprocal Collision Avoidance31
UAV Localization Using Autoencoded Satellite Images31
Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Using Generative Adversarial Network With Temporal Logic Syntax Tree Features31
Adaptive CLF-MPC With Application to Quadrupedal Robots31
R-LOAM: Improving LiDAR Odometry and Mapping With Point-to-Mesh Features of a Known 3D Reference Object31
Reinforcement Learning-Based Selective Disassembly Sequence Planning for the End-of-Life Products With Structure Uncertainty31
A Phase-Shifting Based Human Gait Phase Estimation for Powered Transfemoral Prostheses31
Design of a Reconfigurable Parallel Continuum Robot With Tendon-Actuated Kinematic Chains31
From One Hand to Multiple Hands: Imitation Learning for Dexterous Manipulation From Single-Camera Teleoperation31
Cable-Driven Parallel Robot Pose Estimation Using Extended Kalman Filtering With Inertial Payload Measurements30
Category-Level Metric Scale Object Shape and Pose Estimation30
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