IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Papers
(The TQCC of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters is 11. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Information for Authors264
Table of Contents234
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information216
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Information for Authors214
Multi-Contact Locomotion Planning With Bilateral Contact Forces Considering Kinematics and Statics During Contact Transition196
High Dynamic Range Force Sensing of a Robot Hand Combining Signals on Tip and Wrist186
Robust Localization of Occluded Targets in Aerial Manipulation Via Range-Only Mapping186
Domain Randomization for Learning to Navigate in Human Environments179
Automatic Navigation of a Microrobotic Swarm for Tracking Multiple Mobile Targets149
Bayesian Filtering for Homography Estimation145
Human-in-the-Loop Modeling and Control of an Upper Limb Exosuit With Tendon-Sheath Actuation143
Vision-Based Uncertainty-Aware Motion Planning Based on Probabilistic Semantic Segmentation142
Magnetic Field-Driven Bristle-Bots140
Online Learning of Continuous Signed Distance Fields Using Piecewise Polynomials140
Self-supervised Scale Recovery for Decoupled Visual-inertial Odometry127
Deforming Garment Classification With Shallow Temporal Extraction and Tree-Based Fusion127
Multi Actor-Critic DDPG for Robot Action Space Decomposition: A Framework to Control Large 3D Deformation of Soft Linear Objects125
Time-Optimal Spiral Trajectories With Closed-Form Solutions112
CAHSOR: Competence-Aware High-Speed Off-Road Ground Navigation in $\mathbb {SE}(3)$110
Unsupervised 3D Link Segmentation of Articulated Objects With a Mixture of Coherent Point Drift107
Probably Approximately Correct Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (PAC-NMPC)107
Characterizing the Complexity of Social Robot Navigation Scenarios107
Exploring Human Preferences for Adapting Inappropriate Robot Navigation Behaviors: A Mixed-Methods Study105
MPR-RL: Multi-Prior Regularized Reinforcement Learning for Knowledge Transfer104
Uncoupled Stability Dynamic Range for Hunt-Crossley Modeled Virtual Environments104
ANN-Based Optimization of Human Gait Data Obtained From a Robot-Mounted 3D Camera: A Multiple Sclerosis Case Study102
Linear-Time Reconfiguration of Sliding-Only Cubic Modular Robots Under Severe Space Requirements100
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information98
TSO-BoW: Accurate Long-Term Loop Closure Detection With Constant Query Time via Online Bag of Words and Trajectory Segmentation98
FRTree Planner: Robot Navigation in Cluttered and Unknown Environments With Tree of Free Regions95
Matched Filtering Based LiDAR Place Recognition for Urban and Natural Environments92
Learning to Remove Bad Weather: Towards Robust Visual Perception for Self-Driving92
Astrobee ISS Free-Flyer Datasets for Space Intra-Vehicular Robot Navigation Research92
Mobile Manipulation Instruction Generation From Multiple Images With Automatic Metric Enhancement89
A Robotic Manipulator Using Dual-Motor Joints: Prototype Design and Anti-Backlash Control88
Ultrasound-Guided Assistive Robots for Scoliosis Assessment With Optimization-Based Control and Variable Impedance86
Cross Fusion of Point Cloud and Learned Image for Loop Closure Detection86
Addressing COLREG Rule 2b: COLREG and Risk Aware Manoeuvre-Based Predictive Planning84
A Low Cost Multi Degree of Freedom Capacitive Soft Sensor82
Adaptive Prediction Ensemble: Improving Out-of-Distribution Generalization of Motion Forecasting82
Development of a New 2-DOF Wrist Mechanism Using Reverse Motion Transmission78
Concept and Prototype Development of Adaptive Touch Walking Support Robot for Maximizing Human Physical Potential77
Human-State-Aware Controller for a Tethered Aerial Robot Guiding a Human by Physical Interaction77
Robust Multi-User In-Hand Object Recognition in Human-Robot Collaboration Using a Wearable Force-Myography Device76
A Control Framework for Accurate Mechanical Impedance Rendering With Series-Elastic Joints in Prosthetic Actuation Applications76
Learning-Based Propulsion Control for Amphibious Quadruped Robots With Dynamic Adaptation to Changing Environment75
Electric Sense Based Pose Estimation and Localization for Small Underwater Robots75
Comparison of Distributed Task Allocation Algorithms Considering Non-Ideal Communication Factors for Multi-UAV Collaborative Visit Missions75
Acoustic Array Robot Based on the Dual-Rotation Mechatronic Design75
Autonomous Runtime Composition of Sensor-Based Skills Using Concurrent Task Planning73
A Kelvin Wake Avoidance Scheme for Autonomous Sailing Robots Based on Orientation-Restricted Dubins Path73
Single Pump-Valve Pneumatic Actuation With Continuous Flow Rate Control for Soft Robots73
BRL/Pisa/IIT SoftHand: A Low-Cost, 3D-Printed, Underactuated, Tendon-Driven Hand With Soft and Adaptive Synergies73
Pointillism Wall Painting Drone Using Bouncing Frequency Control73
Self-Management of ROV Umbilical Using Sliding Buoys and Stop71
A Null Space Compliance Approach for Maintaining Safety and Tracking Performance in Human-Robot Interactions71
A Target-Guided Telemanipulation Architecture for Assisted Grasping70
Area Coverage With Multiple Capacity-Constrained Robots70
Robotic Ankle Exoskeleton and Limb Angle Biofeedback for Assisting Stroke Gait: A Feasibility Study69
Self-Supervised Local Topology Representation for Random Cluster Matching68
Enhancing Cooperative Exploration and Planning: UAV-Legged Robot Synergy68
Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning With Disentanglement-Based Reachability Planning68
NISB-Fusion: Multi-Agent Mapping and Map Merging With Neural Implicit Spatial Block66
CoCo Games: Graphical Game-Theoretic Swarm Control for Communication-Aware Coverage66
Whole-Body Teleoperation for Mobile Manipulation at Zero Added Cost66
A Multi-Scale Convolutional Hybrid Attention Residual Network for Enhancing Underwater Image and Identifying Underwater Multi-Scene Sea Cucumber66
Novel Structural Flexible Magnetic Tactile Sensors: Design, Numerical Studies and Tactile Recognition65
Think Step by Step: Chain-of-Gesture Prompting for Error Detection in Robotic Surgical Videos65
Whole-Body Fuzzy Based Impedance Control of a Humanoid Wheeled Robot65
Part-Guided 3D RL for Sim2Real Articulated Object Manipulation65
Identifying Expert Behavior in Offline Training Datasets Improves Behavioral Cloning of Robotic Manipulation Policies65
Caterpillar-Inspired Insect-Scale Climbing Robot Using Dry Adhesives64
Exploiting a Simple Asymmetric Pleating Method to Realize a Textile Based Bending Actuator64
You Only Plan Once: A Learning-Based One-Stage Planner With Guidance Learning63
Decoding HD-EMG Signals for Myoelectric Control - How Small Can the Analysis Window Size be?63
Human-Robot Variable Impedance Skills Transfer Learning Based on Dynamic Movement Primitives63
GPA-Teleoperation: Gaze Enhanced Perception-Aware Safe Assistive Aerial Teleoperation63
Combining Unsupervised Muscle Co-Contraction Estimation With Bio-Feedback Allows Augmented Kinesthetic Teaching62
Inferring Human-Robot Performance Objectives During Locomotion Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning and Inverse Optimal Control62
Aerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency Region62
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Motion Planning and PDE Control for Flexible Manipulators60
A Proximity-Based Framework for Human-Robot Seamless Close Interactions60
I2KEN: Intra-Domain and Inter-Domain Knowledge Enhancement Network for Lifelong Loop Closure Detection60
G2-SDF: Geometry-Guided Neural Signed Distance Fields for Scalable and Detailed Reconstruction60
Leg-KILO: Robust Kinematic-Inertial-Lidar Odometry for Dynamic Legged Robots59
HIF: Height Interval Filtering for Efficient Dynamic Points Removal59
Agile Plane Transition of a Hexapod Climbing Robot59
LTLDoG: Satisfying Temporally-Extended Symbolic Constraints for Safe Diffusion-Based Planning59
Global Grounding in Flexible Robot Tasks With Object Number Variety59
CCVO: Cascaded CNNs for Fast Monocular Visual Odometry Towards the Dynamic Environment59
DUFOMap: Efficient Dynamic Awareness Mapping59
Spline-FRIDA: Towards Diverse, Humanlike Robot Painting Styles With a Sample-Efficient, Differentiable Brush Stroke Model59
Online Learning of Neural Surface Light Fields Alongside Real-Time Incremental 3D Reconstruction57
Self-Organised Sequential Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Closely Cooperation Tasks57
Stability Analysis of a Dual-Rate Haptic System: A New Closed-Form Solution57
The Flux One Magnetic Navigation System: A Preliminary Assessment for Stent Implantation56
Autonomous Drone-Ground Robot Alignment Through Ground Robot Visual Servo Control With Drone Detection and Tilt Correction56
A sEMG-Based Active-Passive Fusion Rehabilitation Method for Ankle Fracture Rehabilitation Robot after Surgery56
DSE: A Denoising State Estimator for RL-Based Bipedal Robot Locomotion56
Robust Jumping With an Articulated Soft Quadruped Via Trajectory Optimization and Iterative Learning55
Swarm Navigation Based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics in Complex Obstacle Environments55
DFS-SLAM: A Visual SLAM Algorithm for Deep Fusion of Semantic Information54
CLARA: Classifying and Disambiguating User Commands for Reliable Interactive Robotic Agents54
Learning and Executing Re-Usable Behaviour Trees From Natural Language Instruction54
Tactile-Based Grasping Stability Prediction Based on Human Grasp Demonstration for Robot Manipulation53
A Hierarchical Approach for Joint Task Allocation and Path Planning53
Robotic Skins With Integrated Actuation, Sensing, and Variable Stiffness52
Discrete Cosserat Static Model-Based Control of Soft Manipulator52
G.O.G: A Versatile Gripper-on-Gripper Design for Bimanual Cloth Manipulation With a Single Robotic Arm52
Development and Stiffness Optimization for a Flexible-Tail Robotic Fish52
Ctrl-VIO: Continuous-Time Visual-Inertial Odometry for Rolling Shutter Cameras52
iCaps: Iterative Category-Level Object Pose and Shape Estimation52
Optimization-Based Trajectory Tracking Approach for Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles in Unknown Environments52
A Soft Finger With Tensile Variable Stiffness Based on the Cross-Sliding Jamming Mechanism52
External and Internal Sensor Fusion Based Localization Strategy for 6-DOF Pose Estimation of a Magnetic Capsule Robot52
Point-Line LIVO Using Patch-Based Gradient Optimization for Degenerate Scenes52
Human-Multirobot Collaborative Mobile Manipulation: The Omnid Mocobots51
Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots With Mobile Bases via Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning51
Cooperative Multi-Robot Object Transportation System Based on Hierarchical Quadratic Programming51
Morphology-Changeable Soft Pads Facilitate Locomotion in Wet Conditions51
RevLock: A Reversible Self-Locking Mechanism Driven by Linear Actuators for Foldable Robots and Systems51
Personalized Wearable Ankle Robot Using Modular Additive Manufacturing Design51
Design an Underactuated Soft Exoskeleton to Sequentially Provide Knee Extension and Ankle Plantarflexion Assistance51
Multi-Joint Actuation of Robotic Arm Using a Switchable Tendon-Sheath Drive System50
Object Pose Estimation From RGB-D Images With Affordance-Instance Segmentation Constraint for Semantic Robot Manipulation50
A Dynamic Planner for Safe and Predictable Human-Robot Collaboration50
On the Use of Magnets to Robustify the Motion Control of Soft Hands50
Spectral Geometric Verification: Re-Ranking Point Cloud Retrieval for Metric Localization50
The Wheelbot: A Jumping Reaction Wheel Unicycle49
A TSP-Based Online Algorithm for Multi-Task Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery49
GMPC: Geometric Model Predictive Control for Wheeled Mobile Robot Trajectory Tracking48
Multi-Mode Motion Control of Reconfigurable Vortex-Shaped Microrobot Swarms for Targeted Tumor Therapy48
Tactile Gym 2.0: Sim-to-Real Deep Reinforcement Learning for Comparing Low-Cost High-Resolution Robot Touch48
VECtor: A Versatile Event-Centric Benchmark for Multi-Sensor SLAM48
DiPA: Probabilistic Multi-Modal Interactive Prediction for Autonomous Driving48
Collaborative Multi-Object Tracking With Conformal Uncertainty Propagation48
Exploring Recurrent Long-Term Temporal Fusion for Multi-View 3D Perception48
BeautyMap: Binary-Encoded Adaptable Ground Matrix for Dynamic Points Removal in Global Maps48
Communication-Efficient Multi-Robot Exploration Using Coverage-Biased Distributed Q-Learning47
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Large-Scale Robot Exploration47
SCENE: Reasoning About Traffic Scenes Using Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks47
Trajectory Generation for Legged Robots Based on a Closed-Form Solution of Centroidal Dynamics47
Panoptic Nuscenes: A Large-Scale Benchmark for LiDAR Panoptic Segmentation and Tracking47
A Lower Limb Exoskeleton With Rigid and Soft Structure for Loaded Walking Assistance47
Winding Through: Crowd Navigation via Topological Invariance47
Soft Fluidic Actuator for Locomotion in Multi-Phase Environments47
Transition Gradient From Standing to Traveling Waves for Energy-Efficient Slope Climbing of a Gecko-Inspired Robot47
Multi-Agent System for Rogue Drone Interception47
Modular Self-Reconfigurable Continuum Robot for General Purpose Loco-Manipulation47
SemanticTopoLoop: Semantic Loop Closure With 3D Topological Graph Based on Quadric-Level Object Map46
Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control for Attitude Tracking of Underwater Robots With Large Range Pitch Variations in Confined Spaces46
Nonlinear Optimization for Personalized Path Planning for a Hybrid FES-Exoskeleton System46
Inspired by Physical Intelligence of an Elephant Trunk: Biomimetic Soft Robot With Pre-Programmable Localized Stiffness46
Table of Contents46
Pair-VPR: Place-Aware Pre-Training and Contrastive Pair Classification for Visual Place Recognition With Vision Transformers46
Table of Contents46
Toward Accurate and Robust Unloading Force Rendering via a Series Elastic Actuator-Driven Body Weight Support System45
Multi-View Depth Estimation by Using Adaptive Point Graph to Fuse Single-View Depth Probabilities45
Learning Interaction Regions and Motion Trajectories Simultaneously From Egocentric Demonstration Videos45
Bimanual Grasp Synthesis for Dexterous Robot Hands45
Vision-and-Force-Based Compliance Control for a Posterior Segment Ophthalmic Surgical Robot45
Precision Coordinated Control of Gantry Multi-Axis Systems With Coupled Dynamics and Prescribed Performance45
Kernel-Based Dynamic Ensemble Technique for Remaining Useful Life Prediction45
Design of an Accordion-Fold-Inspired Soft Electrohydraulic Actuator for Angular Motion45
“Don't Forget to Put the Milk Back!” Dataset for Enabling Embodied Agents to Detect Anomalous Situations45
Stochastic Trajectory Optimization for Robotic Skill Acquisition From a Suboptimal Demonstration45
A Simulation Tool for Physics-Informed Control of Biomimetic Soft Robotic Arms45
Active SLAM With Prior Topo-Metric Graph Starting At Uncertain Position44
A Synchronous-Optimized and Safety-Improved Framework for Human-Robot Interaction in Robot-Assisted Knee Arthroplasty44
Geometric Fabrics: Generalizing Classical Mechanics to Capture the Physics of Behavior44
Fuzzy Ensembles of Reinforcement Learning Policies for Systems With Variable Parameters44
Operando Multi-Physical Characterization Using Nanorobotic Manipulation With a Picometer-Scale Positioning Resolution44
A Convex Formulation of Frictional Contact Between Rigid and Deformable Bodies44
Smooth Parameterization of Rigid-Body Inertia44
Chance-Constrained Convex MPC for Robust Quadruped Locomotion Under Parametric and Additive Uncertainties44
MonoSG: Monocular 3D Object Detection With Stereo Guidance44
Learning Hierarchical Graph-Based Policy for Goal-Reaching in Unknown Environments44
Mixing Left and Right-Hand Driving Data in a Hierarchical Framework With LLM Generation44
Towards More Efficient EfficientDets and Real-Time Marine Debris Detection44
A Robust Deformable Linear Object Perception Pipeline in 3D: From Segmentation to Reconstruction44
Adaptive Shape Formation Against Swarm-Scale Variants in Robot Swarms43
P-MapNet: Far-Seeing Map Generator Enhanced by Both SDMap and HDMap Priors43
Attentive Multimodal Fusion for Optical and Scene Flow43
Online and Real-Time Trajectory Generation Method for Unforeseen Events Using a Modified Spline Approach43
Optical Flow-Based Vascular Respiratory Motion Compensation43
A Spiny Claws Climbing Robot Based on Self-Sensing Soles43
LoopNet: Where to Focus? Detecting Loop Closures in Dynamic Scenes43
Modeling of a Six-Bar Tensegrity Robot Using the Port-Hamiltonian Framework and Experimental Validation43
A Snake-Inspired Multi-Segmented Magnetic Soft Robot Towards Medical Applications43
Surveillance and Collision-Free Tracking of an Aggressive Evader With an Actuated Sensor Pursuer42
Continuous Safety Control of Mobile Robots in Cluttered Environments42
A Global Max-Flow-Based Multi-Resolution Next-Best-View Method for Reconstruction of 3D Unknown Objects42
Forecast-Based Newsvendor Models for Hospital Bed Capacity Management42
Novel Design of a Cable-Driven Continuum Robot With Multiple Motion Patterns42
$\mathcal {PLC}$-LiSLAM: LiDAR SLAM With Planes, Lines, and Cylinders42
Engagement Enhancement Based on Bayesian Optimization for Adaptive Assist-as-Needed Controller41
Towards an Autonomous Robot-Assistant for Laparoscopy Using Exteroceptive Sensors: Feasibility Study and Implementation41
Optimistic Reinforcement Learning-Based Skill Insertions for Task and Motion Planning41
Design and Evaluation of a Generic Visual SLAM Framework for Multi Camera Systems41
StROL: Stabilized and Robust Online Learning From Humans41
Soft Robotic Arm With Extensible Stiffening Layer41
Dynamic Task Scheduling for Human-Robot Collaboration41
Internal Pressure Pattern Design for Variable Surface Shapes of Tongue-Type Pneumatic Soft Actuator40
WS-OPE: Weakly Supervised 6-D Object Pose Regression Using Relative Multi-Camera Pose Constraints40
Design and Experimental Validation of a Shock-Absorption Mechanism Inspired From the Frog's Forelimbs40
Learning Robot Exploration Strategy With 4D Point-Clouds-Like Information as Observations40
Linear Expressions of Drawbar Pull and Driving Torque for Grouser-Wheeled Planetary Rovers Without Terrain Mechanical Parameters39
Few-Shot Instance Grasping of Novel Objects in Clutter39
Enabling Grasp Synthesis Approaches to Task-Oriented Grasping Considering the End-State Comfort and Confidence Effects39
Medical Ultrasound Image Quality Assessment for Autonomous Robotic Screening39
Modeling and Implementation of Intra-Hug Gestures During Dialogue for a Huggable Robot39
Equivariant IMU Preintegration with Biases:a Galilean Group Approach39
Utilization of Image/Force/Tactile Sensor Data for Object-Shape-Oriented Manipulation: Wiping Objects With Turning Back Motions and Occlusion39
A Springy Leg and a Double Backflip39
Trident: A Multi-Functional Soft Appendage for Underwater Locomotion and Grasping39
High-Speed Scooping Through Dynamic Manipulation: Model and Practice39
Corrections to “Scooping Manipulation via Motion Control With a Two-Fingered Gripper and Its Application to Bin Picking” [Oct 21 6394-6401]39
Observability-Aware Online Multi-Lidar Extrinsic Calibration38
How Bad is Selfish Driving? Bounding the Inefficiency of Equilibria in Urban Driving Games38
Load-Carrying Assistance of Articulated Legged Robots Based on Hydrostatic Support38
Rigid-Soft Hybrid Suction Cups for Enhanced Anti-Torque and Energy-Efficient Attachment38
Monocular 360 Depth Estimation via Spherical Fully-Connected CRFs38
Learning Failure Prevention Skills for Safe Robot Manipulation38
Learning-Based Efficient Phase- Amplitude Modulation and Hybrid Control for MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment38
Multimodal Active Measurement for Human Mesh Recovery in Close Proximity38
S$^{2}$ Loop: A Lightweight Spectral-Spatio Loop Closure Detector for Resource-Constrained Platforms38
Two-Stream Based Multi-Stage Hybrid Decoder for Self-Supervised Multi-Frame Monocular Depth38
ST-DepthNet: A Spatio-Temporal Deep Network for Depth Completion Using a Single Non-Repetitive Circular Scanning Lidar38
Magnetically-Assisted Microfluidic Printing for the Fabrication of Anisotropic Skeletal Muscle Structure38
Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Spherical Parallel Link Mechanism With Arc Prismatic Pairs37
Where are You? Unscented Particle Filter for Single Range Relative Pose Estimation in Unobservable Motion Using UWB and VIO37
Signage-Aware Exploration in Open World Using Venue Maps37
A Benchmark Dataset for Collaborative SLAM in Service Environments37
MIntNet: Rapid Motion Intention Forecasting of Coupled Human-Robot Systems With Simulation-to-Real Autoregressive Neural Networks37
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Information37
SamPose: Generalizable Model-Free 6D Object Pose Estimation via Single-View Prompt37
EFEAR-4D: Ego-Velocity Filtering for Efficient and Accurate 4D Radar Odometry37
Learning Policies by Learning Rules37
Controlling Pneumatic Bending Actuator With Gain-Scheduled Feedforward and Physical Reservoir Computing State Estimation37
BEVCon: Advancing Bird's Eye View Perception With Contrastive Learning37
Hermes - Wind Energy Harvesting Wireless System for Sensing AoA and Wind Speed36
Simulating Complete Points Representations for Single-View 6-DoF Grasp Detection36
Probabilistic Appearance-Invariant Topometric Localization With New Place Awareness36
Design and Modeling of Fabric-Shelled Pneumatic Bending Soft Actuators36
A Multi-Modal Fusion-Based 3D Multi-Object Tracking Framework With Joint Detection36
ChangeGAN: A Deep Network for Change Detection in Coarsely Registered Point Clouds36
Design and Characterization of a 3D-Printed Pneumatically-Driven Bistable Valve With Tunable Characteristics36
Load Sharing Design of a Multi-legged Adaptable Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Controllable Adhesion36
Self-Supervised Learning for Panoptic Segmentation of Multiple Fruit Flower Species36
EvTTC: An Event Camera Dataset for Time-to-Collision Estimation36
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