OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Science Robotics is 65. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain	538
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild	379
Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild	316
Dual-responsive biohybrid neutrobots for active target delivery	288
Skin-inspired quadruple tactile sensors integrated on a robot hand enable object recognition	275
Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling	262
Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots	225
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020	218
Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator	210
Endoscopy-assisted magnetic navigation of biohybrid soft microrobots with rapid endoluminal delivery and imaging	201
Swarm of micro flying robots in the wild	198
Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields	192
Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel	181
Reflections on the future of swarm robotics	169
Implicit coordination for 3D underwater collective behaviors in a fish-inspired robot swarm	165
Telerobotic neurovascular interventions with magnetic manipulation	161
Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder	160
Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly	158
All-printed soft human-machine interface for robotic physicochemical sensing	154
Learning high-speed flight in the wild	151
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis	134
Modeling, learning, perception, and control methods for deformable object manipulation	130
An agglutinate magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into millirobots for biomedical applications	130
Neuro-inspired electronic skin for robots	127
Heterogeneous sensing in a multifunctional soft sensor for human-robot interfaces	125

Multi-expert learning of adaptive legged locomotion	121
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub-centimeter scale	119
Grasping with kirigami shells	114
Bird-inspired dynamic grasping and perching in arboreal environments	112
Time-optimal planning for quadrotor waypoint flight	110
Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming	107
Electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots	103
Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots	103
Bioinspired wing and tail morphing extends drone flight capabilities	101
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction	98
A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines	98
A biomimetic elastomeric robot skin using electrical impedance and acoustic tomography for tactile sensing	96
Reinforcement learning with artificial microswimmers	95
CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge	95
Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics	95
Hard questions for soft robotics	94
Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity	94
Controlling subterranean forces enables a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot	93
Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation	87
Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors	86
3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators	86
Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces	85
Electrostatic footpads enable agile insect-scale soft robots with trajectory control	84
Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking	83
Robotic surfaces with reversible, spatiotemporal control for shape morphing and object manipulation	83
Emergence of robust self-organized undulatory swimming based on local hydrodynamic force sensing	81
How adaptation, training, and customization contribute to benefits from exoskeleton assistance	80
Printed synaptic transistor–based electronic skin for robots to feel and learn	78
Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration	77
Progress in robotics for combating infectious diseases	75
Biohybrid soft robots with self-stimulating skeletons	75
Submillimeter-scale multimaterial terrestrial robots	75
A bipedal walking robot that can fly, slackline, and skateboard	74
Self-powered locomotion of a hydrogel water strider	73
Micrometer-sized electrically programmable shape-memory actuators for low-power microrobotics	73
An autonomous drone for search and rescue in forests using airborne optical sectioning	72
Soft robotic manipulator for intraoperative MRI-guided transoral laser microsurgery	69
When less is more: Robot swarms adapt better to changes with constrained communication	67
Neural-Fly enables rapid learning for agile flight in strong winds	65
Soft robotic steerable microcatheter for the endovascular treatment of cerebral disorders	65