Science Robotics

Article	Citations
Robotic assistive technologies get more personal	1020
Culturally competent social robots target inclusion in Africa	612
Early science fiction got microbots surprisingly right	453
Ted Chiang imagines a computational theory of robots	331
The cold truth about robotics research in the United Kingdom as a Caribbean woman	280
The greatest challenge for prosthetics may be social, not neural, connections	279
Coordinated behavior of autonomous microscopic machines through local electronic pulse coupling	243
High-speed control and navigation for quadrupedal robots on complex and discrete terrain	243
Wireless flow-powered miniature robot capable of traversing tubular structures	203
Ajna: Generalized deep uncertainty for minimal perception on parsimonious robots	190
From motor control to team play in simulated humanoid football	189
Biohybrid microrobots regulate colonic cytokines and the epithelium barrier in inflammatory bowel disease	183
Morphological computation and decentralized learning in a swarm of sterically interacting robots	167
Monte Carlo tree search with spectral expansion for planning with dynamical systems	162
Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity	155
The role of user preference in the customized control of robotic exoskeletons	154
Adaptive active solids	153
Toward self-contained bidirectional bionic limbs with high information throughput	144
Embodied aerial physical interaction: Combining body and brain for robust interaction with unstructured environments	131
Achieving animal endurance in robots through advanced energy storage	129
Wearable robots for the real world need vision	128
Advancing physical intelligence for autonomous soft robots	123
Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots	121
Surmounting the ceiling effect of motor expertise by novel sensory experience with a hand exoskeleton	121
The neuromechanics of animal locomotion: From biology to robotics and back	117

Remote control of muscle-driven miniature robots with battery-free wireless optoelectronics	113
Autonomous tracking of honey bee behaviors over long-term periods with cooperating robots	112
Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots	112
Accelerating discovery in natural science laboratories with AI and robotics: Perspectives and challenges	107
Modular reconfiguration of DNA origami assemblies using tile displacement	107
Virus-blocking mosquitoes take flight in the fight against dengue	105
Erratum for the Research Article “Restoration of grasping in an upper limb amputee using the myokinetic prosthesis with implanted magnets” by M. Gherardini et al .	104
Robotic manipulation of human bipedalism reveals overlapping internal representations of space and time	102
Magnetically actuated gearbox for the wireless control of millimeter-scale robots	101
Representation granularity enables time-efficient autonomous exploration in large, complex worlds	100
Excitation of natural spinal reflex loops in the sensory-motor control of hand prostheses	98
Robotically steerable guidewires—Current trends and future directions	96
A bioinspired revolving-wing drone with passive attitude stability and efficient hovering flight	94
Neural prosthesis control restores near-normative neuromechanics in standing postural control	91
The role of low-cost robots in the future of spaceflight	89
MOGrip: Gripper for multiobject grasping in pick-and-place tasks using translational movements of fingers	87
AI search, physician removal: Bronchoscopy robot bridges collaboration in foreign body aspiration	83
Light-driven carbon nitride microswimmers with propulsion in biological and ionic media and responsive on-demand drug delivery	82
Optogenetic neuromuscular actuation of a miniature electronic biohybrid robot	82
Merging motoneuron and postural synergies in prosthetic hand design for natural bionic interfacing	80
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub-centimeter scale	80
OpenExo: An open-source modular exoskeleton to augment human function	79
Understanding humanoid robots could save your life	78
Effect of hip abduction assistance on metabolic cost and balance during human walking	77
High-tech guardians: Robotics at the heart of the Future Circular Collider	77
Reconfigurable self-assembled DNA devices	76
Learning garment manipulation policies toward robot-assisted dressing	75
Assistive robotics should seamlessly integrate humans and robots	75
Head-mounted surgical robots are an enabling technology for subretinal injections	73
Bioinspired designer DNA NanoGripper for virus sensing and potential inhibition	72
A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony	68
Increasing the payload capacity of soft robot arms by localized stiffening	67
Ultralight, strong, and self-reprogrammable mechanical metamaterials	67
Tracking and navigation of a microswarm under laser speckle contrast imaging for targeted delivery	66
Unlocking aerobatic potential of quadcopters: Autonomous freestyle flight generation and execution	66
It is hard to be a robot in the wild	65
Would you risk humanity’s survival on a robot built in two years?	63
Autonomous boat navigation in the real world	63
Explosion-powered eversible tactile displays	62
A hyperelastic torque-reversal mechanism for soft joints with compression-responsive transient bistability	61
Enhancing social connectedness with companion robots using AI	61
Clearing away barriers to oral drug delivery	61
Teaching robots the art of human social synchrony	60
The force has limits: Molecular motors in robotics	59
AI-driven aerial robots advance whale research	59
Soft robotic artificial left ventricle simulator capable of reproducing myocardial biomechanics	59
Tracking hand movements with a smart glove	58
Magnetic robots make headway in medicine	58
Autonomous surface sampling for the Europa Lander mission concept	56
RoboBallet: Planning for multirobot reaching with graph neural networks and reinforcement learning	56

How can educational robots enhance family life? Through careful integration	56
Acrobatics at the insect scale: A durable, precise, and agile micro–aerial robot	55
Development of compositionality through interactive learning of language and action of robots	55
Knowledge before faith is the motto of a robot pope	53
Good old-fashioned engineering can close the 100,000-year “data gap” in robotics	53
Robotic manipulation of cardiomyocytes to identify gap junction modifiers for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy	53
Solar-powered shape-changing origami microfliers	52
How much initiative should a service robot have?	52
A review of learning-based dynamics models for robotic manipulation	52
An ingestible capsule for luminance-based diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia	51
Deep domain adaptation eliminates costly data required for task-agnostic wearable robotic control	51
Neuroprosthesis converts brain activity to speech	51
Float like a butterfly, swim like a biohybrid neuromuscular robot	51
Bot self-destruction memes are no laughing matter in science fiction	51
Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules for rapidly reconfigurable high-speed robots	50
Self-organizing nervous systems for robot swarms	50
Estimating human joint moments unifies exoskeleton control, reducing user effort	50
Surgical embodied intelligence for generalized task autonomy in laparoscopic robot-assisted surgery	48
Light-emitting, self-healing robotic fibers	46
A retrospective of Isaac Asimov at 102 and his Three Laws	46
Robot therapy pets get a starring role in Lightyear and in real life	46
Microscopic robots with onboard digital control	45
Bilateral Back Extensor Exosuit for multidimensional assistance and prevention of spinal injuries	45
Soft deployable airless wheel for lunar lava tube intact exploration	44
Equalizing access: How robotics and AI can transform surgical care worldwide	43
User preference optimization for control of ankle exoskeletons using sample efficient active learning	41
Cooperative robotic exploration of a planetary skylight surface and lava cave	41
Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots	41
Reconfigurable aerial robot for subterranean mine inspection	41
Visual route following for tiny autonomous robots	40
Remote magnetic navigation enables precision telesurgery	40
Biohybrid hand actuated by multiple human muscle tissues	40
Dexterous helical magnetic robot for improved endovascular access	40
The original “I, Robot” featured a murderous robot and the Frankenstein complex	39
Restoration of tactile sensation in bionic hands	38
Erratum for the Research Article “Fully neuromorphic vision and control for autonomous drone flight” by F. Paredes-Vallés et al .	38
Preventing pressure ulcers by increasing pressure: An unorthodox alternating-pressure mattress	37
Attention-based map encoding for learning generalized legged locomotion	35
Animal robots in the African wilderness: Lessons learned and outlook for field robotics	34
Neuromorphic sequence learning with an event camera on routes through vegetation	34
Wirelessly steerable bioelectronic neuromuscular robots adapting neurocardiac junctions	34
Biohybrid robot contracts like the human iris	33
Understanding brain functional architecture through robotics	33
Overcoming adversaries in multirobot navigation	33
Co-bots get the good jobs while workers get a human-robot interaction nightmare	33
Touching reality: Bridging the user-researcher divide in upper-limb prosthetics	32
Using machine learning and robotics to discover plastic substitutes	32
Running birds reveal secrets for legged robot design	30
Reverse engineering the control law for schooling in zebrafish using virtual reality	29
The Omnia bionic leg with a semipowered knee and ankle wins the Cybathlon 2024 leg prosthesis race	29
A portable inflatable soft wearable robot to assist the shoulder during industrial work	28
Robots and animals teaming up in the wild to tackle ecosystem challenges	28
Variable-stiffness–morphing wheel inspired by the surface tension of a liquid droplet	28
Preventing antisocial robots: A pathway to artificial empathy	27
Enhancing scientific exploration of the deep sea through shared autonomy in remote manipulation	27
Flow-driven magnetic microcatheter for superselective arterial embolization	26
BirdBot achieves energy-efficient gait with minimal control using avian-inspired leg clutching	26
Would a robot ever get angry enough to attack a person?	26
Metabolically efficient walking assistance using optimized timed forces at the waist	25
Resilient odometry via hierarchical adaptation	25
Safe radiation surveillance using uncrewed vehicles	25
Human motor augmentation with an extra robotic arm without functional interference	25
The future lies in a pair of tactile hands	24
Brain-inspired multimodal hybrid neural network for robot place recognition	24
Exploring planet geology through force-feedback telemanipulation from orbit	23
Multimodal soft valve enables physical responsiveness for preemptive resilience of soft robots	23
The microDelta: Downscaling robot mechanisms enables ultrafast and high-precision movement	23
Dynamic robotic tracking of underwater targets using reinforcement learning	23
Modulation of Achilles tendon force with load carriage and exosuit assistance	23
Mechanical neural networks: Architected materials that learn behaviors	23
Harnessing the oloid shape in magnetically driven robots to enable high-resolution ultrasound imaging	22
Drone-assisted collection of environmental DNA from tree branches for biodiversity monitoring	22
Photocatalytic microrobots for treating bacterial infections deep within sinuses	22
Sensor-level computer vision with pixel processor arrays for agile robots	22
Understanding the sense of self through robotics	22
Embodying soft robots with octopus-inspired hierarchical suction intelligence	22
Highly agile flat swimming robot	22
Accessing the brain with soft deployable electrocorticography arrays	22
Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots	20
RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract	20

Soft robot–mediated autonomous adaptation to fibrotic capsule formation for improved drug delivery	20
3D-printed digital pneumatic logic for the control of soft robotic actuators	20
Will your next surgeon be a robot? Autonomy and AI in robotic surgery	20
The AI Act Grand Challenge shows how autonomous robots will be regulated	19
Teaching a single-arm robot to fold towels	19
Overcoming the challenges that women in robotics face	19
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild	19
Tactile sensors need a greater sense of purpose	18
Electronics-free soft robot has a nice ring to it	18
Preclinical upper limb neurorobotic platform to assess, rehabilitate, and develop therapies	18
Virtual elasto-plastic robot compliance to active environments	17
A gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control and wind sensing system for 10-mg robots	17
Robots do not like Asimov’s three laws	17
Haptic perception using optoelectronic robotic flesh for embodied artificially intelligent agents	16
Liquid-amplified zipping actuators for micro-air vehicles with transmission-free flapping	16
Stretchable Arduinos embedded in soft robots	16
Cooperative cargo transportation by a swarm of molecular machines	16
SRT-H: A hierarchical framework for autonomous surgery via language-conditioned imitation learning	15
Taking control: Steering the future of biohybrid robots	15
Scale-inspired programmable robotic structures with concurrent shape morphing and stiffness variation	15
Si chiplet–controlled 3D modular microrobots with smart communication in natural aqueous environments	15
Agile and cooperative aerial manipulation of a cable-suspended load	14
Robot behavior that can adapt to user interaction	14
Exploring beyond Earth using space robotics	14
Erratum for the Research Article “Safety-assured high-speed navigation for MAVs” by Y. Ren et al .	14
In situ bidirectional human-robot value alignment	14
Harnessing emotion and intonation in speech to improve robot acceptance	14
Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics	13
Soft robotic patient-specific hydrodynamic model of aortic stenosis and ventricular remodeling	13
Bioinspired, ingestible electroceutical capsules for hunger-regulating hormone modulation	13
Exoskeletons need to react faster than physiological responses to improve standing balance	13
“Data will solve robotics and automation: True or false?”: A debate	12
Human-scale navigation of magnetic microrobots in hepatic arteries	12
A powered prosthesis supports weight-bearing stand-to-sit transitions	12
M3GAN : The real horror is the lack of ethics in robotics	12
Untethered unidirectionally crawling gels driven by asymmetry in contact forces	11
NeuralFeels with neural fields: Visuotactile perception for in-hand manipulation	11
Human-robot facial coexpression	11
Surface haptic rendering of virtual shapes through change in surface temperature	11
Dynamic tactility by position-encoded spike spectrum	11
A framework for robotic excavation and dry stone construction using on-site materials	11
Adaptive humanlike grasping	10
What will robots think of us?	10
Robots at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics	10
Haptiknit: Distributed stiffness knitting for wearable haptics	10
Closed-loop optogenetic neuromodulation enables high-fidelity fatigue-resistant muscle control	10
Medical robots learn to be autonomous	10
A call for diversity, equity, and inclusion in robotics	10
The novel Player Piano started the familiar discordant tune on the rise of automation	10
Octopus-inspired sensorized soft arm for environmental interaction	10
Physical control: A new avenue to achieve intelligence in soft robotics	9
Assistive robots would regret a robot uprising	9
Robot swarms neutralize harmful Byzantine robots using a blockchain-based token economy	9
Avian eye–inspired artificial vision takes a step forward	9
Harnessing the circular economy to develop sustainable soft robots	9
Soft robotic platform for progressive and reversible aortic constriction in a small-animal model	9
Social robot for at-home cognitive monitoring	9
The grand challenges of learning medical robot autonomy	9
Autonomous robotics is driving Perseverance rover’s progress on Mars	8
Motion planning around obstacles with convex optimization	8
A highly integrated bionic hand with neural control and feedback for use in daily life	8
Bistable soft jumper capable of fast response and high takeoff velocity	8
Intrinsic sense of touch for intuitive physical human-robot interaction	8
Monopedal robot branch-to-branch leaping and landing inspired by squirrel balance control	8
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis	8
Swimming in the “Matrix”: VR fish pass the Turing test using a simple control law for collective behavior	7
Optimality principles in spacecraft neural guidance and control	7
An ultrawide field-of-view pinhole compound eye using hemispherical nanowire array for robot vision	7
Even teleoperated robots are discriminated against in science fictions	7
Robotic self-modulation enhances implantable long-acting drug delivery devices	7
Telesurgery and the importance of context	7
Versatile multicontact planning and control for legged loco-manipulation	7
Augmenting rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord neuromodulation: A proof of concept	7
The robots in the Val Kilmer movie Red Planet predated Perseverance and Ingenuity	7
Restoration of grasping in an upper limb amputee using the myokinetic prosthesis with implanted magnets	7
A 2-year locomotive exploration and scientific investigation of the lunar farside by the Yutu-2 rover	7
A compact DEA-based soft peristaltic pump for power and control of fluidic robots	7
Wearable robot provides lumbar and arm support	7