Science Robotics

Article	Citations
Ajna: Generalized deep uncertainty for minimal perception on parsimonious robots	912
Biohybrid microrobots regulate colonic cytokines and the epithelium barrier in inflammatory bowel disease	551
Culturally competent social robots target inclusion in Africa	392
Early science fiction got microbots surprisingly right	379
Ted Chiang imagines a computational theory of robots	302
The cold truth about robotics research in the United Kingdom as a Caribbean woman	268
The greatest challenge for prosthetics may be social, not neural, connections	257
Coordinated behavior of autonomous microscopic machines through local electronic pulse coupling	229
Morphological computation and decentralized learning in a swarm of sterically interacting robots	224
From motor control to team play in simulated humanoid football	190
High-speed control and navigation for quadrupedal robots on complex and discrete terrain	179
Monte Carlo tree search with spectral expansion for planning with dynamical systems	175
Robotic assistive technologies get more personal	171
Coherent, super-resolved radar beamforming using self-supervised learning	163
Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity	158
The role of user preference in the customized control of robotic exoskeletons	158
Wireless flow-powered miniature robot capable of traversing tubular structures	142
Adaptive active solids	141
Toward self-contained bidirectional bionic limbs with high information throughput	137
Embodied aerial physical interaction: Combining body and brain for robust interaction with unstructured environments	127
Wearable robots for the real world need vision	126
Accelerating discovery in natural science laboratories with AI and robotics: Perspectives and challenges	124
Autonomous tracking of honey bee behaviors over long-term periods with cooperating robots	122
Remote control of muscle-driven miniature robots with battery-free wireless optoelectronics	119
Surmounting the ceiling effect of motor expertise by novel sensory experience with a hand exoskeleton	117

Advancing physical intelligence for autonomous soft robots	115
Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots	113
Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots	112
Achieving animal endurance in robots through advanced energy storage	105
Modular reconfiguration of DNA origami assemblies using tile displacement	102
The neuromechanics of animal locomotion: From biology to robotics and back	100
Virus-blocking mosquitoes take flight in the fight against dengue	99
AI search, physician removal: Bronchoscopy robot bridges collaboration in foreign body aspiration	99
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 .	98
The role of low-cost robots in the future of spaceflight	95
Merging motoneuron and postural synergies in prosthetic hand design for natural bionic interfacing	95
Optogenetic neuromuscular actuation of a miniature electronic biohybrid robot	95
Magnetically actuated gearbox for the wireless control of millimeter-scale robots	94
MOGrip: Gripper for multiobject grasping in pick-and-place tasks using translational movements of fingers	93
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub-centimeter scale	88
Excitation of natural spinal reflex loops in the sensory-motor control of hand prostheses	88
Robotically steerable guidewires—Current trends and future directions	85
A bioinspired revolving-wing drone with passive attitude stability and efficient hovering flight	81
Light-driven carbon nitride microswimmers with propulsion in biological and ionic media and responsive on-demand drug delivery	81
Neural prosthesis control restores near-normative neuromechanics in standing postural control	81
Representation granularity enables time-efficient autonomous exploration in large, complex worlds	80
Reconfigurable self-assembled DNA devices	79
Head-mounted surgical robots are an enabling technology for subretinal injections	77
Assistive robotics should seamlessly integrate humans and robots	73
Understanding humanoid robots could save your life	73
High-tech guardians: Robotics at the heart of the Future Circular Collider	70
A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony	69
A sound approach to improving exoskeletons and exosuits	69
Increasing the payload capacity of soft robot arms by localized stiffening	69
OpenExo: An open-source modular exoskeleton to augment human function	68
Abyssal Benthic Rover, an autonomous vehicle for long-term monitoring of deep-ocean processes	68
Learning garment manipulation policies toward robot-assisted dressing	68
Unlocking aerobatic potential of quadcopters: Autonomous freestyle flight generation and execution	66
Bioinspired designer DNA NanoGripper for virus sensing and potential inhibition	64
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020	63
Ultralight, strong, and self-reprogrammable mechanical metamaterials	61
Effect of hip abduction assistance on metabolic cost and balance during human walking	60
Teaching robots the art of human social synchrony	59
Tracking and navigation of a microswarm under laser speckle contrast imaging for targeted delivery	59
It is hard to be a robot in the wild	58
Would you risk humanity’s survival on a robot built in two years?	58
Clearing away barriers to oral drug delivery	58
Autonomous boat navigation in the real world	57
Explosion-powered eversible tactile displays	57
A hyperelastic torque-reversal mechanism for soft joints with compression-responsive transient bistability	55
Soft robotic artificial left ventricle simulator capable of reproducing myocardial biomechanics	55
Enhancing social connectedness with companion robots using AI	54
Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming	54
Autonomous surface sampling for the Europa Lander mission concept	53
Acrobatics at the insect scale: A durable, precise, and agile micro–aerial robot	53

Development of compositionality through interactive learning of language and action of robots	53
Robotic end-to-end fusion of microtubules powered by kinesin	51
Five years of Science Robotics	50
AI-driven aerial robots advance whale research	50
The force has limits: Molecular motors in robotics	50
Magnetic robots make headway in medicine	49
Tracking hand movements with a smart glove	48
How can educational robots enhance family life? Through careful integration	48
RoboBallet: Planning for multirobot reaching with graph neural networks and reinforcement learning	47
Good old-fashioned engineering can close the 100,000-year “data gap” in robotics	47
Knowledge before faith is the motto of a robot pope	47
A review of learning-based dynamics models for robotic manipulation	46
Neuroprosthesis converts brain activity to speech	46
Robotic manipulation of cardiomyocytes to identify gap junction modifiers for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy	46
How much initiative should a service robot have?	46
Bot self-destruction memes are no laughing matter in science fiction	45
Float like a butterfly, swim like a biohybrid neuromuscular robot	45
An ingestible capsule for luminance-based diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia	44
Solar-powered shape-changing origami microfliers	43
Surgical embodied intelligence for generalized task autonomy in laparoscopic robot-assisted surgery	42
Estimating human joint moments unifies exoskeleton control, reducing user effort	41
Self-organizing nervous systems for robot swarms	41
Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules for rapidly reconfigurable high-speed robots	41
A retrospective of Isaac Asimov at 102 and his Three Laws	40
Visual route following for tiny autonomous robots	40
Light-emitting, self-healing robotic fibers	40
Equalizing access: How robotics and AI can transform surgical care worldwide	39
Robot therapy pets get a starring role in Lightyear and in real life	39
Cooperative robotic exploration of a planetary skylight surface and lava cave	39
Microscopic robots with onboard digital control	38
Remote magnetic navigation enables precision telesurgery	38
Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots	37
Dexterous helical magnetic robot for improved endovascular access	37
Biohybrid hand actuated by multiple human muscle tissues	37
Bilateral Back Extensor Exosuit for multidimensional assistance and prevention of spinal injuries	37
Understanding brain functional architecture through robotics	36
User preference optimization for control of ankle exoskeletons using sample efficient active learning	36
Attention-based map encoding for learning generalized legged locomotion	36
Restoration of tactile sensation in bionic hands	35
Animal robots in the African wilderness: Lessons learned and outlook for field robotics	35
Erratum for the Research Article “Fully neuromorphic vision and control for autonomous drone flight” by F. Paredes-Vallés et al .	35
The original “I, Robot” featured a murderous robot and the Frankenstein complex	35
Preventing pressure ulcers by increasing pressure: An unorthodox alternating-pressure mattress	34
Neuromorphic sequence learning with an event camera on routes through vegetation	33
Wirelessly steerable bioelectronic neuromuscular robots adapting neurocardiac junctions	32
Overcoming adversaries in multirobot navigation	30
Co-bots get the good jobs while workers get a human-robot interaction nightmare	30
Biohybrid robot contracts like the human iris	29
Using machine learning and robotics to discover plastic substitutes	28
Robots and animals teaming up in the wild to tackle ecosystem challenges	28
Touching reality: Bridging the user-researcher divide in upper-limb prosthetics	28
Preventing antisocial robots: A pathway to artificial empathy	28
Running birds reveal secrets for legged robot design	26
Enhancing scientific exploration of the deep sea through shared autonomy in remote manipulation	26
The Omnia bionic leg with a semipowered knee and ankle wins the Cybathlon 2024 leg prosthesis race	25
BirdBot achieves energy-efficient gait with minimal control using avian-inspired leg clutching	24
A portable inflatable soft wearable robot to assist the shoulder during industrial work	24
Flow-driven magnetic microcatheter for superselective arterial embolization	24
Variable-stiffness–morphing wheel inspired by the surface tension of a liquid droplet	23
Reverse engineering the control law for schooling in zebrafish using virtual reality	23
Would a robot ever get angry enough to attack a person?	23
Safe radiation surveillance using uncrewed vehicles	22
Human motor augmentation with an extra robotic arm without functional interference	22
Brain-inspired multimodal hybrid neural network for robot place recognition	22
Exploring planet geology through force-feedback telemanipulation from orbit	22
Multimodal soft valve enables physical responsiveness for preemptive resilience of soft robots	22
Metabolically efficient walking assistance using optimized timed forces at the waist	21
Mechanical neural networks: Architected materials that learn behaviors	20
Modulation of Achilles tendon force with load carriage and exosuit assistance	20
Will your next surgeon be a robot? Autonomy and AI in robotic surgery	20
The future lies in a pair of tactile hands	20
Understanding the sense of self through robotics	20
Dynamic robotic tracking of underwater targets using reinforcement learning	20
Photocatalytic microrobots for treating bacterial infections deep within sinuses	19
Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots	19
Sensor-level computer vision with pixel processor arrays for agile robots	19
Accessing the brain with soft deployable electrocorticography arrays	19
Embodying soft robots with octopus-inspired hierarchical suction intelligence	19
Drone-assisted collection of environmental DNA from tree branches for biodiversity monitoring	18
3D-printed digital pneumatic logic for the control of soft robotic actuators	18

RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract	17
Highly agile flat swimming robot	17
Soft robot–mediated autonomous adaptation to fibrotic capsule formation for improved drug delivery	17
SRT-H: A hierarchical framework for autonomous surgery via language-conditioned imitation learning	16
Electronics-free soft robot has a nice ring to it	16
Teaching a single-arm robot to fold towels	16
Preclinical upper limb neurorobotic platform to assess, rehabilitate, and develop therapies	16
Overcoming the challenges that women in robotics face	16
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild	16
A gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control and wind sensing system for 10-mg robots	16
The AI Act Grand Challenge shows how autonomous robots will be regulated	16
Harnessing the oloid shape in magnetically driven robots to enable high-resolution ultrasound imaging	16
Cooperative cargo transportation by a swarm of molecular machines	15
Haptic perception using optoelectronic robotic flesh for embodied artificially intelligent agents	14
Stretchable Arduinos embedded in soft robots	14
Scale-inspired programmable robotic structures with concurrent shape morphing and stiffness variation	14
Virtual elasto-plastic robot compliance to active environments	14
Liquid-amplified zipping actuators for micro-air vehicles with transmission-free flapping	14
Tactile sensors need a greater sense of purpose	14
Exploring beyond Earth using space robotics	13
Bioinspired, ingestible electroceutical capsules for hunger-regulating hormone modulation	13
Exoskeletons need to react faster than physiological responses to improve standing balance	13
Si chiplet–controlled 3D modular microrobots with smart communication in natural aqueous environments	13
Robot behavior that can adapt to user interaction	12
Erratum for the Research Article “Safety-assured high-speed navigation for MAVs” by Y. Ren et al .	12
Taking control: Steering the future of biohybrid robots	12
Harnessing emotion and intonation in speech to improve robot acceptance	12
In situ bidirectional human-robot value alignment	11
M3GAN : The real horror is the lack of ethics in robotics	11
Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics	11
A powered prosthesis supports weight-bearing stand-to-sit transitions	11
Agile and cooperative aerial manipulation of a cable-suspended load	11
Soft robotic patient-specific hydrodynamic model of aortic stenosis and ventricular remodeling	11
NeuralFeels with neural fields: Visuotactile perception for in-hand manipulation	10
Surface haptic rendering of virtual shapes through change in surface temperature	10
Human-robot facial coexpression	10
A framework for robotic excavation and dry stone construction using on-site materials	9
Untethered unidirectionally crawling gels driven by asymmetry in contact forces	9
Robots at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics	9
Human-scale navigation of magnetic microrobots in hepatic arteries	9
Medical robots learn to be autonomous	9
Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking	9
“Data will solve robotics and automation: True or false?”: A debate	9
Dynamic tactility by position-encoded spike spectrum	9
The novel Player Piano started the familiar discordant tune on the rise of automation	8
Octopus-inspired sensorized soft arm for environmental interaction	8
A call for diversity, equity, and inclusion in robotics	8
What will robots think of us?	8
Haptiknit: Distributed stiffness knitting for wearable haptics	8
Monopedal robot branch-to-branch leaping and landing inspired by squirrel balance control	8
Closed-loop optogenetic neuromodulation enables high-fidelity fatigue-resistant muscle control	8
Social robot for at-home cognitive monitoring	8
The grand challenges of learning medical robot autonomy	7
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis	7
Bistable soft jumper capable of fast response and high takeoff velocity	7
Intrinsic sense of touch for intuitive physical human-robot interaction	7
Harnessing the circular economy to develop sustainable soft robots	7
A highly integrated bionic hand with neural control and feedback for use in daily life	7
Physical control: A new avenue to achieve intelligence in soft robotics	7
Motion planning around obstacles with convex optimization	7
Assistive robots would regret a robot uprising	7
Soft robotic platform for progressive and reversible aortic constriction in a small-animal model	7
Autonomous robotics is driving Perseverance rover’s progress on Mars	7
Avian eye–inspired artificial vision takes a step forward	7
Robot swarms neutralize harmful Byzantine robots using a blockchain-based token economy	6
An ultrawide field-of-view pinhole compound eye using hemispherical nanowire array for robot vision	6
A compact DEA-based soft peristaltic pump for power and control of fluidic robots	6
Robotic self-modulation enhances implantable long-acting drug delivery devices	6
Wearable robot provides lumbar and arm support	6
Telesurgery and the importance of context	6
Mechanical intelligence simplifies control in terrestrial limbless locomotion	6
Field deployment of Wolbachia -infected Aedes aegypti using uncrewed aerial vehicle	6
Swimming in the “Matrix”: VR fish pass the Turing test using a simple control law for collective behavior	6
Even teleoperated robots are discriminated against in science fictions	6
The robots in the Val Kilmer movie Red Planet predated Perseverance and Ingenuity	6
Optimality principles in spacecraft neural guidance and control	6
A 2-year locomotive exploration and scientific investigation of the lunar farside by the Yutu-2 rover	6