OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science Robotics is 34. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Early science fiction got microbots surprisingly right	272
Ted Chiang imagines a computational theory of robots	259
The cold truth about robotics research in the United Kingdom as a Caribbean woman	205
The greatest challenge for prosthetics may be social, not neural, connections	198
Culturally competent social robots target inclusion in Africa	190
Robot-mediated haptic feedback outperforms vision in violin duo coordination	176
Monte Carlo tree search with spectral expansion for planning with dynamical systems	163
Coordinated behavior of autonomous microscopic machines through local electronic pulse coupling	163
Cross-link collective: Entangled robotic matter with cohesive motion	161
Ajna: Generalized deep uncertainty for minimal perception on parsimonious robots	158
Morphological computation and decentralized learning in a swarm of sterically interacting robots	155
Wireless flow-powered miniature robot capable of traversing tubular structures	153
Biohybrid microrobots regulate colonic cytokines and the epithelium barrier in inflammatory bowel disease	141
High-speed control and navigation for quadrupedal robots on complex and discrete terrain	136
From motor control to team play in simulated humanoid football	128
Adaptive active solids	123
Toward self-contained bidirectional bionic limbs with high information throughput	120
A self-guided intubation device	120
Embodied aerial physical interaction: Combining body and brain for robust interaction with unstructured environments	117
Advancing physical intelligence for autonomous soft robots	116
Accelerating discovery in natural science laboratories with AI and robotics: Perspectives and challenges	116
Autonomous tracking of honey bee behaviors over long-term periods with cooperating robots	116
Crawling, climbing, perching, and flying by FiBa soft robots	115
The neuromechanics of animal locomotion: From biology to robotics and back	110
Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots	107

Remote control of muscle-driven miniature robots with battery-free wireless optoelectronics	106
Surmounting the ceiling effect of motor expertise by novel sensory experience with a hand exoskeleton	105
Modular reconfiguration of DNA origami assemblies using tile displacement	105
Achieving animal endurance in robots through advanced energy storage	101
Wearable robots for the real world need vision	96
Virus-blocking mosquitoes take flight in the fight against dengue	90
Robotically steerable guidewires—Current trends and future directions	90
Magnetically actuated gearbox for the wireless control of millimeter-scale robots	90
Robotic manipulation of human bipedalism reveals overlapping internal representations of space and time	89
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	88
Therapist-exoskeleton-patient interaction for gait therapy	87
The role of low-cost robots in the future of spaceflight	87
Stop chasing identical outcomes in HRI replication: Learn from the differences	87
The codevelopment of soft robotics and assistive technology	87
Fly motion vision maximizes signal energy transfer between mechanical input and sensor output	87
Optogenetic neuromuscular actuation of a miniature electronic biohybrid robot	84
Neural prosthesis control restores near-normative neuromechanics in standing postural control	84
MOGrip: Gripper for multiobject grasping in pick-and-place tasks using translational movements of fingers	84
AI search, physician removal: Bronchoscopy robot bridges collaboration in foreign body aspiration	82
Representation granularity enables time-efficient autonomous exploration in large, complex worlds	80
Merging motoneuron and postural synergies in prosthetic hand design for natural bionic interfacing	78
Understanding humanoid robots could save your life	76
Translational bottlenecks for biohybrid microrobots	76
Excitation of natural spinal reflex loops in the sensory-motor control of hand prostheses	76
Head-mounted surgical robots are an enabling technology for subretinal injections	76
High-tech guardians: Robotics at the heart of the Future Circular Collider	74
Vibrotactile feedback aids prosthesis usability	73
Autonomous seeking and mapping coral reef biodiversity hotspots with a multimodal AUV	72
Acceptance of humanoid robots: A psychological perspective	72
Assistive robotics should seamlessly integrate humans and robots	71
A retrieval-augmented framework enabling VLM spatial awareness for object-centric robot manipulation	71
Effect of hip abduction assistance on metabolic cost and balance during human walking	70
Unlocking aerobatic potential of quadcopters: Autonomous freestyle flight generation and execution	70
Increasing the payload capacity of soft robot arms by localized stiffening	70
OpenExo: An open-source modular exoskeleton to augment human function	69
Reconfigurable self-assembled DNA devices	69
Bioinspired designer DNA NanoGripper for virus sensing and potential inhibition	68
A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony	68
Ultralight, strong, and self-reprogrammable mechanical metamaterials	66
Tracking and navigation of a microswarm under laser speckle contrast imaging for targeted delivery	65
It is hard to be a robot in the wild	64
Would you risk humanity’s survival on a robot built in two years?	64
Autonomous boat navigation in the real world	63
Cross-robot behavior adaptation through intention alignment	62
DNA origami snaps into place	62
A hyperelastic torque-reversal mechanism for soft joints with compression-responsive transient bistability	62
Clearing away barriers to oral drug delivery	59
Soft robotic artificial left ventricle simulator capable of reproducing myocardial biomechanics	59
Explosion-powered eversible tactile displays	56
Teaching robots the art of human social synchrony	55

Enhancing social connectedness with companion robots using AI	55
How can educational robots enhance family life? Through careful integration	52
Magnetic robots make headway in medicine	52
AI-driven aerial robots advance whale research	52
Tracking hand movements with a smart glove	51
RoboBallet: Planning for multirobot reaching with graph neural networks and reinforcement learning	50
Development of compositionality through interactive learning of language and action of robots	50
Autonomous surface sampling for the Europa Lander mission concept	50
Acrobatics at the insect scale: A durable, precise, and agile micro–aerial robot	48
The force has limits: Molecular motors in robotics	47
Knowledge before faith is the motto of a robot pope	46
Multilevel dynamics of the brain, hormones, mind, and behavior in social human-robot interaction	46
A high-endurance DNA origami snap-through switch for functional nanoscale control	46
Scalable robot collective resilience by sharing resources	45
Bot self-destruction memes are no laughing matter in science fiction	45
How much initiative should a service robot have?	45
Float like a butterfly, swim like a biohybrid neuromuscular robot	44
Good old-fashioned engineering can close the 100,000-year “data gap” in robotics	43
An ingestible capsule for luminance-based diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia	43
Deep domain adaptation eliminates costly data required for task-agnostic wearable robotic control	43
Electrofluidic fiber muscles	42
Neuroprosthesis converts brain activity to speech	42
A review of learning-based dynamics models for robotic manipulation	40
Robotic manipulation of cardiomyocytes to identify gap junction modifiers for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy	39
Self-organizing nervous systems for robot swarms	39
Surgical embodied intelligence for generalized task autonomy in laparoscopic robot-assisted surgery	38
Solar-powered shape-changing origami microfliers	38
Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules for rapidly reconfigurable high-speed robots	38
A retrospective of Isaac Asimov at 102 and his Three Laws	37
Estimating human joint moments unifies exoskeleton control, reducing user effort	37
Equalizing access: How robotics and AI can transform surgical care worldwide	36
Light-emitting, self-healing robotic fibers	36
Bilateral Back Extensor Exosuit for multidimensional assistance and prevention of spinal injuries	36
Reconfigurable aerial robot for subterranean mine inspection	36
Biohybrid hand actuated by multiple human muscle tissues	35
Remote magnetic navigation enables precision telesurgery	35
Visual route following for tiny autonomous robots	35
Cooperative robotic exploration of a planetary skylight surface and lava cave	35
User preference optimization for control of ankle exoskeletons using sample efficient active learning	34
Dexterous helical magnetic robot for improved endovascular access	34
Microscopic robots with onboard digital control	34
Soft deployable airless wheel for lunar lava tube intact exploration	34