OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science Robotics is 36. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain	469
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild	285
Dual-responsive biohybrid neutrobots for active target delivery	268
Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild	253
Skin-inspired quadruple tactile sensors integrated on a robot hand enable object recognition	242
Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling	238
Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots	209
Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator	189
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020	187
Endoscopy-assisted magnetic navigation of biohybrid soft microrobots with rapid endoluminal delivery and imaging	185
Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields	179
Swarm of micro flying robots in the wild	170
Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel	164
Reflections on the future of swarm robotics	161
Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder	153
Implicit coordination for 3D underwater collective behaviors in a fish-inspired robot swarm	147
Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly	144
Telerobotic neurovascular interventions with magnetic manipulation	142
All-printed soft human-machine interface for robotic physicochemical sensing	136
Learning high-speed flight in the wild	126
An agglutinate magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into millirobots for biomedical applications	126
Heterogeneous sensing in a multifunctional soft sensor for human-robot interfaces	120
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis	119
The Hannes hand prosthesis replicates the key biological properties of the human hand	117
3D-printed programmable tensegrity for soft robotics	116

Multi-expert learning of adaptive legged locomotion	110
Modeling, learning, perception, and control methods for deformable object manipulation	110
Neuro-inspired electronic skin for robots	107
An 88-milligram insect-scale autonomous crawling robot driven by a catalytic artificial muscle	101
Time-optimal planning for quadrotor waypoint flight	101
Grasping with kirigami shells	101
Bird-inspired dynamic grasping and perching in arboreal environments	97
Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming	96
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub-centimeter scale	96
Electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots	93
A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines	91
Reinforcement learning with artificial microswimmers	90
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction	90
Bioinspired wing and tail morphing extends drone flight capabilities	88
Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots	87
Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics	86
Controlling subterranean forces enables a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot	85
Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity	85
Hard questions for soft robotics	83
Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation	81
Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors	81
A biomimetic elastomeric robot skin using electrical impedance and acoustic tomography for tactile sensing	79
3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators	79
Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces	76
Robotic surfaces with reversible, spatiotemporal control for shape morphing and object manipulation	76
Emergence of robust self-organized undulatory swimming based on local hydrodynamic force sensing	75
Biomorphic structural batteries for robotics	75
Electrostatic footpads enable agile insect-scale soft robots with trajectory control	75
Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking	72
Progress in robotics for combating infectious diseases	71
CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge	70
How adaptation, training, and customization contribute to benefits from exoskeleton assistance	69
Printed synaptic transistor–based electronic skin for robots to feel and learn	68
Biohybrid soft robots with self-stimulating skeletons	67
Micrometer-sized electrically programmable shape-memory actuators for low-power microrobotics	67
Self-powered locomotion of a hydrogel water strider	67
A bipedal walking robot that can fly, slackline, and skateboard	66
Submillimeter-scale multimaterial terrestrial robots	65
Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration	65
Soft robotic manipulator for intraoperative MRI-guided transoral laser microsurgery	63
An autonomous drone for search and rescue in forests using airborne optical sectioning	62
A resonant squid-inspired robot unlocks biological propulsive efficiency	60
Light-driven carbon nitride microswimmers with propulsion in biological and ionic media and responsive on-demand drug delivery	59
Soft robotic steerable microcatheter for the endovascular treatment of cerebral disorders	59
An autonomous excavator system for material loading tasks	58
When less is more: Robot swarms adapt better to changes with constrained communication	58
Wireless steerable vision for live insects and insect-scale robots	57
Powered knee and ankle prosthesis with indirect volitional swing control enables level-ground walking and crossing over obstacles	57
Vibrational control: A hidden stabilization mechanism in insect flight	57
From grasping to manipulation with gecko-inspired adhesives on a multifinger gripper	52

A hybrid underwater robot for multidisciplinary investigation of the ocean twilight zone	51
Gastrointestinal tract drug delivery using algae motors embedded in a degradable capsule	51
Self-reconfigurable multilegged robot swarms collectively accomplish challenging terradynamic tasks	51
Neural-Fly enables rapid learning for agile flight in strong winds	50
An adaptive deep reinforcement learning framework enables curling robots with human-like performance in real-world conditions	48
The potential of socially assistive robots during infectious disease outbreaks	48
High–load capacity origami transformable wheel	47
Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots	47
Vital signal sensing and manipulation of a microscale organ with a multifunctional soft gripper	47
Neuromorphic computing hardware and neural architectures for robotics	46
Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots	46
RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract	45
Multidrone aerial surveys of penguin colonies in Antarctica	45
A microrobotic platform actuated by thermocapillary flows for manipulation at the air-water interface	43
3D-printed biomimetic artificial muscles using soft actuators that contract and elongate	42
Agilicious: Open-source and open-hardware agile quadrotor for vision-based flight	42
Cavatappi artificial muscles from drawing, twisting, and coiling polymer tubes	42
Toward a living soft microrobot through optogenetic locomotion control of Caenorhabditis elegans	40
The role of user preference in the customized control of robotic exoskeletons	40
Ionic spiderwebs	39
Efficient flapping wing drone arrests high-speed flight using post-stall soaring	39
The human brain reveals resting state activity patterns that are predictive of biases in attitudes toward robots	38
Mobile robotic platforms for the acoustic tracking of deep-sea demersal fishery resources	38
Neuroengineering challenges of fusing robotics and neuroscience	38
A lightweight robotic leg prosthesis replicating the biomechanics of the knee, ankle, and toe joint	37
High-performance electrified hydrogel actuators based on wrinkled nanomembrane electrodes for untethered insect-scale soft aquabots	37
Toward next-generation learned robot manipulation	37
A memristor-based hybrid analog-digital computing platform for mobile robotics	36
From collections of independent, mindless robots to flexible, mobile, and directional superstructures	36
Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics	36
BirdBot achieves energy-efficient gait with minimal control using avian-inspired leg clutching	36
Microrobotic laser steering for minimally invasive surgery	36