OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Ap is 17. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Cone–hole docking mechanism for a modular reconfigurable mobile robot and its characteristic analysis	62
A global, continuous calibration curvature strategy for bending sensors of soft fingers	40
Calibration strategies for enhancing accuracy in serial industrial robots for orbital milling applications	40
Design and experiment of transmission tower climbing robot inspired by inchworm	36
Guest editorial: Industry 4.0 special issue	35
Piston-like particle jamming for enhanced stiffness adjustment of soft robotic arm	34
The role of machine learning in robotics	28
Development of a novel robotic hand with soft materials and rigid structures	26
A labelling system and automation comparison index for industry 4.0 system	26
Optimization of mechanical performance of a Bernoulli gripper based on the force characteristic curve synthesis method	24
Adaptive decentralized fuzzy compensation control for large optical mirror processing systems	21
A robot motion skills method with explicit environmental constraints	20
Multimodal strategy with Gaussian process optimization for high-precision assembly tasks	19
A review of indoor-orbital electrical inspection robots in substations	19
Towards an obstacle detection system for robot obstacle negotiation	18
Design and application of eversion-growing firefighting robot with Yoshimura-ori steering mechanism	18
Robust motion control based on model-based unknown system dynamics estimator for robot manipulators	17
Design and locomotion analysis of a close-chain leg-wheel mobile platform	17
Enhancing dexterous hand control: a distributed architecture for machine learning integration	17