OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Ap is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Piston-like particle jamming for enhanced stiffness adjustment of soft robotic arm	52
Optimization of mechanical performance of a Bernoulli gripper based on the force characteristic curve synthesis method	44
Adaptive dual-mode active control for lower limb exoskeleton robot with variable stiffness	39
Adaptive decentralized fuzzy compensation control for large optical mirror processing systems	26
Design and experiment of transmission tower climbing robot inspired by inchworm	25
Cone–hole docking mechanism for a modular reconfigurable mobile robot and its characteristic analysis	24
A global, continuous calibration curvature strategy for bending sensors of soft fingers	23
A review of indoor-orbital electrical inspection robots in substations	23
The role of machine learning in robotics	22
A robot motion skills method with explicit environmental constraints	19
Calibration strategies for enhancing accuracy in serial industrial robots for orbital milling applications	18
Adaptive variable impedance force/position hybrid control for large surface polishing	17
Robust motion control based on model-based unknown system dynamics estimator for robot manipulators	16
Enhancing dexterous hand control: a distributed architecture for machine learning integration	15
Non-redundant inertial parameters determination for dynamic identification of branched articulated robots	15
Design and locomotion analysis of a close-chain leg-wheel mobile platform	14
A weld feature extraction method based on lightweight instance segmentation and point cloud features	13
Towards an obstacle detection system for robot obstacle negotiation	13
Interaction force control for robotic manipulators in contact tasks via prescribed performance-enhanced impedance regulation	13
Multimodal strategy with Gaussian process optimization for high-precision assembly tasks	13
Vibration suppression of collaborative robot based on modified trajectory planning	13
SLAM-RAMU: 3D LiDAR-IMU lifelong SLAM with relocalization and autonomous map updating for accurate and reliable navigation	12
Design and application of eversion-growing firefighting robot with Yoshimura-ori steering mechanism	12
Design and performance analysis of an adaptive omnidirectional wheel for heavy payload robot	12
Review of deep learning-based visual SLAM: types, approaches, and future work	12

Robot and overhead crane collaboration scheme to enhance payload manipulation	11
Low-cost wheeled-humanoid robot teleoperation system for imitation learning	11
Posture optimization and joint path smoothing method for robotic wood processing system	11
Pose optimization for mobile manipulator grasping based on hybrid manipulability	11
Learning synergetic push-shift-grasp policies for efficient robotic grasping in clutter	10
A method for calibrating robotic kinematic parameters based on a multi-error source model and an optimized measurement pose set	10
Spatial positioning robotic system for autonomous inspection of LPG tanks	10
A coordinated motion planning method for mobile manipulators in door opening tasks	10
Design and testing of a dual-mode magnetorheological actuator with magnetic decoupling	10
Exoskeletons: a review of recent progress	9
A study on vibration suppression strategies for welding robots based on Kalman filtering and Bayesian optimization	9
Composite robotic system for intelligent chemical experiment operations based on skill acquisition and knowledge graphs	9
Adaptive impedance control method for manipulator based on radial basis function	9
A method for predicting relative position errors in dual-robot systems via knowledge transfer from geometric and nongeometric calibration	9
LIA-LO: an efficient 2D LiDAR odometry algorithm based on intersection point constraints between lines and coordinate axes	9
Adaptive walking speed motion control of Kuavo humanoid robot based on inverse reinforcement learning	9
A swarm model with constraint coordination mechanism for unmanned aerial vehicle swarm formation maintenance in dense environments	9
Online path planning of robotic grinding based on ladder height difference defects	9
Research on collision detection method and response strategy for Delta robots	9
Design of wireless in-pipe inspection robot for image acquisition	8
A novel start-up method of sensorless passive lead-through programming for industrial robots	8
A KMP-based interactive learning approach for robot trajectory adaptation with obstacle avoidance	8
Implicit instruction reasoning by fine-tuning VLM for robotic manipulation	8
SiLK-SLAM: accurate, robust and versatile visual SLAM with simple learned keypoints	8
A flexible gripper with a wide-range variable stiffness structure based on shape memory alloy	8
Elastodynamic modeling of hybrid serial–parallel robots accounting for nonlinear effects	8
Digital twin-enhanced robotic system for remote diesel engine assembly defect inspection	8
Swarm robotics: principles, research and applications	8
Minimum disturbance control based on synchronous and adaptive acceleration planning of dual-arm space robot to capture a rotating target	7
Experimental validation of jerk-minimized trajectory planning in a 4-DOF industrial robotic arm using inverse kinematics with root multiplicity	7
Fault estimation based on intermediate observer for directed graph multi-mobile robot systems	7
A fully actuated aerial manipulator system for industrial contact inspection applications	7
Humanoid robots: from the laboratory to the workplace	7
Contact localization from soft tactile array sensor using tactile image	7
DoraHand: a novel dexterous hand with tactile sensing finger module	7
Bin picking: a review of recent developments	7
A resistance torque compensation algorithm based on Luenberger observer for minimally invasive surgical robot	7
HTSD-enhanced decoupled ADRC for Stewart platform via modal space design	7
Motion control of linear push rods based on the RBF-PID control approach	7
Design and experimental research of a rolling-adsorption wall-climbing robot	7
A robust uncertainty-based stereo vision system with a robotic manipulator for underwater structure maintenance	7
Force manipulability-oriented manipulation planning for collaborative robot	7
The role of neuromorphic and biomimetic sensors	7
NBP-CalibDRL: an automated hand-eye calibration method using deep reinforcement learning for industrial automation	6
The role of robots in the electronics industry	6
Research on path planning method for casting surface defect removal based on equal-entropy optimization	6
Design of a force-controlled end-effector based on the pneumatic artificial muscle for robotic polishing	6
A robust human target following system in corridor environment based on wall detection	6
Impedance-based null-space control of redundant torque-controlled robot	6
Autonomous path planning and stabilizing force interaction control for robotic massage in unknown environment	6

A low-cost 6-degrees of freedom hand-eye calibration method for dual-camera 3-dimensional imaging for Stewart parallel robots	6
Beyond imaging: drones for physical applications	6
A robotic polishing trajectory planning method for TBCs of aero-engine turbine blade using measured point cloud	6
A robotic peg-in-hole assembly method based on demonstration learning and adaptive impedance control	6
Research on active disturbance rejection control technique for underwater welding robot based on model compensation	6
Path planning for robotic fish based on improved RRT* algorithm and dynamic window approach	6
Additive manufacturing: technologiesand applications	6
Serial robotic plasma additive manufacturing on complex NURBS surface	6
Design and control of variable stiffness joint based on magnetic flux adjustment mechanism	6
Time-optimal trajectory planning for 6R manipulator arm based on chaotic improved sparrow search algorithm	6
A framework for vision-based robotic grasping and sorting in cluttered environments	6
System design and flight control of a flying wheel-legged humanoid robot (FWLR)	5
Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review	5
Encoder-decoder-LSTM based MPPI control strategy for mobile robots in clutter environments	5
Model optimization and acceleration method based on meta-learning and model pruning for laser vision weld tracking system	5
Deep learning-based 6-DoF visual relocalization assisted simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)	5
Efficient single-shot global localization method for indoor mobile robots using branch-and-bound	5
Design and application of bidirectional soft actuator with multiangle chambers	5
Simplified model to study the kinematics of manipulators with parallelogram linkages	5
Structural design and control strategy of a cable-driven robot under high-altitude facade conditions with large span and multiple constraints	5
The implementation and performance evaluation for a smart robot with edge computing algorithms	5
Fuzzy active disturbance rejection control method for an omnidirectional mobile robot with MY3 wheel	5
Autonomous exploration through deep reinforcement learning	5
Research on improved active disturbance rejection control strategy for hydraulic-driven Stewart stabilization platform	5
An inchworm-inspired soft robot with combined functions of omni-directional steering and obstacle surmounting	5
Lightweight SLAM with a hierarchical dynamic-object discrimination mechanism	5
Research on fuzzy impedance control of upper-limb rehabilitation robot based on membership functions online optimization learning strategy	5
Movement and binding control strategy based on a new type of rebar-binding robot	5
UDS-SLAM: real-time robust visual SLAM based on semantic segmentation in dynamic scenes	5
Reinforcement learning for generating four-track trajectory planning to adapt to longitudinal rugged terrain	5