Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Article	Citations
Pseudo-kinematic trajectory control and planning of tracked vehicles	253
Editorial Board	223
Navigating the blame game: Investigating automated vehicle fault in collisions under mixed traffic conditions	176
Adaptive game-theoretic decision-making with driving style recognition for autonomous vehicles in uninterrupted traffic flows at intersections	169
Towards robot affective appraisal linking inner speech and emotion	136
Analysis of vision-based Air-to-Air UAV detection using YOLO based architectures	135
Social interaction model enhanced with speculation stage for human trajectory prediction	134
Enhancing fault detection and performance for UAVs with digital twin systems in search and rescue missions	112
Robust fault-tolerant control of quadrotors under simultaneous multiple faults and input/state delays	109
Design and development of a novel desktop robot for orthodontic archwire forming	109
High-safety path optimization for mobile robots using an improved ant colony algorithm with integrated repulsive field rules	107
Dexterous in-hand manipulation of slender cylindrical objects through deep reinforcement learning with tactile sensing	85
Optimal path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles with multiple round-trip flights in coverage tasks	78
Strategies for large scale elastic and semantic LiDAR reconstruction	77
Three-dimensional magnetometer calibration using higher order models embedded into neural networks	76
Real-time identification and avoidance of simultaneous static and dynamic obstacles on point cloud for UAVs navigation	73
Deep reinforcement learning of event-triggered communication and consensus-based control for distributed cooperative transport	68
Estimation of lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton torque by combining dual-joint parameter identification and neural network	66
Phase-independent Dynamic Movement Primitives with applications to human–robot co-manipulation and time optimal planning	63
A multi-locomotion clustered tensegrity mobile robot with fewer actuators	62
Development and evaluation of fiber reinforced modular soft actuators and an individualized soft rehabilitation glove	60
System identification and model reference adaptive control of bipedal locomotion with neural networks	57
Spiking control of dielectric elastomer actuators	56
dGrasp: NeRF-Informed implicit grasp policies with supervised optimization slopes	51
Stackelberg game approach for resource allocation in device-to-device communication with heterogeneous networks	51

Graduated non-convex feature-metric-based 6D object pose refinement via deep reinforcement learning	51
RainSD: Rain style diversification module for image synthesis enhancement using feature-level style distribution	50
Approximate sequential optimization for informative path planning	47
Planning and control of multi-robot-object systems under temporal logic tasks and uncertain dynamics	47
Learning differentiable dynamics models for shape control of deformable linear objects	45
A novel hybrid swarm intelligence algorithm for solving TSP and desired-path-based online obstacle avoidance strategy for AUV	44
Editorial Board	43
iCORPP: Interleaved commonsense reasoning and probabilistic planning on robots	42
TRUSTS: A novel treadmill-based multifunctional testing system for performance evaluation of wheeled planetary exploration rover	41
Goal-aware generative adversarial imitation learning from imperfect demonstration for robotic cloth manipulation	41
Pose accuracy improvement in robotic machining by visually-guided method and experimental investigation	41
Human-inspired dynamic obstacle and inter-collision avoidance algorithm for humanoid biped robots	41
Editorial Board	41
Fuzzy dynamical system for robot learning motion skills from human demonstration	40
A survey on the design and evolution of social robots — Past, present and future	40
NDT-CAM: A Simple, Adaptive, and Robust Visual-assisted LiDAR Odometry for High Altitude Mapping	39
Distributed cooperative pursuit with encirclement guarantee via robust model predictive control	38
Spherical rolling robots—Design, modeling, and control: A systematic literature review	37
Reinforcement learning in robotic motion planning by combined experience-based planning and self-imitation learning	36
Cooperative Artificial Intelligence for underwater robotic swarm	36
POE-based kinematic calibration for serial robots using left-invariant error representation and decomposed iterative method	36
PentaFusion: Differentiable attention weighting for real-time LiDAR-camera fusion in edge autonomous vehicles	36
Emergency obstacle avoidance trajectory planning under dynamics characteristics constraints of corner module architecture intelligent electric vehicle	35
Design of 9-DOF humanoid arms inspired by the human’s inner shoulder to enhance versatility and workspace	35
CMAE-Traj: A contrastive masked autoencoder framework for trajectory prediction	35
An adaptive framework for trajectory following in changing-contact robot manipulation tasks	35
Identification of physically consistent dynamics parameter of the ABB IRB 360-6/1600 delta robot and its use for time-optimal motion planning under consideration of constraint forces	35
An exploratory study of software engineering in heavy-duty mobile machine automation	34
An explainable deep learning model for automated classification and localization of microrobots by functionality using ultrasound images	33
Editorial Board	32
Large-scale multi-robot assembly planning for autonomous manufacturing	32
A survey of multi-agent Human–Robot Interaction systems	32
Virtual framework customizing wearable mechanisms: An application to gait-assistive mobile hip robots	32
Kinematic analysis and optimized self-adaptive impedance control of a compliant underactuated gripper featuring contact-aided flexure hinges	32
Upper limb power-assist wearable robot for handling repetitive medium- to low-weight loads in daily logistics tasks	31
CRESTA: A Cognitivist Robot Execution framework for Semantic-driven Task Awareness	31
Robotic co-manipulation of deformable linear objects for large deformation tasks	31
Editorial Board	30
A Multi-UAV unfixed scale task assignment method with uncertainty based on deep Q network	30
Continuous mapping of large surfaces with a quality inspection robot	30
Enhancing recycling efficiency: A rapid glass bottle sorting gripper	30
Addressing time discrepancy between digital and physical twins	30
Sampling-based time-optimal path parameterization with jerk constraints for robotic manipulation	29
Beyond coverage path planning: Can UAV swarms perfect scattered regions inspections?	29
Autonomous cooperative wall building by a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the MBZIRC 2020 competition	28
Energy efficient path planning for autonomous ground vehicles with ackermann steering	28
Informed sampling space driven robot informative path planning	27
Towards One Shot & Pick All: 3D-OAS, an end-to-end framework for vision guided top-down parcel bin-picking using 3D-overlapping-aware instance segmentation and GNN	27
Human–human and human–robot co–manipulation: A biomechanical analysis of a joint carrying task	27
Task allocation for heterogeneous multi-AUV system with rechargeable docking stations: A multitask bundling auction approach	27

Robotic manipulation framework based on semantic keypoints for packing shoes of different sizes, shapes, and softness	27
DynaTM-SLAM: Fast filtering of dynamic feature points and object-based localization in dynamic indoor environments	27
Transformer-based aerial robot tracking system in environments with wind disturbances	27
Multitask control of aerial manipulator robots with dynamic compensation based on numerical methods	26
Learning multi-robot task allocation using capsule networks and attention mechanism	26
Enhancing free-space transparency with discrete energy-based compensation in physical human–robot interaction	26
Rebar-tying Robot based on machine vision and coverage path planning	26
Dynamics, multi-performance analysis and load experimental study of a 3-DOF over constrained robot with high energy efficiency for extracting fermented grains	26
Learning latent causal factors from the intricate sensor feedback of contact-rich robotic assembly tasks	26
HIA-APF: A hierarchical based path planning method for lunar rovers on a partially observable surface	26
Real-time terrain anomaly perception for safe robot locomotion using a digital double framework	25
Editorial Board	25
Learning and extrapolation of robotic skills using task-parameterized equation learner networks	25
Editorial Board	25
VR-supported method for studying the MPC algorithm in controlling snake robot motion	25
Corrigendum to “ICACIA: An Intelligent Context-Aware framework for COBOT in defense industry using ontological and deep learning models” [Robotics and Autonomous Systems Volume 157, November 2022, 104	24
Passive Reinforcement Learning with Optimal Control for Safe Convergence in Cyber–physical Systems	24
Formal and scalable multi-robot coordination methods for long horizon tasks with time uncertainty	24
Obstacle crossing in revolute and prismatic knee underactuated biped robots	24
A sufficient condition for feature agnostic video stabilization for surveillance robots: A state space approach	24
Model checking embedded adaptive cruise controllers	24
Control and stabilization of quadcopters subjected to propeller failures	23
Learning temporal maps of dynamics for mobile robots	23
Informed expansion for informative path planning via online distribution learning	23
Online planar inverse kinematics for superelastic Nitinol rod driven discrete continuum robot units	23
A Collision-free path planning approach based on rule guided lazy-PRM with repulsion field for gantry welding robots	23
A resilient solution to Range-Only SLAM based on a decoupled landmark range and bearing reconstruction	23
Humanoid motion generation in a world of stairs	22
A robust and compliant framework for legged mobile manipulators using virtual model control and whole-body control	22
A Signal Temporal Logic approach for task-based coordination of multi-aerial systems: A wind turbine inspection case study	22
Learning-aided state estimation for robotic rollators with experimental validation	22
SE(3)-based representation of object deformations for robotic shape servoing: Formulation and assessment	22
A nonlinear state estimation framework for humanoid robots	22
Evaluation of safety-related performance of wearable lower limb exoskeleton robot (WLLER): A systematic review	22
Household robot utilizing location information for human activity and habit understanding	22
Evaluating the influence of UEXO-II on human performance: A torque and muscle level analysis	22
Correct and efficient UAV missions based on temporal planning and in-flight hybrid simulations	22
Automatic control for swing-free control of suctioned products in robotic pick-and-place operations	21
Fall analysis and prediction for humanoids	21
Optimal contractor for triangle constraint	21
Human leading or following preferences: Effects on human perception of the robot and the human–robot collaboration	21
Robust adaptive control for aggressive quadrotor maneuvers via	21
Context-aware proactive and adaptive conversation for human–robot interaction	21
Editorial Board	21
Towards field deployment of MAVs in adaptive exploration of GPS-denied subterranean environments	21
Practical whole-body elasto-geometric calibration of a humanoid robot: Application to the TALOS robot	21
Editorial Board	21
Interaction-aware motion planning and control based on game theory with human-in-the-loop validation	20
Physics-informed LSTM-based delay compensation framework for high-fidelity teleoperation of wheeled mobile robots	20
ECO-CPP: Energy constrained online coverage path planning	20
A formal framework for the specification and verification of robotic skills composition for autonomous behaviors	20
Inspection robot GPS outages localization based on error Kalman filter and deep learning	20
Improved prescribed performance control for multi-quadrotor payload transport under unknown disturbances	19
A survey of demonstration learning	19
DROPO: Sim-to-real transfer with offline domain randomization	19
Challenges: Strong impact operation robots—motion analysis, transient measurement, and vibration suppression strategy	19
Improving obstacle boundary representations in predictive occupancy mapping	19
Semi-autonomous unmanned aerial manipulator teleoperation for push-and-slide inspection using parallel force/vision control	19
Depth accuracy analysis of the ZED 2i Stereo Camera in an indoor Environment	19
Path tracking control strategy for off-road 4WS4WD vehicle based on robust model predictive control	19
Entropy-based tuning approach for Q-learning in an unstructured environment	19
A study of robotic search strategy for multi-radiation sources in unknown environments	19
NNPP: A learning-based heuristic model for accelerating optimal path planning on uneven terrain	19
Robotic assembly strategy via reinforcement learning based on force and visual information	19
AEROBULL: A Center-of-Mass displacing aerial vehicle enabling efficient high-force interaction	18
CMFFN: An efficient cross-modal feature fusion network for semantic segmentation	18
Vibration suppression of redundantly controlled cable-driven parallel robots	18
Efficient reinforcement learning with least-squares soft Bellman residual for robotic grasping	18
Towards real-time forest inventory using handheld LiDAR	18
Toward best practices in embedded ethics: Suggestions for interdisciplinary technology development	18
A half-cooperative strategy based Deep Q-network algorithm for multi-agent dynamic target hunting	18
A multimodal loop closure fusion for autonomous vehicles SLAM	18
Lifelong mapping in the wild: Novel strategies for ensuring map stability and accuracy over time evaluated on thousands of robots	18
Self-supervised prediction of the intention to interact with a service robot	18
Virtual attention points: Bridging human movement characteristics and dexterous robot motion generation	18
Editorial Board	18
FIT-SLAM 2: Efficient 3D exploration with Fisher information and traversability-based adaptive roadmap	18
Task-focused robotic swarming: Maximising effectiveness via specialised roles	18
Pyramidal 3D feature fusion on polar grids for fast and robust traversability analysis on CPU	18
The rapid rise of soft robotics in surgical operations: Trends, challenges, and future directions	18

Symbolic representation of what robots are taught in one demonstration	17
Comparative analysis of multiple YOLO-based target detectors and trackers for ADAS in edge devices	17
Neuro compensated sliding mode control with nonlinear surfaces for pipe crack sealing manipulator	17
Safe multi-agent drone control using control barrier functions and acceleration fields	17
“Reinforcement learning particle swarm optimization based trajectory planning of autonomous ground vehicle using 2D LiDAR point cloud”	17
Extremum seeking control for the trajectory tracking of a skid steering vehicle via averaged sub-gradient integral sliding-mode theory	17
Implementation and observability analysis of visual-inertial-wheel odometry with robust initialization and online extrinsic calibration	17
Hybrid compliant control with variable-stiffness wrist for assembly and grinding application	17
A degree of flowability for virtual tubes	17
Editorial Board	17
Understanding Symbols: Towards a Compact Vocabulary Learned from Robot Experience for Task Planning	17
When and where to step: Terrain-aware real-time footstep location and timing optimization for bipedal robots	16
Research on VSLAM algorithm based on landmark assistance	16
An integrated framework for obstacle avoidance path planning and tracking of autonomous vehicles considering risk potential fields	16
Design and control of an aerial-ground tethered tendon-driven continuum robot with hybrid routing	16
Automatic extension of a symbolic mobile manipulation skill set	16
Active control strategy of lower limb exoskeleton based on variable admittance control	16
Reinforcement learning control for the swimming motions of a beaver-like, single-legged robot based on biological inspiration	16
Exploiting robot abstractions in episodic RL via reward shaping and heuristics	16
Optimal body posture and wheel load planning and active suspension coupling control for autonomous multi-axle vehicles traversing tough terrain	16
Learning to Control Highly Accelerated Ballistic Movements on Muscular Robots	16
Editorial Board	15
A lumen-adapted navigation scheme with spatial awareness from monocular vision for autonomous robotic endoscopy	15
Fusion innovation: Multi-scale dilated collaborative model of ConvNeXt and MSDA for fault diagnosis	15
A control strategy for point stabilization and trajectory tracking of wheeled mobile robots	15
Safe deep learning-based global path planning using a fast collision-free path generator	15
Editorial Board	15
The XBot2 real-time middleware for robotics	15
An empirical evaluation of learning-based multi-agent path finding algorithms in warehouse environments	15
Hybrid brain-computer interfacing paradigm for assistive robotics	15
Editorial Board	15
A review of advances in underwater humanoid robots for human–machine cooperation	15
DAPTP: Distributed Awareness Planner using Time Potential for dynamic target search	15
Bimanual dynamic grabbing and tossing of objects onto a moving target	15
Reinforcement learning in robotic systems : A review on sim-to-real transfer	15
Trajectory planning system for bimanual robots: Achieving efficient collision-free manipulation	14
Estimation of aerodynamic effects in coaxial rotors for UAVs using fractional Unscented Kalman Filter and DCSV	14
STSLAM: Robust visual SLAM in dynamic scenes via image segmentation and instance tracking	14
A self-supervised learning approach to acquire representation of concave object manipulation with sparse tactile sensing	14
Rolling mechanism and performance of a soft robot driven by local curvature loading	14
Collision-free path planning for multiple robots using efficient turn-angle assignment	14
NMPC design for a self-aligning compliant gait rehabilitation robot	14
Direct trajectory optimization of macro-micro robotic system using a Gauss pseudospectral framework	14
Visually extracting the network topology of drone swarms	14
Parallel self-assembly for modular USVs with diverse docking mechanism layouts	14
Consistency optimal coordination control of underground heavy-load robot in nonstructural environment	14
A feasibility-driven MPC scheme for robust gait generation in humanoids	14
MOVRO2: Loosely coupled monocular visual radar odometry using factor graph optimization	14
RobustStateNet: Robust ego vehicle state estimation for Autonomous Driving	14
Development of a soft gripper for replicating human grasps in forest nursery tasks	14
Mobile robot’s path-planning and path-tracking in static and dynamic environments: Dynamic programming approach	13
A constraint embedding approach for dynamics modeling of parallel kinematic manipulators with hybrid limbs	13
MVGrasp: Real-time multi-view 3D object grasping in highly cluttered environments	13
LiODOM: Adaptive local mapping for robust LiDAR-only odometry	13
An overactuated aerial robot based on cooperative quadrotors attached through passive universal joints: Modeling, control and 6-DoF trajectory tracking	13
Quasi-static balancing for biped robot to perform extreme postures using ducted-fan propulsion system	13
Towards developing an add-on module to estimate attacker position for unmanned aerial vehicles	13
Performance analysis of buck converter with fractional PID controller using hybrid technique	13
Online task segmentation by merging symbolic and data-driven skill recognition during kinesthetic teaching	13
Design and development of a locomotion interface for virtual reality lower-body haptic interaction	13
LightDepth: A resource efficient depth estimation approach for dealing with ground truth sparsity via curriculum learning	12
Optimization techniques for Multi-Robot Task Allocation problems: Review on the state-of-the-art	12
Time optimal multi-base placement planning for mobile measuring manipulator considering reachable and non-singular constraints	12
Editorial Board	12
Robot policy learning from demonstrations and visual rewards for sequential manipulation tasks	12
APPL: Adaptive Planner Parameter Learning	12
Defense against smart invaders with swarms of sweeping agents	12
SR-SLAM: Scene reliability-based RGB-D SLAM in diverse environments	12
A new approach to smooth path planning of Ackerman mobile robot based on improved ACO algorithm and B-spline curve	12
A high-accuracy pose estimation visual guidance system for body-in-white based on multi-camera hierarchical optimization	12
Efficient distributed multi-robot SLAM under missed detections and clutter with labeled multi-Bernoulli map	12
Social robot navigation through constrained optimization: A comprehensive study of uncertainty-based objectives and constraints in the simulated and real world	12
Design, control and evaluation of a treadmill-based Pelvic Exoskeleton (PeXo) with self-paced walking mode	12
Robot localization aided by quantum algorithms	12
Machine learning-based inverse kinematics scalability for prismatic tensegrity structural manipulators	12
Reinforcement learning-based optimal formation control of multiple robotic rollers in cooperative rolling compaction	12
Special Issue on the 10th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2021)	12
An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots	12
Ellipsoid uncertainty tether model for collision avoidance in a fleet of Remotely Operated Vehicles	12
Fault tolerant position control of soft bending actuator in the presence of actuator leakage	11
Robot learning from human demonstrations with inconsistent contexts	11
Hybrid of representation learning and reinforcement learning for dynamic and complex robotic motion planning	11
Cooperative Formation Control Strategy for Multi-robot System Based on APF Algorithm and Sliding Mode Estimator	11
Visual place recognition for aerial imagery: A survey	11
OGATE: A framework for autonomous controllers assessment	11
Observer-based model-free controller for the perturbations estimation and attenuation in robotic plants	11
Online learning of MPC for autonomous racing	11
A fault-tolerant sensor fusion in mobile robots using multiple model Kalman filters	11
Data-driven bilinear model predictive tracking control of soft manipulators with unmodeled dynamics and unknown disturbances compensation	11
Robust consensus control of cooperative transportation systems on uneven terrain	11
Automation of polymer pressing by robotic handling with in-process parameter optimization	11
An algorithm for dynamic obstacle avoidance applied to UAVs	11
A novel digital twin model based bio-heuristic sliding mode control algorithm for trajectory tracking control of USV in the presence of complex marine environment disturbance	11
Recent advancements in soft ankle/knee exoskeletons technologies: systems, actuation and control	11
UV Disinfection Robots: A Review	11