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Papers

(The median citation count of Autonomous Robots is 3. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial - Robotics: Science and Systems 2022	146
Image-based Navigation in Real-World Environments via Multiple Mid-level Representations: Fusion Models, Benchmark and Efficient Evaluation	97
Efficiently finding poses for multiple grasp types with partial point clouds by uncoupling grasp shape and scale	93
A novel framework for generalizing dynamic movement primitives under kinematic constraints	84
TIP: A trust inference and propagation model in multi-human multi-robot teams	71
Heterogeneous graph attention networks for scalable multi-robot scheduling with temporospatial constraints	71
Distributed swarm collision avoidance based on angular calculations	50
Cooperative estimation and control of a diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators	48
Optimal policies for autonomous navigation in strong currents using fast marching trees	47
DiSECt: a differentiable simulator for parameter inference and control in robotic cutting	46
Image based Localization under large perspective difference between Sfm and SLAM using split sim(3) optimization	42
Fast nonlinear risk assessment for autonomous vehicles using learned conditional probabilistic models of agent futures	42
Dynamic event-triggered integrated task and motion planning for process-aware source seeking	39
Multimodal embodied attribute learning by robots for object-centric action policies	38
Method of evolving junction on optimal path planning in flows fields	35
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	34
A unified control strategy for autonomous aerial vehicles	34
LatticeNet: fast spatio-temporal point cloud segmentation using permutohedral lattices	33
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	33
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	33
Learning modular language-conditioned robot policies through attention	31
Leveraging experience in lazy search	29
Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes	27
Semi-dense visual-inertial odometry and mapping for computationally constrained platforms	23
Reconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms	23

ASAPs: asynchronous hybrid self-reconfiguration algorithm for porous modular robotic structures	23
Compiling CNNs with Cain: focal-plane processing for robot navigation	22
Power generation performance of a spherical robot with a pendulum in an amphibious environment	18
Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications	17
Correction: Adaptive hybrid local-global sampling for fast informed sampling-based optimal path planning	16
Safe and stable teleoperation of quadrotor UAVs under haptic shared autonomy	16
Effective tracking of unknown clustered targets using a distributed team of mobile robots	15
Integrative biomechanics of a human–robot carrying task: implications for future collaborative work	15
Correspondence identification for collaborative multi-robot perception under uncertainty	14
Multirotor nonlinear model predictive control based on visual servoing of evolving features	14
Reinforcement learning with imitative behaviors for humanoid robots navigation: synchronous planning and control	13
Semantic scan context: a novel semantic-based loop-closure method for LiDAR SLAM	13
Collocation methods for second and higher order systems	13
Hierarchical planning with state abstractions for temporal task specifications	12
TNES: terrain traversability mapping, navigation and excavation system for autonomous excavators on worksite	12
Learning and planning with logical automata	12
FIMD: fast isolated marker detection for UV-based visual relative localisation in agile UAV swarms	12
HeRo 2.0: a low-cost robot for swarm robotics research	12
Bayes–Nash: Bayesian inference for Nash equilibrium selection in human-robot parallel play	12
Unsupervised dissimilarity-based fault detection method for autonomous mobile robots	11
Learning instance-level N-ary semantic knowledge at scale for robots operating in everyday environments	10
Mori-zwanzig approach for belief abstraction with application to belief space planning	10
Design and control of BRAVER: a bipedal robot actuated via proprioceptive electric motors	10
A visibility-based pursuit-evasion game between two nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles	9
A self-guided approach for navigation in a minimalistic foraging robotic swarm	9
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	9
An empirical characterization of ODE models of swarm behaviors in common foraging scenarios	8
The human in the loop Perspectives and challenges for RoboCup 2050	8
Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans	8
TidyBot: personalized robot assistance with large language models	8
An anytime Visibility–Voronoi graph-search algorithm for generating robust and feasible unmanned surface vehicle paths	8
RLSS: real-time, decentralized, cooperative, networkless multi-robot trajectory planning using linear spatial separations	8
Terrain traversability prediction through self-supervised learning and unsupervised domain adaptation on synthetic data	8
Learning latent actions to control assistive robots	8
Embodied scene description	8
SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly	8
A Bayesian tracker for synthesizing mobile robot behaviour from demonstration	7
Regulated pure pursuit for robot path tracking	7
Dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertainty and temporal constraints	7
An overview of space-variant and active vision mechanisms for resource-constrained human inspired robotic vision	7
A hybrid inductive learning-based and deductive reasoning-based 3-D path planning method in complex environments	7
Editor’s Note	7
Learning scalable and efficient communication policies for multi-robot collision avoidance	7
Co-design of communication and machine inference for cloud robotics	7
A concurrent learning approach to monocular vision range regulation of leader/follower systems	7
Robust inverse dynamics by evaluating Newton–Euler equations with respect to a moving reference and measuring angular acceleration	6
SpaTiaL: monitoring and planning of robotic tasks using spatio-temporal logic specifications	6
Underwater visual mapping of curved ship hull surface using stereo vision	6
Why ORB-SLAM is missing commonly occurring loop closures?	6
Autonomous search of an airborne release in urban environments using informed tree planning	6

Adaptive submodular inverse reinforcement learning for spatial search and map exploration	6
Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms	6
BFAR: improving radar odometry estimation using a bounded false alarm rate detector	6
Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots	5
Stochastic spatio-temporal optimization for control and co-design of systems in robotics and applied physics	5
Motion planning and control for mobile robot navigation using machine learning: a survey	5
Data-driven gait model for bipedal locomotion over continuous changing speeds and inclines	5
Formal design, verification and implementation of robotic controller software via RoboChart and RoboTool	5
A unified framework for measuring interplane and intraplane coupling in spatial biped robots	5
Shortest coordinated motions for square robots	5
R $$\times $$ R: Rapid eXploration for Reinforcement learning via sampling-based reset distributions and imitation pre-training	5
Context-aware system synthesis, task assignment, and routing	5
Large language models for chemistry robotics	5
Integrating action knowledge and LLMs for task planning and situation handling in open worlds	5
Bayesian incremental inference update by re-using calculations from belief space planning: a new paradigm	5
Learning latent representations to co-adapt to humans	5
Synthesizing compact behavior trees for probabilistic robotics domains	4
Isolated Kalman filtering: theory and decoupled estimator design	4
Humans as path-finders for mobile robots using teach-by-showing navigation	4
OverlapNet: a siamese network for computing LiDAR scan similarity with applications to loop closing and localization	4
ASAP-MPC: an asynchronous update scheme for online motion planning with nonlinear model predictive control	4
Eigen-factors a bilevel optimization for plane SLAM of 3D point clouds	4
Autonomous exploration with online learning of traversable yet visually rigid obstacles	4
Between reality and delusion: challenges of applying large language models to companion robots for open-domain dialogues with older adults	4
Editor’s note - Special issue on Robot Swarms in the Real World: from Design to Deployment	4
Navigating by touch: haptic Monte Carlo localization via geometric sensing and terrain classification	4
Herding stochastic autonomous agents via local control rules and online target selection strategies	3
Reinforcement learning based autonomous multi-rotor landing on moving platforms	3
Complex environment localization system using complementary ceiling and ground map information	3
Manipulation at optimum locations for maximum force transmission with mobile robots under environmental disturbances	3
Bridging the reality gap in drone swarm development through mixed reality	3
Urban localization based on aerial imagery by correcting projection distortion	3
A penalized batch-Bayesian approach to informative path planning for decentralized swarm robotic search	3