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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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial - Robotics: Science and Systems 2022	173
Wild visual navigation: fast traversability learning via pre-trained models and online self-supervision	134
TIP: A trust inference and propagation model in multi-human multi-robot teams	126
Image-based Navigation in Real-World Environments via Multiple Mid-level Representations: Fusion Models, Benchmark and Efficient Evaluation	85
Efficiently finding poses for multiple grasp types with partial point clouds by uncoupling grasp shape and scale	60
A novel framework for generalizing dynamic movement primitives under kinematic constraints	60
Image based Localization under large perspective difference between Sfm and SLAM using split sim(3) optimization	56
Optimal policies for autonomous navigation in strong currents using fast marching trees	56
Cooperative estimation and control of a diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators	54
Distributed swarm collision avoidance based on angular calculations	50
DiSECt: a differentiable simulator for parameter inference and control in robotic cutting	48
Fast nonlinear risk assessment for autonomous vehicles using learned conditional probabilistic models of agent futures	48
Multimodal embodied attribute learning by robots for object-centric action policies	42
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	42
Method of evolving junction on optimal path planning in flows fields	39
Persistent multi-resource coverage with heterogeneous multi-robot teams	39
Dynamic event-triggered integrated task and motion planning for process-aware source seeking	39
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	37
Tactile-based object retrieval from granular media	33
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	26
Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes	25
Learning modular language-conditioned robot policies through attention	25
ASAPs: asynchronous hybrid self-reconfiguration algorithm for porous modular robotic structures	23
Reconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms	19
Correction: Adaptive hybrid local-global sampling for fast informed sampling-based optimal path planning	19

Power generation performance of a spherical robot with a pendulum in an amphibious environment	15
Compiling CNNs with Cain: focal-plane processing for robot navigation	15
Safe and stable teleoperation of quadrotor UAVs under haptic shared autonomy	15
Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications	15
Multirotor nonlinear model predictive control based on visual servoing of evolving features	14
Collocation methods for second and higher order systems	14
Integrative biomechanics of a human–robot carrying task: implications for future collaborative work	14
Effective tracking of unknown clustered targets using a distributed team of mobile robots	14
Semantic scan context: a novel semantic-based loop-closure method for LiDAR SLAM	13
Hierarchical planning with state abstractions for temporal task specifications	13
Reinforcement learning with imitative behaviors for humanoid robots navigation: synchronous planning and control	13
HeRo 2.0: a low-cost robot for swarm robotics research	12
FIMD: fast isolated marker detection for UV-based visual relative localisation in agile UAV swarms	12
Es-cbf: an energy sufficiency extension for sample based path planners to enable long term autonomy	11
Unsupervised dissimilarity-based fault detection method for autonomous mobile robots	11
Bayes–Nash: Bayesian inference for Nash equilibrium selection in human-robot parallel play	11
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	10
Learning instance-level N-ary semantic knowledge at scale for robots operating in everyday environments	10
TNES: terrain traversability mapping, navigation and excavation system for autonomous excavators on worksite	10
Design and control of BRAVER: a bipedal robot actuated via proprioceptive electric motors	10
Mori-zwanzig approach for belief abstraction with application to belief space planning	10
The human in the loop Perspectives and challenges for RoboCup 2050	10
A visibility-based pursuit-evasion game between two nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles	10
A self-guided approach for navigation in a minimalistic foraging robotic swarm	10
RLSS: real-time, decentralized, cooperative, networkless multi-robot trajectory planning using linear spatial separations	9
Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans	9
An empirical characterization of ODE models of swarm behaviors in common foraging scenarios	9
Co-design of communication and machine inference for cloud robotics	8
Adaptive ergodic search with energy-aware scheduling for persistent multi-robot missions	8
Terrain traversability prediction through self-supervised learning and unsupervised domain adaptation on synthetic data	8
An overview of space-variant and active vision mechanisms for resource-constrained human inspired robotic vision	8
SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly	8
An anytime Visibility–Voronoi graph-search algorithm for generating robust and feasible unmanned surface vehicle paths	8
DynaLOAM: robust LiDAR odometry and mapping in dynamic environments	8
Learning scalable and efficient communication policies for multi-robot collision avoidance	8
TidyBot: personalized robot assistance with large language models	8
A hybrid inductive learning-based and deductive reasoning-based 3-D path planning method in complex environments	7
Adaptive submodular inverse reinforcement learning for spatial search and map exploration	7
Regulated pure pursuit for robot path tracking	7
A concurrent learning approach to monocular vision range regulation of leader/follower systems	7
Dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertainty and temporal constraints	7
Large language models for chemistry robotics	6
Underwater visual mapping of curved ship hull surface using stereo vision	6
A unified framework for measuring interplane and intraplane coupling in spatial biped robots	6
Motion planning and control for mobile robot navigation using machine learning: a survey	6
SpaTiaL: monitoring and planning of robotic tasks using spatio-temporal logic specifications	6
Robust inverse dynamics by evaluating Newton–Euler equations with respect to a moving reference and measuring angular acceleration	6
BFAR: improving radar odometry estimation using a bounded false alarm rate detector	6
Autonomous search of an airborne release in urban environments using informed tree planning	6
Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms	6

Why ORB-SLAM is missing commonly occurring loop closures?	6
Integrating action knowledge and LLMs for task planning and situation handling in open worlds	5
Isolated Kalman filtering: theory and decoupled estimator design	5
Data-driven gait model for bipedal locomotion over continuous changing speeds and inclines	5
R $$\times $$ R: Rapid eXploration for Reinforcement learning via sampling-based reset distributions and imitation pre-training	5
Shortest coordinated motions for square robots	5
Context-aware system synthesis, task assignment, and routing	5
Stochastic spatio-temporal optimization for control and co-design of systems in robotics and applied physics	5
ASAP-MPC: an asynchronous update scheme for online motion planning with nonlinear model predictive control	5
Autonomous mapping and spectroscopic analysis of distributed radiation fields using aerial robots	5
Synthesizing compact behavior trees for probabilistic robotics domains	5
Learning latent representations to co-adapt to humans	5
Formal design, verification and implementation of robotic controller software via RoboChart and RoboTool	5
Bayesian incremental inference update by re-using calculations from belief space planning: a new paradigm	4
Autonomous robotic manipulation for grasping a target object in cluttered environments	4
Manipulation at optimum locations for maximum force transmission with mobile robots under environmental disturbances	4
Editor’s note - Special issue on Robot Swarms in the Real World: from Design to Deployment	4
Eigen-factors a bilevel optimization for plane SLAM of 3D point clouds	4
Complex environment localization system using complementary ceiling and ground map information	4
Between reality and delusion: challenges of applying large language models to companion robots for open-domain dialogues with older adults	4
Autonomous exploration with online learning of traversable yet visually rigid obstacles	4
Reinforcement learning based autonomous multi-rotor landing on moving platforms	4
Correction: Planning under uncertainty for safe robot exploration using gaussian process prediction	3
An empowerment-based solution to robotic manipulation tasks with sparse rewards	3
Inverse reinforcement learning for autonomous navigation via differentiable semantic mapping and planning	3
Robust bounded control scheme for quadrotor vehicles under high dynamic disturbances	3
A penalized batch-Bayesian approach to informative path planning for decentralized swarm robotic search	3
Bridging the reality gap in drone swarm development through mixed reality	3
Deep introspective SLAM: deep reinforcement learning based approach to avoid tracking failure in visual SLAM	3
Active object perception using Bayesian classifiers and haptic exploration	3
Urban localization based on aerial imagery by correcting projection distortion	3
Herding stochastic autonomous agents via local control rules and online target selection strategies	3
COVER: cross-vehicle transition framework for quadrotor control in air-ground cooperation	3
External force observer aided push recovery for torque-controlled biped robots	3
Humans as path-finders for mobile robots using teach-by-showing navigation	3