OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Autonomous Robots is 9. 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
Heterogeneous graph attention networks for scalable multi-robot scheduling with temporospatial constraints	71
TIP: A trust inference and propagation model in multi-human multi-robot teams	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
A unified control strategy for autonomous aerial vehicles	34
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	34
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	33
LatticeNet: fast spatio-temporal point cloud segmentation using permutohedral lattices	33
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	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
ASAPs: asynchronous hybrid self-reconfiguration algorithm for porous modular robotic structures	23
Semi-dense visual-inertial odometry and mapping for computationally constrained platforms	23

Reconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms	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
Safe and stable teleoperation of quadrotor UAVs under haptic shared autonomy	16
Correction: Adaptive hybrid local-global sampling for fast informed sampling-based optimal path planning	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
Multirotor nonlinear model predictive control based on visual servoing of evolving features	14
Correspondence identification for collaborative multi-robot perception under uncertainty	14
Collocation methods for second and higher order systems	13
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
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
Design and control of BRAVER: a bipedal robot actuated via proprioceptive electric motors	10
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
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	9
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