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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial - Robotics: Science and Systems 2022	194
Image-based Navigation in Real-World Environments via Multiple Mid-level Representations: Fusion Models, Benchmark and Efficient Evaluation	156
Efficiently finding poses for multiple grasp types with partial point clouds by uncoupling grasp shape and scale	152
Wild visual navigation: fast traversability learning via pre-trained models and online self-supervision	69
A novel framework for generalizing dynamic movement primitives under kinematic constraints	67
Robust robotic exploration and mapping using generative occupancy map synthesis	66
TIP: A trust inference and propagation model in multi-human multi-robot teams	65
Optimal policies for autonomous navigation in strong currents using fast marching trees	55
Image based Localization under large perspective difference between Sfm and SLAM using split sim(3) optimization	55
Distributed swarm collision avoidance based on angular calculations	54
Cooperative estimation and control of a diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators	48
DiSECt: a differentiable simulator for parameter inference and control in robotic cutting	46
Method of evolving junction on optimal path planning in flows fields	44
Multimodal embodied attribute learning by robots for object-centric action policies	44
Dynamic event-triggered integrated task and motion planning for process-aware source seeking	43
Multi-object active search and tracking by multiple agents in untrusted, dynamically changing environments	38
Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview	36
Provident vehicle detection at night for advanced driver assistance systems	29
Planned synchronization for multi-robot systems with active observations	29
Persistent multi-resource coverage with heterogeneous multi-robot teams	25
Tactile-based object retrieval from granular media	24
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	23
Reconfigurable robot swarms for terrain traversal with passive coupling mechanisms	19
Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes	19
Learning modular language-conditioned robot policies through attention	18

ASAPs: asynchronous hybrid self-reconfiguration algorithm for porous modular robotic structures	17
Compiling CNNs with Cain: focal-plane processing for robot navigation	17
Power generation performance of a spherical robot with a pendulum in an amphibious environment	16
Correction: Adaptive hybrid local-global sampling for fast informed sampling-based optimal path planning	15
Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications	15
Integrative biomechanics of a human–robot carrying task: implications for future collaborative work	15
A tree-based exploration method: utilizing the topology of the map as the basis of goal selection	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
Safe and stable teleoperation of quadrotor UAVs under haptic shared autonomy	13
Semantic scan context: a novel semantic-based loop-closure method for LiDAR SLAM	13
Effective tracking of unknown clustered targets using a distributed team of mobile robots	13
Collocation methods for second and higher order systems	12
Hierarchical planning with state abstractions for temporal task specifications	12
Human-drone collaboration via mixed-reality for efficient navigation and interaction in constrained environments: a comprehensive user case study	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
FIMD: fast isolated marker detection for UV-based visual relative localisation in agile UAV swarms	11
HeRo 2.0: a low-cost robot for swarm robotics research	11
Editorial note from the publisher	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
Mori-zwanzig approach for belief abstraction with application to belief space planning	10
TNES: terrain traversability mapping, navigation and excavation system for autonomous excavators on worksite	10
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
An empirical characterization of ODE models of swarm behaviors in common foraging scenarios	9
Estimating map completeness in robot exploration	9
The human in the loop Perspectives and challenges for RoboCup 2050	9
Design and control of BRAVER: a bipedal robot actuated via proprioceptive electric motors	9