OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Autonomous Robots is 8. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Reinforcement based mobile robot path planning with improved dynamic window approach in unknown environment	114
Motion planning and control for mobile robot navigation using machine learning: a survey	65
OverlapNet: a siamese network for computing LiDAR scan similarity with applications to loop closing and localization	56
Multi-objective drone path planning for search and rescue with quality-of-service requirements	53
AlphaPilot: autonomous drone racing	46
High precision control and deep learning-based corn stand counting algorithms for agricultural robot	40
Dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertainty and temporal constraints	38
Road surface detection and differentiation considering surface damages	33
VIR-SLAM: visual, inertial, and ranging SLAM for single and multi-robot systems	32
Network offloading policies for cloud robotics: a learning-based approach	32
Cooperative multi-UAV coverage mission planning platform for remote sensing applications	27
Continuous control actions learning and adaptation for robotic manipulation through reinforcement learning	26
Sensorless environment stiffness and interaction force estimation for impedance control tuning in robotized interaction tasks	26
Semantic visual SLAM in dynamic environment	26
S4-SLAM: A real-time 3D LIDAR SLAM system for ground/watersurface multi-scene outdoor applications	26
Deep reinforcement learning for quadrotor path following with adaptive velocity	24
Tightly-coupled ultra-wideband-aided monocular visual SLAM with degenerate anchor configurations	24
Online coverage and inspection planning for 3D modeling	21
Plug-and-play supervisory control using muscle and brain signals for real-time gesture and error detection	21
Heterogeneous graph attention networks for scalable multi-robot scheduling with temporospatial constraints	21
LatticeNet: fast spatio-temporal point cloud segmentation using permutohedral lattices	20
A novel adaptive iterative learning control approach and human-in-the-loop control pattern for lower limb rehabilitation robot in disturbances environment	19
How to train your differentiable filter	17
ALGAMES: a fast augmented Lagrangian solver for constrained dynamic games	17
Decentralized probabilistic multi-robot collision avoidance using buffered uncertainty-aware Voronoi cells	16

Herding by caging: a formation-based motion planning framework for guiding mobile agents	16
Sensor fusion of two sonar devices for underwater 3D mapping with an AUV	16
Learning latent actions to control assistive robots	15
VisuoSpatial Foresight for physical sequential fabric manipulation	15
Online trajectory planning and control of a MAV payload system in dynamic environments	15
A dynamical system approach for detection and reaction to human guidance in physical human–robot interaction	15
Disturbance observer enhanced variable gain controller for robot teleoperation with motion capture using wearable armbands	14
SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly	13
Iterative residual tuning for system identification and sim-to-real robot learning	13
Navigating by touch: haptic Monte Carlo localization via geometric sensing and terrain classification	13
Text2Motion: from natural language instructions to feasible plans	12
Fast nonlinear risk assessment for autonomous vehicles using learned conditional probabilistic models of agent futures	12
Robot-to-robot relative pose estimation using humans as markers	12
AEB-RRT: an adaptive extension bidirectional RRT algorithm	12
Decentralized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue operations without explicit communication	12
Structuring of tactile sensory information for category formation in robotics palpation	12
A feasibility-driven approach to control-limited DDP	11
Deep introspective SLAM: deep reinforcement learning based approach to avoid tracking failure in visual SLAM	11
RoLoMa: robust loco-manipulation for quadruped robots with arms	11
The Orbiting Dubins Traveling Salesman Problem: planning inspection tours for a minehunting AUV	11
Aggressive maneuvers for a quadrotor-slung-load system through fast trajectory generation and tracking	11
Effect of compliance on morphological control of dynamic locomotion with HyQ	10
Expert Intervention Learning	10
Synchronous intercept strategies for a robotic defense-intrusion game with two defenders	10
Sampling-based planning for non-myopic multi-robot information gathering	10
Hierarchical topometric representation of 3D robotic maps	10
Exploration of the applicability of probabilistic inference for learning control in underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles	9
Herding stochastic autonomous agents via local control rules and online target selection strategies	9
A method for autonomous robotic manipulation through exploratory interactions with uncertain environments	9
Topological path planning for autonomous information gathering	9
TidyBot: personalized robot assistance with large language models	9
Nonlinear observability of unicycle multi-robot teams subject to nonuniform environmental disturbances	9
Autonomous foraging with a pack of robots based on repulsion, attraction and influence	8
Scalable time-constrained planning of multi-robot systems	8
An analysis of RelaxedIK: an optimization-based framework for generating accurate and feasible robot arm motions	8
RGB-D camera calibration and trajectory estimation for indoor mapping	8
A visibility-based pursuit-evasion game between two nonholonomic robots in environments with obstacles	8
Multi-criteria metric to evaluate motion planners for underwater intervention	8