OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mechatronics 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
Active disturbance rejection control for robotic systems: A review	62
System design and control of an apple harvesting robot	43
A survey on underactuated robotic systems: Bio-inspiration, trajectory planning and control	42
Design, modeling and control of a miniature bio-inspired amphibious spherical robot	38
Design, analysis and experimental investigations of a high precision flexure-based microgripper for micro/nano manipulation	37
A survey on modularity and distributivity in series-parallel hybrid robots	35
Adaptive impedance control with variable target stiffness for wheel-legged robot on complex unknown terrain	32
Performance analysis of valveless micropump with disposable chamber actuated through Amplified Piezo Actuator (APA) for biomedical application	31
Autonomous robot for cleaning photovoltaic panels in desert zones	29
Active learning in robotics: A review of control principles	29
A novel negative stiffness magnetic spring design for vehicle seat suspension system	27
Sliding mode control combined with extended state observer for an ankle exoskeleton driven by electrical motor	26
Trajectory tracking of redundantly actuated mobile robot by MPC velocity control under steering strategy constraint	26
Design, fabrication, modeling and control of a fabric-based spherical robotic arm	24
An admittance-controlled wheeled mobile manipulator for mobility assistance: Human–robot interaction estimation and redundancy resolution for enhanced force exertion ability	23
Design and validation of cable-driven hyper-redundant manipulator with a closed-loop puller-follower controller	23
High-gain observer-based integral sliding mode tracking control for heavy vehicle electro-hydraulic servo steering systems	22
Anti-swing control of a hydraulic loader crane with a hanging load	22
Offset-Free Model Predictive Control for a cone-shaped active magnetic bearing system	22
Control of robotic object pivoting based on tactile sensing	21
Nonlinear disturbance observers for robotic continuum manipulators	21
A hybrid dynamic model for the AMBIDEX tendon-driven manipulator	20
Investigation of The Effects of Contact Forces Acting on Rollers Of a Mecanum Wheeled Robot	20
PID-type sliding mode-based adaptive motion control of a 2-DOF piezoelectric ultrasonic motor driven stage	20
Real time motion intention recognition method with limited number of surface electromyography sensors for A 7-DOF hand/wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton	19

Multi-hierarchy interaction control of a redundant robot using impedance learning	19
Human Intention-Oriented Variable Admittance Control with Power Envelope Regulation in Physical Human-Robot Interaction	18
Modulation of control authority in adaptive haptic shared control paradigms	18
Estimation of sideslip angle and cornering stiffness of an articulated vehicle using a constrained lateral dynamics model	18
Development and control of a bicycle robot based on steering and pendulum balancing	18
Rotary regenerative shock absorbers for automotive suspensions	18
Design and Validation of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Powered Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Two Pneumatic Artificial Muscles	18
MagTable: A tabletop system for 6-DOF large range and completely contactless operation using magnetic levitation	18
Adaptive sliding mode pressure control for an electro-hydraulic brake system via desired-state and integral-antiwindup compensation	18
An adaptive hierarchical control approach of vehicle handling stability improvement based on Steer-by-Wire Systems	17
A low cost 3-DOF force sensing unit design for wrist rehabilitation robots	17
Trajectory tracking control for a wheel mobile robot on rough and uneven ground	17
Calibration of geometric parameters and error compensation of non-geometric parameters for cable-driven parallel robots	17
Design and evaluation of an integrated scanning laser triangulation sensor	16
Combined kinematic and dynamic control of vehicle-manipulator systems	15
Automated fabrication of hybrid printed electronic circuits	15
One-Shot kinesthetic programming by demonstration for soft collaborative robots	15
Development a multi-loop modulation method on the servo drives for lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton	15
Design, modeling, and control of a reconfigurable rotary series elastic actuator with nonlinear stiffness for assistive robots	15
An approximation-free simple controller for uncertain quadrotor systems in the presence of thrust saturation	15
Adaptive incremental sliding mode control for a robot manipulator	15
Coupled steering control of a low torsional torque capsule robot in the intestine	14
Model identification and adaptive control of lower limb exoskeleton based on neighborhood field optimization	14
Speed sensorless control of a bearingless induction motor with combined neural network and fractional sliding mode	14
Control Strategies for a Cable-Driven Parallel Robot with Varying Payload Information	14
Dynamic Finite-Element analysis of a soft bending actuator	14
A benchmark mechatronics platform to assess the inspection around pipes with variable pitch quadrotor for industrial sites	14
Design and implementation of a cable-driven parallel robot for additive manufacturing applications	14
Modeling of a permanent magnet linear synchronous motor using magnetic equivalent circuits	14
Towards an ankle-foot orthosis powered by a dielectric elastomer actuator	13
Self-balancing based on Active Disturbance Rejection Controller for the Two-In-Wheeled Electric Vehicle, Experimental results	13
h-TPMS: a hybrid tire pressure monitoring system for road vehicles	13
State-feedback decoupling control of 5-DOF magnetic bearings based on α-order inverse system	13
A nonlinear momentum observer for sensorless robot collision detection under model uncertainties	13
Generalized Input Preshaping Vibration Control Approach for Multi-Link Flexible Manipulators using Machine Intelligence	13
Analysis of stiffness controllability of a redundant cable-driven parallel robot based on its configuration	12
Design, development and experimental validation of a lightweight dual-arm aerial manipulator with a COG balancing mechanism	12
Centroidal-momentum-based trajectory generation for legged locomotion	12
The cube-shaped hematite microrobot for biomedical application	12
Experimental characterization of the T-FLEX ankle exoskeleton for gait assistance	12
Design and multi-physics optimization of an energy harvesting system integrated in a pneumatic suspension	12
Event driven sliding mode control of a lower limb exoskeleton based on a continuous neural network electromyographic signal classifier	12
Multiple-model control architecture for a quadrotor with constant unknown mass and inertia	12
Data-driven feedforward tuning using non-causal rational basis functions: With application to an industrial flatbed printer	12
A survey of small bowel modelling and its applications for capsule endoscopy	12
A 6-DOF humanoid wall-climbing robot with flexible adsorption feet based on negative pressure suction	12
Robust transition control of underactuated two-wheeled self-balancing vehicle with semi-online dynamic trajectory planning	11
A wireless reconfigurable modular manipulator and its control system	11
Optimization-based online estimation of vehicle mass and road grade: Theoretical analysis and experimental validation	11
Sensor-based design of a Delta parallel robot	11

High precision position control of electro-hydrostatic actuators in the presence of parametric uncertainties and uncertain nonlinearities	11
Extended sliding mode observer based robust adaptive backstepping controller for electro-hydraulic servo system: Theory and experiment	11
A modular low-cost atomic force microscope for precision mechatronics education	11
Online Tracking of Varying Inertia using a SDFT Approach	11
A novel inverse dynamic model for 3-DoF delta robots	11
A fusion data preprocessing method and its application in complex industrial power consumption prediction	11
Optimal-time quadcopter descent trajectories avoiding the vortex ring and autorotation states	11
Humanoid motion planning of robotic arm based on human arm action feature and reinforcement learning	11
Performance and power consumption optimization of a hydraulic variable valve actuation system	10
Position control of an electro-hydrostatic asymmetric actuator operating in all quadrants	10
Soft pneumatic actuators adapted in multiple environments: A novel fuzzy cascade strategy for the dynamics control with hysteresis compensation	10
Time-optimal robotic manipulation on a predefined path of loosely placed objects: Modeling and experiment	10
Precise phase control of resonant MOEMS mirrors by comb-drive current feedback	10
Modeling the thermo-mechanical deformations of machine tool structures in CFRP material adopting data-driven prediction schemes	10
Position regulation in Cartesian space of a class of inextensible soft continuum manipulators with pneumatic actuation	10
Structural design of a microsurgery-specific haptic device: neuroArmPLUS prototype	10
High-performance control of fast tool servos with robust disturbance observer and modified	10
Design and practical implementation of a Neural Network self-tuned Inverse Dynamic Controller for a 3-DoF Delta parallel robot based on Arc Length Function for smooth trajectory tracking	10
Model-based control of a clutch actuator used in hybrid dual-clutch transmissions	10
Estimating the wheel lateral position of a mechatronic railway running gear with nonlinear wheel–rail geometry	10
Energy recovery from shock absorbers through a novel compact electro-hydraulic system architecture	10
Finite-time continuous extended state observers: design and experimental validation on electro-hydraulic systems✰	10
Robust control of a spherical motor in moving frame	10
Touch-and-slippage detection algorithm for prosthetic hands	10
Control framework for collaborative robot using imitation learning-based teleoperation from human digital twin to robot digital twin	9
A novel 3D path following control framework for robots performing surface finishing tasks	9
Data-driven fault tolerant predictive control for temperature regulation in data center with rack-based cooling architecture	9
Model Reference Adaptive Control Based on Adjustable Reference Model during Mode Transition for Hybrid Electric Vehicles	9
Improved noise covariance estimation in visual servoing using an autocovariance least-squares approach	9
Design of a linear motor-based shaker rig for testing driver's perceived ride comfort	9
Control and experiments of a novel tiltable-rotor aerial platform comprising quadcopters and passive hinges	9
Design of M-G modal space sliding mode control for lower limb exoskeleton robot driven by electrical actuators	9
Alternating pressure control system for hydraulic robots	9
Set-based collision avoidance applications to robotic systems	9
Offset-free model predictive control of a soft manipulator using the Koopman operator	9
One wheel vehicle real world control based on interval type 2 fuzzy controller	9
Real-time implementation of a super twisting control algorithm for an upper limb wearable robot	9
Design and evaluation of the SMApp: A stiffness measurement apparatus for ankle–foot orthoses	8
Vehicle dynamic state observation and rolling resistance estimation via unknown input adaptive high gain observer	8
Optimal design of a tunable electromagnetic shunt damper for dynamic vibration absorber	8
Adaptive fuzzy impedance control of exoskeleton robots with electromyography-based convolutional neural networks for human intended trajectory estimation	8
Development of parallel-connected pump–valve-coordinated control unit with improved performance and efficiency	8
A cooperative optimization strategy for distributed multi-robot manipulation with obstacle avoidance and internal performance maximization	8
Decoupling internal model control for the robust engagement of clutches	8
An efficient dynamical model of reluctance actuators with flux fringing and magnetic hysteresis	8
A novel robotic colonoscopy system integrating feeding and steering mechanisms with self-propelled paddling locomotion: A pilot study	8
Optimized magnetic field control of an electromagnetic actuation system for enhanced microrobot manipulation	8
Enhancing kinematic accuracy of redundant wheeled mobile manipulators via adaptive motion planning	8
Two-wheeler magnetorheological drum brake operating under hybrid mode for enhancing braking torque: Development and validation	8
Performance of synchronized master-slave closed-loop control of AC electric drives using real time motion over ethernet (RTMoE)	8
Multi-sensor fusion method for roadheader pose detection	8
Design and experimental research of observer-based adaptive type-2 fuzzy steering control for automated vehicles with prescribed performance	8
3D LIDAR based on FPCB mirror	8
Nonlinear identification and optimal feedforward friction compensation for a motion platform	8
Indirect adaptive control using the novel online hypervolume-based differential evolution for the four-bar mechanism	8
Industrial robot accurate trajectory generation by nested loop iterative learning control	8