IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

Article	Citations
IEEE CASE Auckland 2023 [Society News]	122
Front Cover	95
RAM Welcomes Nine New Associate Editors [Society News]	93
Join the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) today	89
ICRA @ 40: A Special Event to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of ICRA and RAS [Society News]	68
Greetings From the New Student Activities Committee Executive Team [Student’s Corner]	49
IEEE Feedback	45
ICRA 2022 Highlights [Society News]	42
[Calendar]	33
Robots.IEEE.org	31
IEEE RAS Society Awards call for nominations	30
RoboParty: 20 Editions Building Robots and Motivating Youngsters for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Subjects [Competitions]	26
Next-Generation Furniture Assembly by AI and Robots: Team SK2Y: A Winner of the Furniture Assembly Competition at AI–Robot Challenge 2021	26
Verification of Autonomous Systems [TC Spotlight]	26
Congratulations to Daniela Rus, Recipient of the 2023 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award [Society News]	24
Reconfigurable Modular Soft Actuator Using Origami Structures With Self-Healing Materials: Several Technological Opportunities for Robotic Applications	23
RAM Calendar - for September 2023 issue [Calendar]	21
IEEE Moving	21
In Memoriam: Vincent Hayward (1955–2023) [Society News]	21
I-CTRL: Imitation to Control Humanoid Robots Through Bounded Residual Reinforcement Learning	20
IEEE Foundation	19
2022 RAS Society Awards: Call for Nominations	18
Table of Contents	17
IROS 2021 Online in Prague [Society News]	17
2021 RAS Adcom Election	16

RAS Welcomes 17 New Chapters [Society News]	16
IEEE RAS Congratulates Recently Elevated Senior Members [Society News]	15
Inflection Points [President’s Message]	15
RoboCup 2021 Worldwide: A Successful Robotics Competition During a Pandemic [Competitions]	14
Table of Contents	13
KUKA	12
Congratulations to Rodney Brooks, Recipient of the 2023 IEEE Founders Medal: Brooks Created Subsumption, an Architecture for Designing Layered Real-Time Control of Complex Robotic Systems That Has Ena	12
Making an Opportunity Out of a Crisis: The Inclusive Approach of the Italian Robotics Community	12
2023 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Award Recipients Announced [Society News]	12
IEEE Feedback	11
ICRA 40: a Special Event to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of ICRA and RAS	11
Welcome New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chapters [Society News]	11
Agricultural Robotics and Automation [TC Spotlight]	11
Robotics ad	10
Emerging Paradigms for Robotic Manipulation: From the Lab to the Productive World [From the Guest Editors]	10
Front Cover	10
Front Cover	10
Call for Students Participating in IEEE Robotic Standardization Efforts (SPIRSE) [Society News]	10
IEEE Foundation	10
The First Global Ontological Standard for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Systems [Standards]	10
Table of Contents	9
A Study on the Dexterity of Surgical Robotic Tools in a Highly Immersive Virtual Environment: Assessing Usability and Efficacy	9
An Unmanned Surface Vehicle for the Launch and Recovery of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Novel Design	9
Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	9
IEEE Tech RXIV: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	9
Dual-Arm Control for Coordinated Fast Grabbing and Tossing of an Object: Proposing a New Approach	9
Damping in Compliant Actuation: A Review	8
A RoboStack Tutorial: Using the Robot Operating System Alongside the Conda and Jupyter Data Science Ecosystems	8
How Technology Alters Morality and Why It Matters [Ethics]	8
Testing Gecko-Inspired Adhesives With Astrobee Aboard the International Space Station: Readying the Technology for Space	8
Astrobotics: Swarm Robotics for Astrophysical Studies	8
IEEE RAS SOCIETY AWARDS Call for Nominations	8
Contact Shape and Pose Recognition: Utilizing a Multipole Magnetic Tactile Sensor With a Metalearning Model	8
A Cable-Driven Hyperredundant Manipulator: Obstacle-Avoidance Path Planning and Tension Optimization	8
An Interactive Augmented Reality Interface for Personalized Proxemics Modeling: Comfort and Human–Robot Interactions	8
Innovation Paths for Machine Learning in Robotics [Industry Activities]	7
Women in Blue: Toward a Better Understanding of the Gender Gap in Marine Robotics [Women in Engineering]	7
Development of Fault Detection Systems: The Hadoop Ecosystem Implementation	7
RAS New Quadruped Robot Challenges: Pushing the Boundaries of Robotics Research and Development [Competitions]	7
Rethinking the Research Paper [President’s Message]	7
Three New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Standards Working Groups on Surgical Robotics and Electric Vehicle Charging Robots [Standards]	7
Manipulator Differential Kinematics: Part I: Kinematics, Velocity, and Applications [Tutorial]	7
Reinforcement Learning for Outdoor Balloon Navigation: A Successful Controller for an Autonomous Balloon	7
Open Robot Hardware: Progress, Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices	7
Toward Holistic Scene Understanding: A Transfer of Human Scene Perception to Mobile Robots	7
Electronic Skin as Human–Robot Interface for Human Grasp Recognition in Home-Care Robots: Introducing a Complete Set of Resources	7
New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Standards Study Group on Service Robotics [Standards]	6
Bionic Underwater Vehicle: A Data-Driven Disturbance Rejection Control Framework	6
The 40th International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2023: Embracing the Future: Making Robots for Humans [Conference Highlights]	6
The Art of Wine and Its Harvesting Methods [Student’s Corner]	6

The ILIAD Safety Stack: Human-Aware Infrastructure-Free Navigation of Industrial Mobile Robots	6
Embracing Robotics and Intelligent Machine Systems for Smart Agricultural Applications [From the Guest Editors]	6
IEEE Tech RXIV: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!	5
Standards Update: Robot Task Representation Standard and User Guide Development [Standards]	5
Pioneering Innovation in Autonomous Robotics: IEEE RAS ICRA 2024 Bots & Bento Competition [Competitions]	5
Engine Agnostic Graph Environments for Robotics (EAGERx): A Graph-Based Framework for Sim2real Robot Learning	5
Geranos: A Novel Tilted-Rotors Aerial Robot for the Transportation of Poles	5
Calendar	4
Long-Term Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: Using a Bayesian Persistence Filter-Based Global Map Prediction	4
Autonomous Ultraviolet-C Disinfection and Wiping Robot: Assessment in a Hospital Environment	4
Machine Learning for Industry 4.0 [From the Guest Editors]	4
A Survey on Small-Scale Testbeds for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Robot Swarms: A Guide for Creating a New Testbed	4
IEEE Feedback	4
Distributed Optimization Methods for Multi-Robot Systems: Part 2—A Survey	4
Online Tuning of Control Parameters for Off-Road Mobile Robots: Novel Deterministic and Neural Network-Based Approaches	4
Benchmarking Torque Control Strategies for a Torsion-Based Series Elastic Actuator	4
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Award For contributions in the field of robotics and automation Nomination deadline	4
Radar-Based Fall Detection: A Survey [Survey]	4
Challenges and Outlook in Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects	4
Spatial Computing and Intuitive Interaction: Bringing Mixed Reality and Robotics Together	4
TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research With the World!	3
IEEE App	3
IEEE Access	3
Call for Nominations: IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Associate Editors [Society News]	3
IEEE Moving	3
Table of Contents	3
IEEE Collabratec	3
The Rapid Rise of Quadruped Robots [Young Professionals]	3
Learning to Adapt [From the Editor’s Desk]	3
IEEE Feedback	3
RAM Calendar - for March 2023 issue [Calendar]	3
Wolfram Burgard to Become Next Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Robotics: Kevin Lynch to Retire as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Robotics This July [Society News]	3
IEEE Collabratec	3
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Call for Papers Special Issue on Robot Ethics Ethical, Legal and User Perspectives in the Development and Application of Robotics and Automation	3
[Calendar]	3
Table of Contents	2
Welcome New IEEE RA Society Chapters [Society News]	2
Developing General-Purpose Robotic Hand Systems [Student's Corner]	2
RAS Congratulates the Honorees at the ICRA 2024 Awards Ceremony [Society News]	2
Autonomous Robotic Surgical Systems: Needing Common Sense to Achieve Higher Levels of Autonomy [Opinion]	2
Ruminations on CES, Robotics, and the Future [President’s Message]	2
IEEE Standard for Autonomous Robotics Ontology [Standards]	2
Force Dimension	2
Call for Nominations: IEEE RA-M Associate Editors	2
Deadline for RAS Local Chapter Initiative Grants	2
Give the Gift of Membership	2
Global Delphi Study Robotics in 2050	2
IEEE/IFR INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD	2
New Era in Cultural Heritage Preservation: Cooperative Aerial Autonomy for Fast Digitalization of Difficult-to-Access Interiors of Historical Monuments	2
Automatic Gripper-Finger Design, Production, and Application: Toward Fast and Cost-Effective Small-Batch Production	2
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Award For contributions in the field of robotics and automation Nomination deadline	2
Attention RAS Chapters-The RAS Distinguished Lecturer Program is Revised and Enhanced	2
Front Cover	2
IEEE APP	2
Get Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice	2
IEEE APP	2
Humans and the Environment [From the Editor’s Desk]	2
Call for IEEE Fellow Nominations, Class of 2024 [Society News]	2
Call for Nominations [Society News]	2
2022 IEEE KIYO TOMIYASU AWARD RECIPIENT	1
Dynamic Importance-Weighted Fusion Network Based on Dynamic Convolutions for Hand Posture Recognition: A Technique Based on Red, Green, Blue Plus Depth Cameras	1
Variable Stiffness, Sensing, and Healing in FESTO’s FinRay Gripper: An Industry-Driven Design	1
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Automation Technical Committee Cluster Holds Its Inaugural Forum at the 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation on Pioneering Visions for a Su	1
A Robotic System for Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery: Design, Dexterity Optimization, and Prototyping	1
Semiautonomous Precision Pruning of Upright Fruiting Offshoot Orchard Systems: An Integrated Approach	1
Augmented Reality-Assisted Reconfiguration and Workspace Visualization of Malleable Robots: Workspace Modification Through Holographic Guidance	1
A Review of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots: Typical Configurations, Analysis Techniques, and Control Methods	1
Reinforcement Learning Based, Staircase Negotiation Learning: Simulation and Transfer to Reality for Articulated Tracked Robots	1
Masthead	1
Empowering the Next Wave of Robotics Innovators: Introducing the New RAS Young Professionals Committee [Young Profess Ionals]	1
RAS Announces Newly Elected 2021 Administrative Committee Members	1
Reality Check [From the Editor’s Desk]	1
Computer and Robot Vision: Past, Present, and Future [TC Spotlight]	1
Safety and Efficiency in Robotics: The Control Barrier Functions Approach	1
Can Machines Teach?: Takeaways From ICRA@40 [From the Editor’s Desk]	1
A Multiarm Robotic Platform for Scientific Exploration: Its Design, Digital Twins, and Validation	1
A Novel High-Torque Bidirectional Curl Pneumatic Muscle With Stretchable Sheath: Design and Finite Element Method Analysis	1
Automation and Artificial Intelligence Technology in Surface Mining: A Brief Introduction to Open-Pit Operations in the Pilbara	1
RoboTwin: A Platform to Study Hydrodynamic Interactions in Schooling Fish	1
Metrics for 3D Object Pointing and Manipulation in Virtual Reality: The Introduction and Validation of a Novel Approach in Measuring Human Performance	1

Digital Technologies and Automation: The Human and Eco-Centered Foundations for the Factory of the Future [TC Spotlight]	1
Davide Scaramuzza to Receive the 2024 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award [Society News]	1
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Award [Society News]	1
Welcome New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chapters [Society News]	1
Reinforcement Learning for High-Speed Quadrupedal Locomotion With Motor Operating Region Constraints: Mitigating Motor Model Discrepancies through Torque Clipping in Realistic Motor Operating Region	1
Deadline for RAS Local Chapter Initiative Grants	1
2024 IERA Award: Realtime Robotics Awarded for Optimization Tool [Industry Activities]	1
IEEE Membership	1
HuBotVerse: Toward Internet of Human and Intelligent Robotic Things With a Digital Twin-Based Mixed Reality Framework	1
SofToss: Learning to Throw Objects With a Soft Robot	1
Agriculture Is a Big Topic: How Can Robots Help? [From the Editor’s Desk]	1
A Whole-Body Integrated AVATAR System: Implementation of Telepresence With Intuitive Control and Immersive Feedback	1
Robotics Labs and Other Hands-On Teaching During COVID-19: Change Is Here to Stay?	1
IEEE Access	1
A Nitinol-Embedded Wearable Soft Robotic Gripper for Deep-Sea Manipulation: A Wearable Device for Deep-Sea Delicate Operation	1
BEAR-H: An Intelligent Bilateral Exoskeletal Assistive Robot for Smart Rehabilitation	1
A Simple Visual-Servoing Task on a Low-Accuracy, Low-Cost Arm: An Experimental Comparison Between Belief Space Planning and Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controllers	1
Can Robots Refill a Supermarket Shelf?: Motion Planning and Grasp Control	1
[Calendar]	1
GeMuCo: Generalized Multisensory Correlational Model for Body Schema Learning	1
Tumbling Robot Control Using Reinforcement Learning: An Adaptive Control Policy That Transfers Well to the Real World	0
The Education of a Roboticist [President’s Message]	0
Towards Fully Integrated Autonomous Excavation: Autonomous Excavator for Precise Earth Cutting and Onboard Landscape Inspection	0
IDEA: A New Initiative to Foster Diversity and Inclusion in the Robotics and Automation Society [Women in Engineering]	0
Call for Applications: IEEE/IFR Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award for Outstanding Achievements in Commercializing Innovative and Automation Technology [Society News]	0
Synthesis, Design, and Experimental Validation of an Agile Wrist for Enhanced Grasping and Manipulation in Cluttered Environments: An Experimental Evaluation With a Challenging Pick-and-Place Task	0
The Next Generation of Robotics: The 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Detroit, MI, USA [Conference Highlights]	0
Underwater Vision-Based Gesture Recognition: A Robustness Validation for Safe Human–Robot Interaction	0
In Memoriam: George A. Bekey (1928–2024) [Society News]	0
To Publish in a Journal or a Conference? [President’s Message]	0
Paolo Dario to Receive the 2024 IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award [Society News]	0
IEEE App	0
Silicon Valley Pioneer Drishti Technologies Wins Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation Robotics Award 2022 [Society News]	0
RAM CFP Special Issue on Extended Reality in Robotics	0
Front Cover	0
Call for Nominations [Society News]	0
2023 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Fellow Class Announced [Society News]	0
Front Cover	0
Large-Scale Vine Robots for Industrial Inspection: Developing a New Framework to Overcome Limitations With Existing Inspection Methods	0
2022 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Award Recipients Announced [Society News]	0
Simulation to Real: Learning Energy-Efficient Slithering Gaits for a Snake-Like Robot	0
In Memoriam: Jean-Paul Laumond	0
A Method for a Compliant Robot Arm to Perform a Bandaging Task on a Swaying Arm: A Proposed Approach	0
Proactive Robot Assistance: Affordance-Aware Augmented Reality User Interfaces	0
AI-Fused Automation [From the Editor’s Desk]	0
Call for IEEE Fellow Nominations, Class of 2025	0
AR3n: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Assist-as-Needed Controller for Robotic Rehabilitation	0
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Welcomes New Associate Editors [Society News]	0
Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition at the 2024 IEEE/RAS International Conference on Robotics and Automation [Competitions]	0
The Cluttered Environment Picking Benchmark (CEPB) for Advanced Warehouse Automation: Evaluating the Perception, Planning, Control, and Grasping of Manipulation Systems	0
Integrating Software-Less Reflex Mechanisms Into Soft Robots and a Versatile Gripper: A New Bistable Method	0
Navigating the Future: Insights From Early-Career Academia [Student’s Corner]	0
Neuromorphic Quadratic Programming for Efficient and Scalable Model Predictive Control: Towards Advancing Speed and Energy Efficiency in Robotic Control	0
2024 IEEE RAS Fellow Class Announced [Society News]	0
Robotics and Automation Practice [President’s Message]	0
IEEE RAS Membership	0
In Memoriam: Philippe Coiffet (1940–2023) [Society News]	0
Robots.ieee.org	0
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Award [Society News]	0
[Calendar]	0
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Announces Its Newly Elected 2023 AdCom Members [Society News]	0
Future Innovators Workshop Spring 2021 Report: University of North Texas Robotics and Automation Society [Regional]	0
A Small-Scale, Rat-Inspired Whisker Sensor for the Perception of a Biomimetic Robot: Design, Fabrication, Modeling, and Experimental Characterization	0
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Call for Special Issue Proposals	0
Visual Place Recognition: A Tutorial [Tutorial]	0
WaterFormer: A Global–Local Transformer for Underwater Image Enhancement With Environment Adaptor	0
IEEE App	0
What Does the Hype About Humanoids Really Mean? [Industry Activities]	0
[Calendar]	0
Enabling Homecare With Robotic Technologies [From the Guest Editors]	0
Masthead	0
Industry 4.0: Opinion of a Roboticist on Machine Learning [Student’s Corner]	0
CYBATHLON 2024 The Third Edition: What’s New and What’s Different? [Competitions]	0
Grasping Robot Integration and Prototyping: The GRIP Software Framework	0
RAS Publication Review Process Goes Double Anonymous [President’s Message]	0
The RAS Women in Engineering Committee in Conversation With RAS President Aude Billard [President’s Message]	0
Robotic Assessment of a Crop’s Need for Watering: Automating a Time-Consuming Task to Support Sustainable Agriculture	0
2025 RAS AdCom Election: Call for Nominations	0
Recent Developments of Subsurface Small-Leak Detection Techniques in Water Distribution Networks: A Review	0
Autonomous Robot Racing Competitions: Truly Multivehicle Autonomous Racing Competitions [Competitions]	0
Table of Contents	0
Robotics Ad	0
Guided Reinforcement Learning: A Review and Evaluation for Efficient and Effective Real-World Robotics [Survey]	0
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Congratulates Our Recently Elevated Senior Members [Society News]	0
IEEE Collabratec	0
Intensifying Integrity: Prioritizing Values Within Tech and Academia [President’s Message]	0
Congratulations to Carlotta Berry, Recipient of the 2023 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award [Society News]	0
IERA Award Goes to ABB's Pixelpaint Technology [Society News]	0
Assistive Robotic Technologies for Next-Generation Smart Wheelchairs: Codesign and Modularity to Improve Users’ Quality of Life	0
Welcome to Four New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chapters [Society News]	0
Augmented Reality and Human–Robot Collaboration Framework for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: System Design, Implementation, and Performance Metrics	0
IEEE RAS Congratulates Recently Elevated Senior Members	0
Charting the Rapid Recent Commercialization of Robotics Technologies [Industry Activities]	0
Welcome New IEEE RA Society Chapters	0
An Aerial Manipulator for Robot-to-Robot Torch-Relay Task: System Design and Control Scheme	0