IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Papers
(The median citation count of IEEE Transactions on Robotics is 6. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
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Learning a Flexible Neural Energy Function With a Unique Minimum for Globally Stable and Accurate Demonstration Learning811
A Novel Actuation Strategy for an Agile Bioinspired FWAV Performing a Morphing-Coupled Wingbeat Pattern295
Robust Quadrupedal Jumping With Impact-Aware Landing: Exploiting Parallel Elasticity229
Material Scrunching Enables Working Channels in Miniaturized Vine-Inspired Robots191
Passivity-Based Control of Distributed Teleoperation With Velocity/Force Manipulability Optimization185
Associating Uncertainty to Extended Poses for on Lie Group IMU Preintegration With Rotating Earth175
A Lightweight Powered Hip Exoskeleton With Parallel Actuation for Frontal and Sagittal Plane Assistance168
Speeding up Routing Schedules on Aisle Graphs With Single Access154
Ultimate Passivity: Balancing Performance and Stability in Physical Human–Robot Interaction152
Biomimetic Underwater Soft Snake Robot: Self-Motion Sensing and Online Gait Control150
Majorization Minimization Methods for Distributed Pose Graph Optimization146
Fast Path Planning Through Large Collections of Safe Boxes145
Autonomous Synthesis of Self-Aligning Knee Joint Exoskeleton Mechanisms144
Bio-Inspired Rapid Escape and Tight Body Flip on an At-Scale Flapping Wing Hummingbird Robot Via Reinforcement Learning133
A 5-mm Untethered Crawling Robot via Self-Excited Electrostatic Vibration125
Stabilization of Robot-Environment Interaction Through Generalized Scattering Techniques125
Human–Robot Interaction Evaluation-Based AAN Control for Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots Driven by Series Elastic Actuators123
Memory Clustering Using Persistent Homology for Multimodality- and Discontinuity-Sensitive Learning of Optimal Control Warm-Starts121
Stability Analysis of Tendon Driven Continuum Robots and Application to Active Softening118
Relative Localizability and Localization for Multirobot Systems116
Singularity-Free Guiding Vector Field for Robot Navigation116
Decentralized Adaptive Control for Collaborative Manipulation of Rigid Bodies112
Equilibria, Stability, and Sensitivity for the Aerial Suspended Beam Robotic System Subject to Parameter Uncertainty104
Type-2 Fuzzy Model-Based Movement Primitives for Imitation Learning104
Rhythm-Based Power Allocation Strategy of Bionic Tail-Flapping for Propulsion Enhancement103
CMax-SLAM: Event-Based Rotational-Motion Bundle Adjustment and SLAM System Using Contrast Maximization95
Kinematic Modeling and Characterization of Soft Parallel Robots95
Resilient Trajectory Propagation in Multirobot Networks94
Goal-Conditioned Model Simplification for 1-D and 2-D Deformable Object Manipulation94
Reinforcement Learning of CPG-Regulated Locomotion Controller for a Soft Snake Robot93
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Uncertainty-Aware Hand–Eye Calibration90
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Data-Driven Momentum Observers With Physically Consistent Gaussian Processes89
Distributed Prediction of Unsafe Reconfiguration Scenarios of Modular Robotic Programmable Matter88
CURE: Simulation-Augmented Autotuning in Robotics88
Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot With Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment87
Versatile Tasks on Integrated Aerial Platforms Using Only Onboard Sensors: Control, Estimation, and Validation86
iKalibr: Unified Targetless Spatiotemporal Calibration for Resilient Integrated Inertial Systems84
Tight Fusion of Events and Inertial Measurements for Direct Velocity Estimation84
A New Expression for the Passivity Bound for a Class of Sampled-Data Systems82
Incremental Non-Gaussian Inference for SLAM Using Normalizing Flows81
Emergent Humanoid Robot Motion Synergies Derived From the Momentum Equilibrium Principle and the Distribution of Momentum78
Active Exploitation of Redundancies in Reconfigurable Multirobot Systems78
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End-Effector Cartesian Velocity Control for Redundant Loader Cranes Using Reinforcement learning78
Human to Robot Hand Motion Mapping Methods: Review and Classification75
From Sim to Real: A Pipeline for Training and Deploying Traffic Smoothing Cruise Controllers75
Stable Motion Primitives via Imitation and Contrastive Learning74
Online Camera–LiDAR Calibration Monitoring and Rotational Drift Tracking72
Automatic Navigation of Microswarms for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance72
Design and Fabrication of Concentric Tube Robots: A Survey69
Using Fiber Optic Bundles to Miniaturize Vision-Based Tactile Sensors67
CAT-ORA: Collision-Aware Time-Optimal Formation Reshaping for Efficient Robot Coordination in 3-D Environments66
Sensitivity-Aware Model Predictive Control for Robots With Parametric Uncertainty65
Statistically Distinct Plans for Multiobjective Task Assignment65
Diffraction- and Reflection-Aware Multiple Sound Source Localization62
Analytical Modeling of a Soft Pneu-Net Actuator Subjected to Planar Tip Contact62
Soft Gripper Design Based on the Integration of Flat Dry Adhesive, Soft Actuator, and Microspine60
Modeling Electromagnetic Navigation Systems58
From Adaptive Locomotion to Predictive Action Selection – Cognitive Control for a Six-Legged Walker57
Gaussian-Process-Based Control of Underactuated Balance Robots With Guaranteed Performance57
Autonomous Cave Surveying With an Aerial Robot55
Dense Robotic Packing of Irregular and Novel 3D Objects55
Near-Optimal Multi-Robot Motion Planning with Finite Sampling54
Behavior Cloning-Based Robot Active Object Detection With Automatically Generated Data and Revision Method54
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A Comparative Study of Nonlinear MPC and Differential-Flatness-Based Control for Quadrotor Agile Flight53
Aerial Swarm Defense Using Interception and Herding Strategies53
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A Self-Reconfigurable Variable-Stiffness Soft Robot Based on Boundary-Constrained Modular Units53
Autonomous Tomato Harvesting With Top–Down Fusion Network for Limited Data52
Splat-Nav: Safe Real-Time Robot Navigation in Gaussian Splatting Maps51
In Situ Calibration of Six-Axis Force–Torque Sensors for Industrial Robots With Tilting Base51
Adaptive Bézier Degree Reduction and Splitting for Computationally Efficient Motion Planning51
Constrained Probabilistic Movement Primitives for Robot Trajectory Adaptation50
Ambilateral Activity Recognition and Continuous Adaptation With a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis50
Direct Kinematic Singularities and Stability Analysis of Sagging Cable-Driven Parallel Robots49
Equivalence Notions for State-Space Minimization of Combinatorial Filters49
REFINE: Reachability-Based Trajectory Design Using Robust Feedback Linearization and Zonotopes49
Maximizing the Probability of Task Completion for Redundant Robots Experiencing Locked Joint Failures49
Obstacle-Aided Trajectory Control of a Quadrupedal Robot Through Sequential Gait Composition49
Creating Star Worlds: Reshaping the Robot Workspace for Online Motion Planning48
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Delayed Self-Reinforcement to Reduce Deformation During Decentralized Flexible-Object Transport47
Singularity-Free Lagrange-Poincaré Equations on Lie Groups for Vehicle-Manipulator Systems47
Distributed Coverage Control for Time-Varying Spatial Processes46
Multimodal and Force-Matched Imitation Learning With a See-Through Visuotactile Sensor45
KT-BT: A Framework for Knowledge Transfer Through Behavior Trees in Multirobot Systems45
Formulating the Unicycle on the Sphere Path Planning Problem as a Linear Time-Varying System45
On Incremental Structure from Motion Using Lines44
Design, Modeling, and Optimization of Hydraulically Powered Double-Joint Soft Robotic Fish44
Leveraging Probabilistic Meshes for Robust LiDAR Mapping44
Pose and Motion Estimation of Free-Flying Objects: Aerodynamics, Constrained Filtering, and Graph-Based Feature Tracking44
Safe Control With Learned Certificates: A Survey of Neural Lyapunov, Barrier, and Contraction Methods for Robotics and Control43
TacFlex: Multimode Tactile Imprints Simulation for Visuotactile Sensors With Coating Patterns42
Can't Touch This: Real-Time, Safe Motion Planning and Control for Manipulators Under Uncertainty42
RBO Hand 3: A Platform for Soft Dexterous Manipulation41
Self-Triggered Coverage Control for Mobile Sensors41
Haptic Search With the Smart Suction Cup on Adversarial Objects41
Implicit Time-Integration Simulation of Robots With Rigid Bodies and Cosserat Rods Based on a Newton–Euler Recursive Algorithm41
A Survey on Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: State of the Art and New Frontiers41
A Sliding Window Filter With GNSS-State Constraint for RTK-Visual-Inertial Navigation41
Optimization-Based Control for Dynamic Legged Robots41
Generative Graphical Inverse Kinematics40
Autonomous Vehicle Localization Without Prior High-Definition Map40
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Congestion-Aware Policy Synthesis for Multirobot Systems40
Embedded Magnetic Sensing for Feedback Control of Soft HASEL Actuators40
Auxiliary Control to Avoid Undesirable Equilibria in Constrained Quadratic Programs for Trajectory Tracking Applications40
MS-VRO: A Multistage Visual-Millimeter Wave Radar Fusion Odometry40
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On Free Velocity Cones of Narrow Passages of High-DoF Kinematic Chains39
An Analytical Approach for Dealing With Explicit Physical Constraints in Excitation Optimization Problems of Dynamic Identification39
Data-Driven Batch Localization and SLAM Using Koopman Linearization39
Enabling Visual Action Planning for Object Manipulation Through Latent Space Roadmap39
HARMONIOUS—Human-Like Reactive Motion Control and Multimodal Perception for Humanoid Robots39
On the Comparability and Optimal Aggressiveness of the Adversarial Scenario-Based Safety Testing of Robots39
BioSLAM: A Bioinspired Lifelong Memory System for General Place Recognition38
ACSim: A Novel Acoustic Camera Simulator With Recursive Ray Tracing, Artifact Modeling, and Ground Truthing38
High-Performance Six-DOF Flight Control of the Bee$^{++}$: An Inclined-Stroke-Plane Approach37
Damping Selection for Cartesian Impedance Control With Dynamic Response Modulation37
Experimental Verification of Stability Theory for a Planar Rigid Body With Two Unilateral Frictional Contacts37
An Energy-Based Control Architecture for Shared Autonomy37
Learning for Attitude Holding of a Robotic Fish: An End-to-End Approach With Sim-to-Real Transfer37
Robust Multiple-Path Orienteering Problem: Securing Against Adversarial Attacks37
Robotic Tool Tracking Under Partially Visible Kinematic Chain: A Unified Approach37
Kinetostatic Modeling of Tendon-Driven Parallel Continuum Robots37
LIGO: A Tightly Coupled LiDAR-Inertial-GNSS Odometry Based on a Hierarchy Fusion Framework for Global Localization With Real-Time Mapping36
FAST-LIVO2: Fast, Direct LiDAR–Inertial–Visual Odometry36
Choosing Stiffness and Damping for Optimal Impedance Planning36
Let's Make a Splan: Risk-Aware Trajectory Optimization in a Normalized Gaussian Splat36
Optimal and Robust Category-Level Perception: Object Pose and Shape Estimation From 2-D and 3-D Semantic Keypoints36
A Resilient and Energy-Aware Task Allocation Framework for Heterogeneous Multirobot Systems36
Robot Proficiency Self-Assessment Using Assumption-Alignment Tracking36
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Characterizing Multidimensional Capacitive Servoing for Physical Human–Robot Interaction34
Measurement Simplification in $\rho$-POMDP with Performance Guarantees34
Interaction Control of a Robotic Manipulator With the Surface of Deformable Object34
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iDb-A*: Iterative Search and Optimization for Optimal Kinodynamic Motion Planning33
KDF: Kinodynamic Motion Planning via Geometric Sampling-Based Algorithms and Funnel Control33
Design of an Adaptive Lightweight LiDAR to Decouple Robot–Camera Geometry33
From Flies to Robots: Inverted Landing in Small Quadcopters With Dynamic Perching33
Magnetically Controlled Modular Cubes With Reconfigurable Self-Assembly and Disassembly33
Accelerated Reeds–Shepp and Underspecified Reeds–Shepp Algorithms for Mobile Robot Path Planning33
Exo-Abs: A Wearable Robotic System Inspired by Human Abdominal Muscles for Noninvasive and Effort-Synchronized Respiratory Assistance32
Byzantine Resilient Distributed Learning in Multirobot Systems32
Neurosymbolic Motion and Task Planning for Linear Temporal Logic Tasks32
Robust Active Visual Perching With Quadrotors on Inclined Surfaces32
Selective, Robust, and Precision Manipulation of Particles in Complex Environments With Ultrasonic Phased Transducer Array and Microscope32
Design, Development, and Control of a Hand/Wrist Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Training32
ARCSnake: Reconfigurable Snakelike Robot With Archimedean Screw Propulsion for Multidomain Mobility32
Enhancing the Performance of a Biomimetic Robotic Elbow-and-Forearm System Through Bionics-Inspired Optimization32
ANYexo 2.0: A Fully Actuated Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Manipulation and Joint-Oriented Training in All Stages of Rehabilitation31
Artificial Perception and Semiautonomous Control in Myoelectric Hand Prostheses Increases Performance and Decreases Effort31
A Distributed, Event-Triggered, Adaptive Controller for Cooperative Manipulation With Rolling Contacts31
CMRNext: Camera to LiDAR Matching in the Wild for Localization and Extrinsic Calibration31
Learning-Based Visual-Strain Fusion for Eye-in-Hand Continuum Robot Pose Estimation and Control31
Trajectory Optimization of Chance-Constrained Nonlinear Stochastic Systems for Motion Planning Under Uncertainty31
Bidirectional Energy Flow Modulation for Passive Admittance Control31
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View Path Planning via Online Multiview Stereo for 3-D Modeling of Large-Scale Structures30
MADER: Trajectory Planner in Multiagent and Dynamic Environments30
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Soft Robots Modeling: A Structured Overview30
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Connect. Support. Inspire30
Model Predictive Interaction Control for Robotic Manipulation Tasks30
Malleable Robots: Reconfigurable Robotic Arms With Continuum Links of Variable Stiffness29
Algorithms and Systems for Manipulating Multiple Objects29
Source-Seeking Control of Unicycle Robots With 3-D-Printed Flexible Piezoresistive Sensors29
Fast UAV Trajectory Optimization Using Bilevel Optimization With Analytical Gradients29
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Autonomous Flights Inside Narrow Tunnels29
Latent Space Planning for Multiobject Manipulation With Environment-Aware Relational Classifiers29
Active Inference for Bandit-Based Autonomous Robotic Exploration With Dynamic Preferences28
Applications of Spiking Neural Networks in Visual Place Recognition28
Global Model Learning for Large Deformation Control of Elastic Deformable Linear Objects: An Efficient and Adaptive Approach28
Shape Tracking and Feedback Control of Cardiac Catheter Using MRI-Guided Robotic Platform—Validation With Pulmonary Vein Isolation Simulator in MRI28
Confidence-Aware Object Capture for a Manipulator Subject to Floating-Base Disturbances28
Kimera-Multi: Robust, Distributed, Dense Metric-Semantic SLAM for Multi-Robot Systems28
Achieving Subpixel Platform Accuracy With Pan–Tilt–Zoom Cameras in Uncertain Times28
Evaluation of a Fused Sonomyography and Electromyography-Based Control on a Cable-Driven Ankle Exoskeleton28
A Scalable Framework for Multi-Robot Tele-Impedance Control28
Energy Aware Impedance Control of a Flying End-Effector in the Port-Hamiltonian Framework28
Interactive Autonomous Navigation With Internal State Inference and Interactivity Estimation28
Redundancy Resolution at Position Level28
Optical Tactile Sensing for Aerial Multicontact Interaction: Design, Integration, and Evaluation28
FAST-LIO2: Fast Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry27
Variable Stiffness Soft Robotic Fingers Using Snap-Fit Kinematic Reconfiguration27
Quori: A Community-Informed Design of a Socially Interactive Humanoid Robot27
EVOLVER: Online Learning and Prediction of Disturbances for Robot Control27
PH-Gauss-Lobatto Reduced-Order-Model for Shape Control of Soft-Continuum Manipulators27
Fast and Accurate 6-D Object Pose Refinement via Implicit Surface Optimization27
Cosserat-Rod-Based Dynamic Modeling of Soft Slender Robot Interacting With Environment27
Singularity Conditions for Continuum Parallel Robots26
Robotic Snake Locomotion Exploiting Body Compliance and Uniform Body Tensions26
Passive Impedance Control of Robots With Viscoelastic Joints Via Inner-Loop Torque Control26
Design of a New Bio-Inspired Dual-Axis Compliant Micromanipulator With Millimeter Strokes26
Stochastic Dynamic Games in Belief Space26
On the Evaluation of Collision Probability Along a Path26
Design and Benchmarking of a Multimodality Sensor for Robotic Manipulation With GAN-Based Cross-Modality Interpretation26
Port-Hamiltonian Neural ODE Networks on Lie Groups for Robot Dynamics Learning and Control26
Robust Task-Space Quadratic Programming for Kinematic-Controlled Robots26
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Ultrasound Image-Based Average $Q$-Learning Control of Magnetic Microrobots26
Continuous Occupancy Mapping in Dynamic Environments Using Particles26
LAMP: Learning a Motion Policy to Repeatedly Navigate in an Uncertain Environment26
Load-Transfer Suspended Backpack With Bioinspired Vibration Isolation for Shoulder Pressure Reduction Across Diverse Terrains25
Automatic Synthesis of 1-DOF Transformable Wheel Mechanisms25
Topology-Driven Parallel Trajectory Optimization in Dynamic Environments25
Attack-Resilient Path Planning Using Dynamic Games With Stopping States25
Enabling Versatility and Dexterity of the Dual-Arm Manipulators: A General Framework Toward Universal Cooperative Manipulation25
Circular Accessible Depth: A Robust Traversability Representation for UGV Navigation25
Multimodal Learning of Keypoint Predictive Models for Visual Object Manipulation25
Stabilization of Complementarity Systems via Contact-Aware Controllers25
Biomimetic Morphing Quadrotor Inspired by Eagle Claw for Dynamic Grasping25
Certifiable Object Pose Estimation: Foundations, Learning Models, and Self-Training25
Simultaneous Calibration of Multicoordinates for a Dual-Robot System by Solving the AXB = YCZ Problem25
Log-GPIS-MOP: A Unified Representation for Mapping, Odometry, and Planning25
An Evolutionary-Optimized Surgical Path Planner for a Programmable Bevel-Tip Needle24
Design, Modeling, and Control of a Coaxial Drone24
A Closed-Chain Approach to Generating Affordance Joint Trajectories for Robotic Manipulators24
Fast Contact-Implicit Model Predictive Control24
Cosserat Rod Modeling of Continuum Robots from Newtonian and Lagrangian Perspectives24
Attribute-Based Robotic Grasping With Data-Efficient Adaptation23
Occlusion-Robust Autonomous Robotic Manipulation of Human Soft Tissues With 3-D Surface Feedback23
Distributed Motion Coordination for Multirobot Systems Under LTL Specifications23
Bounds on Optimal Revisit Times in Persistent Monitoring Missions With a Distinct and Remote Service Station23
Design, Control, and Psychophysics of Tasbi: A Force-Controlled Multimodal Haptic Bracelet23
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A Pareto-Optimal Local Optimization Framework for Multiobjective Ergodic Search23
AVOCADO: Adaptive Optimal Collision Avoidance Driven by Opinion23
Strategic Decision-Making in Multiagent Domains: A Weighted Constrained Potential Dynamic Game Approach23
Structure-to-Shape Aortic 3-D Deformation Reconstruction for Endovascular Interventions23
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SICNav: Safe and Interactive Crowd Navigation Using Model Predictive Control and Bilevel Optimization23
Multirobot Field of View Control With Adaptive Decentralization23
Motion Planning and Inertia-Based Control for Impact Aware Manipulation23
Variable Stiffness Linear Actuator Based on Differential Drive Fiber Jamming22
Collision Resilient Insect-Scale Soft-Actuated Aerial Robots With High Agility22
Aerial Robots Carrying Flexible Cables: Dynamic Shape Optimal Control via Spectral Method Model22
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