Journal of Field Robotics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Field Robotics is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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A Universal Visual Detection Method for Camellia oleifera Fruit Picking Robot51
Toward Universal Embodied Planning in Scalable Heterogeneous Field Robots Collaboration and Control50
Development and Application of the Coverage Path Planning Based on a Biomimetic Robotic Fish49
Optimization‐Based Geometric Enhancement and Motion Estimation for Non‐Cooperative Spacecrafts46
Singularity‐Free Guiding Vector Field Over Bézier's Curves Applied to Rovers Path Planning and Path Following39
ROV Teleoperation in the Presence of Cross‐Currents Using Soft Haptics39
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Optimization‐based motion planning for autonomous agricultural vehicles turning in constrained headlands36
Dynamic path planning for mobile robots based on artificial potential field enhanced improved multiobjective snake optimization (APF‐IMOSO)35
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Vision detection and path planning of mobile robots for rebar binding33
An online hyper‐volume action bounding approach for accelerating the process of deep reinforcement learning from multiple controllers33
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A Novel Multinozzle Targeting Pollination Robot for Clustered Kiwifruit Flowers Based on Air–Liquid Dual‐Flow Spraying31
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Autonomous hanging tether management and experimentation for an unmanned air‐surface vehicle team25
Decentralized deconfliction of aerial robots in high intensity traffic structures25
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Multiagent robotic systems and exploration algorithms: Applications for data collection in construction sites23
Development of a Telerobotic Target‐Specific Pesticide Applicator: An Intervention for Enhanced Safety and Efficiency23
On‐line estimation of power model parameters for skid‐steer robots with applications in mission energy use prediction23
An improved fuzzy‐controlled local path planning algorithm based on dynamic window approach21
Geometric Adaptive Neural Controller and Optical Flow‐Based Invariant Extended Kalman Filter for Mars Quadrotor Under Disturbance21
MoWe: Motion Observation for Wind Estimation of Sailing Robots21
Heterogeneous Event Mapping of Multi‐Robot System Based on Event Structures20
Developing a Climbing Robot for Stay Cable Maintenance With Security and Rescue Mechanisms19
Nautilus: An autonomous surface vehicle with a multilayer software architecture for offshore inspection19
Unmanned air/ground vehicle survey following a radiological dispersal event19
Highly optimized Q‐learning‐based bees approach for mobile robot path planning in static and dynamic environments18
Two novel approaches for solving the contradiction between efficient penetration and low recoil for the low‐velocity penetrator18
Experimental tests of hybrid VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle designed for surveillance missions and operations in maritime conditions from ship‐based helipads18
High maneuverability of the falcon flying robot18
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Towards practical robotic chef: Review of relevant work and future challenges17
Development of a real‐time work‐related postural risk assessment system of farm workers using a sensor‐based artificial intelligence approach17
Hijacking of unmanned surface vehicles: A demonstration of attacks and countermeasures in the field17
Green Fruit‐Stem Pairing and Clustering for Machine Vision System in Robotic Thinning of Apples17
PAW: Prediction of wildlife animals using a robot under adverse weather conditions16
Three‐dimensional mapping and immersive human–robot interfacing utilize Kinect‐style depth cameras and virtual reality for agricultural mobile robots16
Development and field evaluation of a VR/AR‐based remotely controlled system for a two‐wheel paddy transplanter16
A sensor‐based assistive technology for lower‐limb‐disabled agricultural workers and abled female workers for tractor clutch and brake operation16
AutoMine: A Multimodal Dataset for Robot Navigation in Open‐Pit Mines15
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A Machine Learning–Based Ergonomic Assessment of Wireless Hand Control System for Lower‐Limb Disabled Tractor Operators and Abled Female Agricultural Workers14
A more precise way to localize animals using drones14
Efficient and multifidelity terrain modeling for 3D large‐scale and unstructured environments14
Development of a mobile robot for safe mechanical evacuation of hazardous bulk materials in industrial confined spaces14
Versatile multilinked aerial robot with tilted propellers: Design, modeling, control, and state estimation for autonomous flight and manipulation13
An Efficient 3D Point Cloud‐Based Place Recognition Approach for Underground Tunnels Using Convolution and Self‐Attention Mechanism13
Weld line recognition and path planning with spherical tank inspection robots13
Building information modeling‐based 3D reconstruction and coverage planning enabled automatic painting of interior walls using a novel painting robot in construction13
Optimal terminal‐velocity‐control guidance for intercepting non‐cooperative maneuvering quadcopter13
Cover Image, Volume 42, Number 1, January 202513
Characterization of motion power loss of off‐road wheeled robot in a slippery terrain12
Experimental evaluation of Visual‐Inertial Odometry systems for arable farming12
Practical path planning techniques in overtaking for autonomous shuttles12
YOLOv4‐tiny‐based robust RGB‐D SLAM approach with point and surface feature fusion in complex indoor environments11
Deep neural networks to predict autonomous ground vehicle behavior on sloping terrain field11
Precise pose estimation of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover through a stereo‐vision‐based approach11
Topological map‐based approach for localization and mapping memory optimization11
Autonomous control of a prototype solar‐powered offshore autonomous underwater vehicle servicing platform via a low‐cost embedded architecture11
Field experiment of autonomous ship navigation in canal and surrounding nearshore environments10
Sediment penetration performance of a portable underwater robot for core sampling10
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Research on unmanned electric shovel autonomous driving path tracking control based on improved pure tracking and fuzzy control10
Whole‐body motion planning and control of a quadruped robot for challenging terrain10
Study on climbing strategy and analysis of Mars rover10
Segmentation and tracking of vegetable plants by exploiting vegetable shape feature for precision spray of agricultural robots9
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Trafficability anticipation for quadruped robot in field operation9
Whole‐body motion planning and tracking of a mobile robot with a gimbal RGB‐D camera for outdoor 3D exploration9
Convolutional neural networks to classify human stress that occurs during in‐field sugarcane harvesting: A case study9
Multisensor fusion‐based maritime ship object detection method for autonomous surface vehicles9
Gyroscopic precession control for maneuvering two‐wheeled robot recoil stabilization9
Leaf‐density estimation for fruit‐tree canopy based on wind‐excited audio9
Comparative study of soil interaction and driving characteristics of different agricultural and space robots in an agricultural environment9
Distributed Cooperative Collision‐Free Tracking Control for 30 Quadrotors Under Internal and External Threats8
A Soft‐Containing Gripper for High‐Speed Handling of Breadcrumb‐Coated Oysters8
A multiscale feature fusion‐guided lightweight semantic segmentation network8
Internal Model‐Based Anti‐Disturbances Low‐Level Control for Drones Considering Actuator Dynamics8
Spectral sensor‐based device for real‐time detection and severity estimation of groundnut bud necrosis virus in tomato8
Three‐dimensional kinematics‐based real‐time localization method using two robots8
Overview of Terrain Traversability Evaluation for Autonomous Robots8
Using a Small Hexapod Robot to Pick up Large Cylinders for Munitions Response8
MPC‐based cooperative multiagent search for multiple targets using a Bayesian framework8
Active Sensing Strategy: Multi‐Modal, Multi‐Robot Source Localization and Mapping in Real‐World Settings With Fixed One‐Way Switching8
Control Method of Upper Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeleton for Better Assistance: A Comprehensive Review8
In‐Pipe Maintenance Robot Using Spray‐In‐Place Pipe Technique for Long‐Distance and Complex Pipe Environment8
A Hybrid Parameters Estimation Approach for Power Consumption Modeling of Ground Mobile Robots With Unknown Payload8
Design and movement mechanism analysis of a multiple degree of freedom bionic crocodile robot based on the characteristic of “death roll”8
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Optimal guidance track generation for precision agriculture: A review of coverage path planning techniques8
Robust Collision Avoidance and Path‐Following of USVs With Reduced Conservativeness: A Control Barrier Function‐Based Approach8
TUM autonomous motorsport: An autonomous racing software for the Indy Autonomous Challenge7
Sensor‐driven autonomous underwater inspections: A receding‐horizon RRT‐based view planning solution for AUVs7
An obstacle avoidance strategy for complex obstacles based on artificial potential field method7
EIL‐SLAM: Depth‐enhanced edge‐based infrared‐LiDAR SLAM7
An automated apple harvesting robot—From system design to field evaluation7
Three‐dimensional dead reckoning of wall‐climbing robot based on information fusion of compound extended Kalman filter7
Enhancing Maneuverability in a Variable Wheelbase Wheeled Mobile Robot Through Dynamic Steering Curvature Control7
Traversability analysis for autonomous driving in complex environment: A LiDAR‐based terrain modeling approach7
MVS‐SLAM: Enhanced multiview geometry for improved semantic RGBD SLAM in dynamic environment7
From muscular to dexterous: A systematic review to understand the robotic taxonomy in construction and effectiveness7
A stereo visual navigation method for docking autonomous underwater vehicles7
Toward a Track‐Fin Hybrid Driven Bionic Amphibious Robot: Design, Development, and Experiments6
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Multiobjective trajectory optimization of the wall‐building robot based on RBF–NSGA‐II in an uncertain viscoelastic contact environment6
Emerging UAV technology for disaster detection, mitigation, response, and preparedness6
Independent Soft Actor‐Critic Deep Reinforcement Learning for UAV Cooperative Air Combat Maneuvering Decision‐Making6
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Performance evaluation of newly released cameras for fruit detection and localization in complex kiwifruit orchard environments6
Vision‐assisted deep stall landing for a fixed‐wing UAV6
Gait optimization of step climbing for a hexapod robot6
UAMFDet: Acoustic‐Optical Fusion for Underwater Multi‐Modal Object Detection6
Flow Memory Effect on Open‐Frame Remotely Operated Vehicle Motion6
Turbid Underwater Image Enhancement via Attenuation Prior Formation Model6
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Recent developments and applications of simultaneous localization and mapping in agriculture6
Development of a user‐friendly automatic ground‐based imaging platform for precise estimation of plant phenotypes in field crops5
A portable off‐road crawling hexapod robot5
Motion planning and contact force distribution for heavy‐duty hexapod robots walking on unknown rugged terrains5
A multirobot system for autonomous deployment and recovery of a blade crawler for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbine blades5
Actuator fault detection for masonry robot manipulator arm with the interval observer5
Visual Inertial SLAM Based on Spatiotemporal Consistency Optimization in Diverse Environments5
High‐Throughput Robotic Phenotyping for Quantifying Tomato Disease Severity Enabled by Synthetic Data and Domain‐Adaptive Semantic Segmentation5
Experimental Evaluation of an Observer‐Based Controller for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Reforestation Activities5
Demonstration of localization for construction vehicles using 3D LiDARs installed in the field5
Sparse point cloud registration and aggregation with mesh‐based generalized iterative closest point5
Assessing the practical applicability of neural‐based point clouds registration algorithms: A comparative analysis5
Achievements and future directions in self‐reconfigurable modular robotic systems5
Cleaning Robots: A Review of Sensor Technologies and Intelligent Control Strategies for Cleaning5
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Design and analysis of a wall‐climbing robot for passive adaptive movement on variable‐curvature metal facades5
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Combinations of novel hybrid optimization algorithms‐based trajectory planning analysis for an industrial robotic manipulators5
In situ skid estimation for mobile robots in outdoor environments5
Power and energy consumption of skid‐steer rovers turning on loose soil5
Long future frame prediction using optical flow‐informed deep neural networks for enhancement of robotic teleoperation in high latency environments5
Leveraging digital twin for autonomous docking of a container truck with stabilization control5
Design, development, and field evaluation of a rubber tapping robot4
Continuous Curvature Path Planning for Headland Coverage With Agricultural Robots4
Robust active disturbance rejection control for systems with internal uncertainties: Multirotor UAV application4
LiDAR‐based automated UAV inspection of wind turbine rotor blades4
Four years of multimodal odometry and mapping on the rail vehicles4
A benchmark analysis of data‐driven and geometric approaches for robot ego‐motion estimation4
Semihierarchical reconstruction and weak‐area revisiting for robotic visual seafloor mapping4
Design and multiobjective optimization of a two‐point contact ladder‐climbing robot using a genetic algorithm4
The ReSWARM microgravity flight experiments: Planning, control, and model estimation for on‐orbit close proximity operations4
Expediting recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles in dynamic mission environments: A system‐of‐systems challenge for underwater warfare4
Using an improved YOLOv5s network for the automatic detection of silicon on wheat straw epidermis of micrographs4
Study of a Cable‐Driven Hip Swimming‐Assisted Exoskeleton Utilizing Adaptive Active Control Strategy4
Optimising robotic operation speed with edge computing via 5G network: Insights from selective harvesting robots4
Hierarchical rule‐base reduction fuzzy control for constant velocity path tracking of a differential steer vehicle4
Coordinated trajectory tracking control for mining excavator with oscillating external disturbance4
Robotic date fruit harvesting using machine vision and a 5‐DOF manipulator4
Research on double‐USVs fuzzy‐priority NSB behavior fusion formation control method for oil spill recovery4
RoboBoat: A robotic boat for 3D mapping of partially flooded underground sites4
Pesticide spraying robot for precision agriculture: A categorical literature review and future trends4
Rapid location technology of odor sources by multi‐UAV4
Hybrid Metric‐Topological Localization for Robots in Pipe Networks4
Robot Grasping Detection Method Based on Keypoints4
Energy‐consumption model for rotary‐wing drones4
A comprehensive survey on non‐cooperative collision avoidance for micro aerial vehicles: Sensing and obstacle detection4
Development of an automated mobile robotic sprayer to prevent workers' exposure of agro‐chemicals inside polyhouse4
ADRC‐SMC‐based disturbance rejection depth‐tracking control of underactuated AUV4
Enhancing Greenhouse Performance Through Robotic Roof Cleaning Solutions: A Review4
Implementation of hand‐object pose estimation using SSD and YOLOV5 model for object grasping by SCARA robot4
Learning‐based model predictive control for improved mobile robot path following using Gaussian processes and feedback linearization4
CNN‐OHGS: CNN‐oppositional‐based Henry gas solubility optimization model for autonomous vehicle control system3
Fruit growing direction recognition and nesting grasping strategies for tomato harvesting robots3
Conductive hydrogels‐based self‐sensing soft robot state perception and trajectory tracking3
In situ slip estimation for mobile robots in outdoor environments3
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Water entry locomotion strategy for a stranding bionic robotic fish3
Optimizing cotton‐picking robotic manipulator and inverse kinematics modeling using evolutionary algorithm‐assisted artificial neural network3
An automated nondestructive testing system for the surface of pressure pipeline welds3
Fault detection of harmonic reducer for construction robot based on adaptive state observer3
Design and implementation of resource‐aware robust event‐based integral sliding mode controller for a networked wheeled mobile robot3
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UAV‐based simultaneous localization and mapping in outdoor environments: A systematic scoping review3
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Robotic harvesting of the occluded fruits with a precise shape and position reconstruction approach3
Position‐based fluid simulation for robotic injection sealing of pavement cracks3
VERO: A vacuum‐cleaner‐equipped quadruped robot for efficient litter removal3
Adaptive end‐effector pose control for tomato harvesting robots3
An autonomous robot for shell and tube heat exchanger inspection3
Implementation of PID controller and enhanced red deer algorithm in optimal path planning of substation inspection robots3
Automatic terminal guidance for small fixed‐wing unmanned aerial vehicles3
Gas source localization and mapping with mobile robots: A review3
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TetraFLEX: Design and kinematic analysis of a novel self‐aligning family of 3T1R parallel manipulators3
ASAH: An arc‐surface‐adsorption hexapod robot with a motion control scheme3
Bacchus Long‐Term (BLT) data set: Acquisition of the agricultural multimodal BLT data set with automated robot deployment3
Exploring the feasibility of autonomous forestry operations: Results from the first experimental unmanned machine3
Quality control of robotic floor‐tiling by the modifications on technology parameters and adhesive properties2
Roboat III: An autonomous surface vessel for urban transportation2
Nezha‐SeaDart: A tail‐sitting fixed‐wing vertical takeoff and landing hybrid aerial underwater vehicle2
Autonomous underwater vehicle link alignment control in unknown environments using reinforcement learning2
Nonlinear coupling tracking control for underactuated construction lifting robots with load hoisting/lowering under initial input saturations2
Automated construction for human–robot interaction in wooden buildings: Integrated robotic construction and digital design of iSMART wooden arches2
A vision transformer‐based robotic perception for early tea chrysanthemum flower counting in field environments2
ANN‐PID based automatic braking control system for small agricultural tractors2
UP‐GAN: Channel‐spatial attention‐based progressive generative adversarial network for underwater image enhancement2
Longitudinal deep truck: Deep longitudinal model with application to sim2real deep reinforcement learning for heavy‐duty truck control in the field2
A strawberry harvest‐aiding system with crop‐transport collaborative robots: Design, development, and field evaluation2
Puttybot: A sensorized robot for autonomous putty plastering2
Autonomous robotic rock breaking using a real‐time 3D visual perception system2
Utilizing Photovoltaic Solar Panels for Real‐Time Localization and Speed Detection of Approaching Illuminated Objects in Humanoid Robots2
Unearthing the history with A‐RHex: Leveraging articulated hexapod robots for archeological pre‐exploration2
Zero‐shot obstacle detection using panoramic vision in farmland2
Development of a wheeled wall‐climbing robot with an internal corner wall adaptive magnetic adhesion mechanism2
NDT‐6D for color registration in agri‐robotic applications2
Terrain‐aware path planning via semantic segmentation and uncertainty rejection filter with adversarial noise for mobile robots2
A high‐resolution AUV navigation framework with integrated communication and tracking for under‐ice deployments2
Sparus Docking Station: A current aware docking station system for a non‐holonomic AUV2
A Multimodal Agile Land‐Air Aircraft (AlAA) That Can Fly, Roll, and Stand2
Squeeze‐and‐excitation attention residual learning of propulsion fault features for diagnosing autonomous underwater vehicles2
A simulation‐assisted point cloud segmentation neural network for human–robot interaction applications2
Intelligent classifier for various degrees of coffee roasts using smart multispectral vision system2
GrowliFlower: An image time‐series dataset for GROWth analysis of cauLIFLOWER2
Development and test of a Lunar Excavation and Size Separation System (LES3) for the LUVMI‐X rover platform2
Discrete‐Time Neural Network Based Mode Switching Optimal Control Scheme for Mobile Dual‐Manipulator Robots2
Swarm Intelligence in Action: Particle Swarm Optimization and Rendezvous Algorithms for Swarm Robotics2
Automated wall‐climbing robot for concrete construction inspection2
Effectiveness of an Expendable Unmanned Ground Vehicle Stalling a Mechanized Infantry Company's Primary Combat Units—A Virtual Simulation Experiment2
A comprehensive review on deploying robotics application in telecom network tower's field maintenance: Challenges with current practices and feasibility analysis for robotics implementation2
Autonomous navigation method based on RGB‐D camera for a crop phenotyping robot2
Uncertainty‐aware LiDAR‐based localization for outdoor mobile robots2
Dynamic Docking Anti‐Disturbance Control of Overactuated AUV: System, Method, and Lake Trails2
Relocalization based on millimeter wave radar point cloud for visually degraded environments2
Using DNN‐Compensator Coupling PD‐Controller Strategy Control Two‐Wheeled Robots Upright Motion Balance2
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Improved subspace modal identification of industrial robots2
Development of the generator inspection vehicle and the inspection equipment2
Navigation line extraction algorithm for corn spraying robot based on YOLOv8s‐CornNet2
Modeling of UAV/RPAS data traffic in space, air, and ground networks2
Design and development of remote‐control system for two‐wheel paddy transplanter2
A Unified Topological Representation for Robotic Fleets in Agricultural Applications2
Design and field test of a foldable wing unmanned aerial–underwater vehicle2
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