OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Field 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Graph‐based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots	100
AMZ Driverless: The full autonomous racing system	65
Performance improvements of a sweet pepper harvesting robot in protected cropping environments	61
Pesticide spraying robot for precision agriculture: A categorical literature review and future trends	50
A review of soft manipulator research, applications, and opportunities	49
CNN‐OHGS: CNN‐oppositional‐based Henry gas solubility optimization model for autonomous vehicle control system	48
Localization for precision navigation in agricultural fields—Beyond crop row following	42
Controlling Ocean One: Human–robot collaboration for deep‐sea manipulation	42
Computer vision‐based tree trunk and branch identification and shaking points detection in Dense‐Foliage canopy for automated harvesting of apples	40
Perceptive whole‐body planning for multilegged robots in confined spaces	35
Towards autonomous inspection of concrete deterioration in sewers with legged robots	34
Emerging UAV technology for disaster detection, mitigation, response, and preparedness	34
Design and evaluation of a modular robotic plum harvesting system utilizing soft components	33
Object detection, recognition, and tracking from UAVs using a thermal camera	30
Automation and robotics in the cultivation of pome fruit: Where do we stand today?	29
Fast and incremental loop closure detection with deep features and proximity graphs	29
Multisensor online 3D view planning for autonomous underwater exploration	29
Weld line recognition and path planning with spherical tank inspection robots	27
Robotic harvesting of the occluded fruits with a precise shape and position reconstruction approach	26
Recent developments and applications of simultaneous localization and mapping in agriculture	26
The effect of data augmentation and network simplification on the image‐based detection of broccoli heads with Mask R‐CNN	26
WiMUST: A cooperative marine robotic system for autonomous geotechnical surveys	25
Development and performance evaluation of a machine vision system and an integrated prototype for automated green shoot thinning in vineyards	25
Gas source localization and mapping with mobile robots: A review	25
Learning features from georeferenced seafloor imagery with location guided autoencoders	24

Design, modeling, and control of an aerial manipulator for placement and retrieval of sensors in the environment	24
Canopy density estimation in perennial horticulture crops using 3D spinning lidar SLAM	23
Toward a gliding hybrid aerial underwater vehicle: Design, fabrication, and experiments	23
TagLab: AI‐assisted annotation for the fast and accurate semantic segmentation of coral reef orthoimages	23
Adaptive sampling with an autonomous underwater vehicle in static marine environments	23
Mars curiosity rover mobility trends during the first 7 years	23
Visual model‐predictive localization for computationally efficient autonomous racing of a 72‐g drone	23
Diver tracking in open waters: A low‐cost approach based on visual and acoustic sensor fusion	22
Hybridization of ResNet with YOLO classifier for automated paddy leaf disease recognition: An optimized model	21
Underwater navigation with 2D forward looking SONAR: An adaptive unscented Kalman filter‐based strategy for AUVs	21
Autonomous boat driving system using sample‐efficient model predictive control‐based reinforcement learning approach	21
A review for control theory and condition monitoring on construction robots	21
Towards automating construction tasks: Large‐scale object mapping, segmentation, and manipulation	20
The MADMAX data set for visual‐inertial rover navigation on Mars	20
An autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system for fast exploration of large complex indoor environments	19
Sensor‐driven autonomous underwater inspections: A receding‐horizon RRT‐based view planning solution for AUVs	19
Autonomous navigation of MAVs in unknown cluttered environments	18
Magnetic survey and autonomous target reacquisition with a scalar magnetometer on a small AUV	18
Gait optimization of step climbing for a hexapod robot	18
Deep learning with RGB and thermal images onboard a drone for monitoring operations	18
Experimental validation of the modeling and control of a multibody underwater vehicle manipulator system for sea mining exploration	18
DE‐SLAM: SLAM for highly dynamic environment	17
Consistent decentralized cooperative localization for autonomous vehicles using LiDAR, GNSS, and HD maps	17
Efficient obstacle detection based on prior estimation network and spatially constrained mixture model for unmanned surface vehicles	16
A real‐time quadrotor trajectory planning framework based on B‐spline and nonuniform kinodynamic search	16
Ocean front detection and tracking using a team of heterogeneous marine vehicles	16
EIL‐SLAM: Depth‐enhanced edge‐based infrared‐LiDAR SLAM	15
Self‐reliant rovers for increased mission productivity	15
Design, development, and field evaluation of a rubber tapping robot	15
Efficient autonomous navigation for planetary rovers with limited resources	14
Development of a mobile robot for safe mechanical evacuation of hazardous bulk materials in industrial confined spaces	14
Terrain‐aided navigation for long‐range AUVs in dynamic under‐mapped environments	14
A marsupial robotic system for surveying and inspection of freshwater ecosystems	14
Highly optimized Q‐learning‐based bees approach for mobile robot path planning in static and dynamic environments	14
On the role of feature and signal selection for terrain learning in planetary exploration robots	13
What localizes beneath: A metric multisensor localization and mapping system for autonomous underground mining vehicles	13
GrowliFlower: An image time‐series dataset for GROWth analysis of cauLIFLOWER	13
TUM autonomous motorsport: An autonomous racing software for the Indy Autonomous Challenge	13
Special issue on future challenges and opportunities in vision‐based drone navigation	13
A strawberry harvest‐aiding system with crop‐transport collaborative robots: Design, development, and field evaluation	12
Robotic drilling tests in simulated lunar regolith environment	12
Autonomous robotic rock breaking using a real‐time 3D visual perception system	12
Recognition of fruits and vegetables with similar‐color background in natural environment: A survey	12
A modular agricultural robotic system (MARS) for precision farming: Concept and implementation	12
Zeus: A system description of the two‐time winner of the collegiate SAE autodrive competition	11
Navigating high‐speed unmanned surface vehicles: System approach and validations	11
A more precise way to localize animals using drones	11
Q‐Whex: A simple and highly mobile quasi‐wheeled hexapod robot	11
Field‐based robotic leaf angle detection and characterization of maize plants using stereo vision and deep convolutional neural networks	11
Lifting‐principle‐based design and implementation of fixed‐wing unmanned aerial–underwater vehicle	11

An automated heterogeneous robotic system for radiation surveys: Design and field testing	11
Automatic three‐dimensional mapping for tree diameter measurements in inventory operations	10
Development, integration, and field evaluation of an autonomous citrus‐harvesting robot	10
A novel loop closure detection method with the combination of points and lines based on information entropy	10
Digital twin‐assisted fault diagnosis system for robot joints with insufficient data	10
Experimental evaluation of Visual‐Inertial Odometry systems for arable farming	10
Local path planning for autonomous mobile robots by integrating modified dynamic‐window approach and improved follow the gap method	9
A review of path following control strategies for autonomous robotic vehicles: Theory, simulations, and experiments	9
Vega—A small, low cost, ground robot for nuclear decommissioning	8
A multirobot system for autonomous deployment and recovery of a blade crawler for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbine blades	8
Hijacking of unmanned surface vehicles: A demonstration of attacks and countermeasures in the field	8
RumexWeeds: A grassland dataset for agricultural robotics	8
Rapid location technology of odor sources by multi‐UAV	8
Parent–child‐based navigation method of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles for an underwater self‐completed survey	8
LiDAR‐based robust localization for field autonomous vehicles in off‐road environments	8
A portable off‐road crawling hexapod robot	8
Complete coverage path planning and performance factor analysis for autonomous bulldozer	7
Bacchus Long‐Term (BLT) data set: Acquisition of the agricultural multimodal BLT data set with automated robot deployment	7
Combinations of novel hybrid optimization algorithms‐based trajectory planning analysis for an industrial robotic manipulators	7
Development of a search and rescue robot system for the underground building environment	7
Low complexity visual UAV track navigation using long‐wavelength infrared	7
Automated wall‐climbing robot for concrete construction inspection	7
Practical path planning techniques in overtaking for autonomous shuttles	7
Mechanical design and wheel–leg–body cooperation control of a step‐climbing robot	7
River segmentation for autonomous surface vehicle localization and river boundary mapping	7
Adaptive end‐effector pose control for tomato harvesting robots	7
Experimental tests of hybrid VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle designed for surveillance missions and operations in maritime conditions from ship‐based helipads	7
An efficient online citrus counting system for large‐scale unstructured orchards based on the unmanned aerial vehicle	6
A comprehensive survey on non‐cooperative collision avoidance for micro aerial vehicles: Sensing and obstacle detection	6
Autonomous hanging tether management and experimentation for an unmanned air‐surface vehicle team	6
A systematic literature review on long‐term localization and mapping for mobile robots	6
Learning‐based model predictive control for improved mobile robot path following using Gaussian processes and feedback linearization	6
A systematic literature review of flying ad hoc networks: State‐of‐the‐art, challenges, and perspectives	6
Relocalization based on millimeter wave radar point cloud for visually degraded environments	6
Versatile multilinked aerial robot with tilted propellers: Design, modeling, control, and state estimation for autonomous flight and manipulation	6