OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Intelligent Service Robotics is 5. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Scan corner of context: a novel corner feature rotation-invariant descriptor for loop closure detection from 3D LiDAR data	458
Autonomous gait switching method and experiments of a hexapod walking robot for Mars environment with multiple terrains	75
Trajectory tracking of mobile robots using hedge-agebras-based controllers	68
Editorial: Task planning and motion control problems of service robots in human-centered environments	63
Reinforcement learning-based dynamic obstacle avoidance and integration of path planning	57
Empowering robots with social cues: an initiative pose control framework for human–robot interaction	35
A Methodology for end user programming of ROS-based service robots using jigsaw metaphor and ontologies	24
A cross-task visuo-tactile representation using point clouds	23
Model-aided 3D shape and force estimation of continuum robots based on Cosserat rod theory and using a magnetic localization system	19
Research on multi-AGV path planning based on map training and action replanning	18
Research on AGV path planning in flexible job-shop scheduling problem based on multi-agent deep Q network	17
A finger-inspired pneumatic network actuator based on rigid-flexible coupling structure for soft robotic grippers	16
Finite-time sliding mode Control strategies for perturbed input-constrained nonlinear bilateral teleoperation systems with variable-time communication delays	16
Gait detection of lower limb exoskeleton robot integrating visual perception and geometric features	15
A collision-free path planning method for industrial robot manipulators considering safe human–robot interaction	15
Personalized passive training control strategy for a lower limb rehabilitation robot with specified step lengths	14
R3T*-MOSafeRL($$\lambda $$): path planning of mobile robots in unknown dynamic environments	14
Grasping control using 2D and 3D visual integration for robotic prosthetic hand	14
Adaptive RBF neural network-computed torque control for a pediatric gait exoskeleton system: an experimental study	14
Development of source seeking algorithm for mobile robots	14
Real-time path planning for autonomous vehicle based on teaching–learning-based optimization	13
Event-based reconfiguration control for time-varying formation of robot swarms in narrow spaces	13
HDFOS: path planning for heterogeneous truck-drone cooperative delivery and pickup services	13
An efficient network for 3D point cloud moving object detection in autonomous driving environments	13
Night-to-day thermal image translation for deep thermal place recognition	12

Acoustic analysis of ultrasonic air-borne transducer with concave structure	12
Soft component technology and application for soft robotics	12
Robot Platooning Strategy for Search and Rescue Operations	12
Special Issue on the 2021 Ubiquitous Robots Conference	12
Effects of repetitive ROM exercise training using a patient robot with musculoskeletal symptoms	12
Correction to: Visiting pebbles on rectangular grids: coordinating multiple robots in mobile fulfilment systems	12
Hierarchical Topology Map with Explicit Corridor for global path planning of mobile robots	11
Multirobot conflict coordination and dynamic obstacle avoidance cooperative path planning	11
Path planning in dynamic structured environments using transformer-enabled twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient for mobile robots in simulation	11
HAC-based adaptive combined pick-up path optimization strategy for intelligent warehouse	11
Manufacture and development of Taban: a cute back-projected head social robot for educational purposes	11
Feature refinement with DBO: optimizing RFRC method for autonomous vehicle detection	11
Dynamic liquid volume estimation using optical tactile sensors and spiking neural network	10
6-DoF grasp pose estimation based on instance reconstruction	10
Pas: a scale-invariant approach to maritime search and rescue object detection using preprocessing and attention scaling	9
Tactile object recognition in early phases of grasping using underactuated robotic hands	8
Posture stabilizing control of quadruped robot based on cart-inverted pendulum model	8
Optimal two-wheeled self-balancing mobile robot strategy of navigation using adaptive fuzzy controller-based KD-SegNet	8
Towards long-distance inspection for in-pipe robots in water distribution systems with smart motion facilitated by particle filter and multi-phase motion controller	8
Auto-splitting D* lite path planning for large disaster area	7
Design and dynamic modeling of a balance rehabilitation cable (BaReCa) robot: integration with patients	7
Neuro-LQR control for swarm and synchronization of coaxial octocopters in unknown environment	7
Magnetorheological damper for vibration reduction in a robot arm	7
Autonomous vehicle lane-change maneuver accounting for emotion-induced driving behavior in other vehicles	7
Cooperative push-grasping in clutter via deep reinforcement learning	7
Automatic spraying motion planning of a shotcrete manipulator	7
Collaborative semantic mapping for updating the digital twin in controlled indoor environment	6
Robots in healthcare as envisioned by care professionals	6
Real-time monocular visual–inertial SLAM with structural constraints of line and point–line fusion	6
Grasping Stability of a Robotic Gripper with Frictional Self-Locking Mechanism	6
The development of an optimal hedge algebras path following controller for Robotnik	6
NMPC formation control for heterogeneous multi-air vehicles with obstacle avoidance and connectivity maintenance	6
Improving reinforcement learning based moving object grasping with trajectory prediction	6
MORE: simultaneous multi-view 3D object recognition and pose estimation	6
Analysis of impressions of robot by changing its motion and trajectory parameters for designing parameterized behaviors of home-service robots	6
Woa-fism planning hexapod robot various gaits	5
Kinematic modeling of PAM-based 3-UPS parallel robot module using string encoders	5
Gait environments recognition using Gaussian process regression model-based CoP trajectory for wearable robot applications	5
Direct RGB-D visual odometry with point features	5
MSM: point cloud alignment algorithm through multi-scale feature fusion and cross-attention mechanism	5
Modified type-2 fuzzy controller for intercollision avoidance of single and multi-humanoid robots in complex terrains	5
Heterogeneous multi-robot system mission planning with cooperative replenishment through data-driven rendezvous point selection	5