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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Scan corner of context: a novel corner feature rotation-invariant descriptor for loop closure detection from 3D LiDAR data	304
Trajectory tracking of mobile robots using hedge-agebras-based controllers	66
Editorial: Task planning and motion control problems of service robots in human-centered environments	53
Autonomous gait switching method and experiments of a hexapod walking robot for Mars environment with multiple terrains	48
Reinforcement learning-based dynamic obstacle avoidance and integration of path planning	38
Leveraging single-shot detection and random sample consensus for wind turbine blade inspection	24
Empowering robots with social cues: an initiative pose control framework for human–robot interaction	20
Search trajectory with twisting motion for dual peg-in-hole assembly	17
A Methodology for end user programming of ROS-based service robots using jigsaw metaphor and ontologies	17
Model-aided 3D shape and force estimation of continuum robots based on Cosserat rod theory and using a magnetic localization system	17
Finite-time sliding mode Control strategies for perturbed input-constrained nonlinear bilateral teleoperation systems with variable-time communication delays	16
R3T*-MOSafeRL($$\lambda $$): path planning of mobile robots in unknown dynamic environments	15
A collision-free path planning method for industrial robot manipulators considering safe human–robot interaction	14
Adaptive RBF neural network-computed torque control for a pediatric gait exoskeleton system: an experimental study	12
Automatic task scheduling optimization and collision-free path planning for multi-areas problem	12
Gait detection of lower limb exoskeleton robot integrating visual perception and geometric features	12
Development of source seeking algorithm for mobile robots	12
Personalized passive training control strategy for a lower limb rehabilitation robot with specified step lengths	12
A finger-inspired pneumatic network actuator based on rigid-flexible coupling structure for soft robotic grippers	12
Grasping control using 2D and 3D visual integration for robotic prosthetic hand	12
Event-based reconfiguration control for time-varying formation of robot swarms in narrow spaces	11
Effects of repetitive ROM exercise training using a patient robot with musculoskeletal symptoms	11
Special Issue on the 2021 Ubiquitous Robots Conference	11
HAC-based adaptive combined pick-up path optimization strategy for intelligent warehouse	11
Real-time path planning for autonomous vehicle based on teaching–learning-based optimization	11

Robot Platooning Strategy for Search and Rescue Operations	11
Correction to: Visiting pebbles on rectangular grids: coordinating multiple robots in mobile fulfilment systems	11
Soft component technology and application for soft robotics	11
Night-to-day thermal image translation for deep thermal place recognition	11
Acoustic analysis of ultrasonic air-borne transducer with concave structure	11
Multirobot conflict coordination and dynamic obstacle avoidance cooperative path planning	10
Manufacture and development of Taban: a cute back-projected head social robot for educational purposes	10
Feature refinement with DBO: optimizing RFRC method for autonomous vehicle detection	9
Hierarchical Topology Map with Explicit Corridor for global path planning of mobile robots	9
6-DoF grasp pose estimation based on instance reconstruction	9
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
Dynamic liquid volume estimation using optical tactile sensors and spiking neural network	8
Toward a conversational model for counsel robots: how different question types elicit different linguistic behaviors	8
Pas: a scale-invariant approach to maritime search and rescue object detection using preprocessing and attention scaling	7
Posture stabilizing control of quadruped robot based on cart-inverted pendulum model	7
Tactile object recognition in early phases of grasping using underactuated robotic hands	7
Optimal two-wheeled self-balancing mobile robot strategy of navigation using adaptive fuzzy controller-based KD-SegNet	7
Improving reinforcement learning based moving object grasping with trajectory prediction	6
Auto-splitting D* lite path planning for large disaster area	6
MORE: simultaneous multi-view 3D object recognition and pose estimation	6
Autonomous vehicle lane-change maneuver accounting for emotion-induced driving behavior in other vehicles	6
Magnetorheological damper for vibration reduction in a robot arm	6
Design and dynamic modeling of a balance rehabilitation cable (BaReCa) robot: integration with patients	6
Real-time monocular visual–inertial SLAM with structural constraints of line and point–line fusion	5
Analysis of impressions of robot by changing its motion and trajectory parameters for designing parameterized behaviors of home-service robots	5
Gait environments recognition using Gaussian process regression model-based CoP trajectory for wearable robot applications	5
MSM: point cloud alignment algorithm through multi-scale feature fusion and cross-attention mechanism	5
Woa-fism planning hexapod robot various gaits	5
Robots in healthcare as envisioned by care professionals	5
Heterogeneous multi-robot system mission planning with cooperative replenishment through data-driven rendezvous point selection	5
NMPC formation control for heterogeneous multi-air vehicles with obstacle avoidance and connectivity maintenance	5
Automatic spraying motion planning of a shotcrete manipulator	5
Editorial: Special issue on social human–robot interaction for human-care robots	5
Direct RGB-D visual odometry with point features	5
Modified type-2 fuzzy controller for intercollision avoidance of single and multi-humanoid robots in complex terrains	5