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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Trajectory tracking of mobile robots using hedge-agebras-based controllers	726
Autonomous gait switching method and experiments of a hexapod walking robot for Mars environment with multiple terrains	110
Editorial: Task planning and motion control problems of service robots in human-centered environments	86
Evaluating user performance and perceptions in a block-based visual programming language for socially assistive robots	28
Scan corner of context: a novel corner feature rotation-invariant descriptor for loop closure detection from 3D LiDAR data	27
Empowering robots with social cues: an initiative pose control framework for human–robot interaction	26
Fast marching firework method for multi-goal mobile robot path planning in complex obstacle maps	25
A Methodology for end user programming of ROS-based service robots using jigsaw metaphor and ontologies	25
Research on multi-AGV path planning based on map training and action replanning	23
A cross-task visuo-tactile representation using point clouds	22
Research on AGV path planning in flexible job-shop scheduling problem based on multi-agent deep Q network	21
Finite-time sliding mode Control strategies for perturbed input-constrained nonlinear bilateral teleoperation systems with variable-time communication delays	21
A collision-free path planning method for industrial robot manipulators considering safe human–robot interaction	18
Model-aided 3D shape and force estimation of continuum robots based on Cosserat rod theory and using a magnetic localization system	18
A finger-inspired pneumatic network actuator based on rigid-flexible coupling structure for soft robotic grippers	17
Adaptive RBF neural network-computed torque control for a pediatric gait exoskeleton system: an experimental study	17
Improved seeker optimization algorithm-based reliable multi-robot path planning for intelligent storage system	17
Gait detection of lower limb exoskeleton robot integrating visual perception and geometric features	17
R3T*-MOSafeRL($$\lambda $$): path planning of mobile robots in unknown dynamic environments	16
Real-time path planning for autonomous vehicle based on teaching–learning-based optimization	15
An efficient network for 3D point cloud moving object detection in autonomous driving environments	15
Event-based reconfiguration control for time-varying formation of robot swarms in narrow spaces	15
Grasping control using 2D and 3D visual integration for robotic prosthetic hand	15
Development of source seeking algorithm for mobile robots	15
FruitTrackDB: a multi-sensor dataset for intelligent navigation in real orchard environments	14

A survey on maritime perception datasets and technologies for autonomous surface vessels	14
Night-to-day thermal image translation for deep thermal place recognition	13
Effects of repetitive ROM exercise training using a patient robot with musculoskeletal symptoms	13
Soft component technology and application for soft robotics	13
Personalized passive training control strategy for a lower limb rehabilitation robot with specified step lengths	13
Novel 3D chaotic quadrotor trajectories for infrastructure monitoring	13
HDFOS: path planning for heterogeneous truck-drone cooperative delivery and pickup services	13
The robot and the nurse prepare for surgery: early insights into the impact of robot’s inner speech	12
HAC-based adaptive combined pick-up path optimization strategy for intelligent warehouse	12
Hierarchical Topology Map with Explicit Corridor for global path planning of mobile robots	12
Acoustic analysis of ultrasonic air-borne transducer with concave structure	12
Path planning in dynamic structured environments using transformer-enabled twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient for mobile robots in simulation	11
Pas: a scale-invariant approach to maritime search and rescue object detection using preprocessing and attention scaling	11
Feature refinement with DBO: optimizing RFRC method for autonomous vehicle detection	11
Multirobot conflict coordination and dynamic obstacle avoidance cooperative path planning	11
Manufacture and development of Taban: a cute back-projected head social robot for educational purposes	11
6-DoF grasp pose estimation based on instance reconstruction	11
Tactile object recognition in early phases of grasping using underactuated robotic hands	10
Optimal two-wheeled self-balancing mobile robot strategy of navigation using adaptive fuzzy controller-based KD-SegNet	10
Slope-constrained global path planning for quadruped robots	10
Dynamic liquid volume estimation using optical tactile sensors and spiking neural network	10
Temporal modeling for domain-invariant fault diagnosis in robotics digital twin systems	9
Intelligent robotic arm trajectory planning using improved classical Q-learning and LSTM	9
Posture stabilizing control of quadruped robot based on cart-inverted pendulum model	9
The development of an optimal hedge algebras path following controller for Robotnik	8
Collaborative semantic mapping for updating the digital twin in controlled indoor environment	8
Cooperative push-grasping in clutter via deep reinforcement learning	8
Grasping Stability of a Robotic Gripper with Frictional Self-Locking Mechanism	8
Improving reinforcement learning based moving object grasping with trajectory prediction	8
Neuro-LQR control for swarm and synchronization of coaxial octocopters in unknown environment	8
Design and dynamic modeling of a balance rehabilitation cable (BaReCa) robot: integration with patients	7
MORE: simultaneous multi-view 3D object recognition and pose estimation	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
Direct RGB-D visual odometry with point features	6
Offline spatial–temporal actor-critic learning for robot crowd navigation without behavior regularization	6
Robots in healthcare as envisioned by care professionals	6
A novel multiple targets detection method for service robots in the indoor complex scenes	6
Real-time autonomous navigation in palm tree environments using vision-based landmark detection and an integrated path planning and control framework	6
NMPC formation control for heterogeneous multi-air vehicles with obstacle avoidance and connectivity maintenance	6
Real-time monocular visual–inertial SLAM with structural constraints of line and point–line fusion	6
Handmaid: design and evaluation of a hand exoskeleton with active backdrive for neuromuscular rehabilitation	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	6
Modified type-2 fuzzy controller for intercollision avoidance of single and multi-humanoid robots in complex terrains	6
Deep reinforcement learning-based autonomous navigation for quadcopter using PPO and improved grey wolf optimizer	5
Heterogeneous multi-robot system mission planning with cooperative replenishment through data-driven rendezvous point selection	5
Variable admittance control for door opening with a wheeled mobile manipulator considering ground obstacles	5
Low-cost environment-adaptive SLAM for bed-chair robots in complex indoor scenarios	5
Personal assistant robot using reinforcement learning: DARWIN-OP2 as a case study	5

MSM: point cloud alignment algorithm through multi-scale feature fusion and cross-attention mechanism	5
Frontend and backend electronics achieving flexibility and scalability for tomographic tactile sensing	5
Kinematic modeling of PAM-based 3-UPS parallel robot module using string encoders	5
Indoor scene neural implicit 3D reconstruction with SO (3)-equivariant network	5
Robot motion planning using predictive trajectory of moving obstacles	5
Gait environments recognition using Gaussian process regression model-based CoP trajectory for wearable robot applications	5
Kinematics and stiffness analysis of a wheelchair-based cable-actuated ankle rehabilitation robot with flexure-based variable-stiffness devices	5
Time delay compensated disturbance observer-based sliding mode slave controller and neural network model for bilateral teleoperation system	5
A soft gripper driven by conical dielectric elastomer actuator to achieve displacement amplification and compliant grips	5
Occlusion-resilient pose estimation of textureless components in cluttered environment and its implementation in robotic bin-picking	5