OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science Robotics is 38. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain	437
Biofuel-powered soft electronic skin with multiplexed and wireless sensing for human-machine interfaces	389
Electronic skins and machine learning for intelligent soft robots	350
Dual-responsive biohybrid neutrobots for active target delivery	238
Enzyme-powered Janus platelet cell robots for active and targeted drug delivery	238
Multifunctional surface microrollers for targeted cargo delivery in physiological blood flow	237
Robot Operating System 2: Design, architecture, and uses in the wild	231
Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild	229
Skin-inspired quadruple tactile sensors integrated on a robot hand enable object recognition	219
Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling	214
Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots	182
Endoscopy-assisted magnetic navigation of biohybrid soft microrobots with rapid endoluminal delivery and imaging	170
Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator	168
Fast and programmable locomotion of hydrogel-metal hybrids under light and magnetic fields	163
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020	162
Swarm of micro flying robots in the wild	149
Swarming behavior and in vivo monitoring of enzymatic nanomotors within the bladder	147
Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel	145
Reflections on the future of swarm robotics	144
Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly	136
Implicit coordination for 3D underwater collective behaviors in a fish-inspired robot swarm	131
Inflatable soft jumper inspired by shell snapping	131
Telerobotic neurovascular interventions with magnetic manipulation	124
An agglutinate magnetic spray transforms inanimate objects into millirobots for biomedical applications	116
Learning high-speed flight in the wild	111

All-printed soft human-machine interface for robotic physicochemical sensing	110
Heterogeneous sensing in a multifunctional soft sensor for human-robot interfaces	108
Elucidating the interaction dynamics between microswimmer body and immune system for medical microrobots	108
Multi-expert learning of adaptive legged locomotion	106
3D-printed programmable tensegrity for soft robotics	103
The Hannes hand prosthesis replicates the key biological properties of the human hand	103
Actuation of untethered pneumatic artificial muscles and soft robots using magnetically induced liquid-to-gas phase transitions	102
Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis	100
Modeling, learning, perception, and control methods for deformable object manipulation	97
Bioinspired underwater legged robot for seabed exploration with low environmental disturbance	97
An 88-milligram insect-scale autonomous crawling robot driven by a catalytic artificial muscle	92
Time-optimal planning for quadrotor waypoint flight	92
Grasping with kirigami shells	90
A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines	86
Bird-inspired dynamic grasping and perching in arboreal environments	86
Neuro-inspired electronic skin for robots	85
Electrically programmable adhesive hydrogels for climbing robots	84
Reinforcement learning with artificial microswimmers	84
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of anthropomorphism in human-robot interaction	82
Light-powered soft steam engines for self-adaptive oscillation and biomimetic swimming	82
Ladybird beetle–inspired compliant origami	80
Bioinspired wing and tail morphing extends drone flight capabilities	80
Controlling subterranean forces enables a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot	79
A pipeline inspection robot for navigating tubular environments in the sub-centimeter scale	79
Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots	77
Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics	75
Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation	74
Hard questions for soft robotics	72
Biomorphic structural batteries for robotics	70
Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors	70
Emergence of robust self-organized undulatory swimming based on local hydrodynamic force sensing	70
Electrostatic footpads enable agile insect-scale soft robots with trajectory control	69
Progress in robotics for combating infectious diseases	69
Robotic surfaces with reversible, spatiotemporal control for shape morphing and object manipulation	69
3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators	69
Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity	68
A biomimetic elastomeric robot skin using electrical impedance and acoustic tomography for tactile sensing	65
How adaptation, training, and customization contribute to benefits from exoskeleton assistance	63
Micrometer-sized electrically programmable shape-memory actuators for low-power microrobotics	62
Biohybrid soft robots with self-stimulating skeletons	62
A bipedal walking robot that can fly, slackline, and skateboard	60
Self-powered locomotion of a hydrogel water strider	59
Submillimeter-scale multimaterial terrestrial robots	59
CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge	59
Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking	59
Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces	58
A resonant squid-inspired robot unlocks biological propulsive efficiency	57
An autonomous drone for search and rescue in forests using airborne optical sectioning	55
An autonomous excavator system for material loading tasks	55
Printed synaptic transistor–based electronic skin for robots to feel and learn	54

Soft robotic manipulator for intraoperative MRI-guided transoral laser microsurgery	54
Vibrational control: A hidden stabilization mechanism in insect flight	53
Light-driven carbon nitride microswimmers with propulsion in biological and ionic media and responsive on-demand drug delivery	53
Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration	53
Powered knee and ankle prosthesis with indirect volitional swing control enables level-ground walking and crossing over obstacles	52
Field performance of sterile male mosquitoes released from an uncrewed aerial vehicle	51
Wireless steerable vision for live insects and insect-scale robots	50
From grasping to manipulation with gecko-inspired adhesives on a multifinger gripper	49
Soft robotic steerable microcatheter for the endovascular treatment of cerebral disorders	49
When less is more: Robot swarms adapt better to changes with constrained communication	48
Self-reconfigurable multilegged robot swarms collectively accomplish challenging terradynamic tasks	48
High–load capacity origami transformable wheel	46
The potential of socially assistive robots during infectious disease outbreaks	46
An adaptive deep reinforcement learning framework enables curling robots with human-like performance in real-world conditions	44
Repurposing factories with robotics in the face of COVID-19	44
A hybrid underwater robot for multidisciplinary investigation of the ocean twilight zone	44
Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots	44
Multidrone aerial surveys of penguin colonies in Antarctica	43
Neural-Fly enables rapid learning for agile flight in strong winds	43
Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots	41
Gastrointestinal tract drug delivery using algae motors embedded in a degradable capsule	41
Material remodeling and unconventional gaits facilitate locomotion of a robophysical rover over granular terrain	41
Vital signal sensing and manipulation of a microscale organ with a multifunctional soft gripper	40
RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract	39
Cavatappi artificial muscles from drawing, twisting, and coiling polymer tubes	38
Neuromorphic computing hardware and neural architectures for robotics	38
The role of user preference in the customized control of robotic exoskeletons	38
Ionic spiderwebs	38