| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Nonlinear Control Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 1995 | 4,619 |
| 2 | A survey of industrial model predictive control technology | Control Engineering Practice | 2003 | 3,949 |
| 3 | Distributed Consensus in Multi-vehicle Cooperative Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 2008 | 1,810 |
| 4 | Motion control for advanced mechatronics | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 1996 | 1,645 |
| 5 | A novel swarm intelligence optimization approach: sparrow search algorithm | Systems Science and Control Engineering | 2020 | 1,527 |
| 6 | Constructive Nonlinear Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 1997 | 1,444 |
| 7 | Sliding Mode Control and Observation | Control Engineering | 2014 | 1,377 |
| 8 | Passivity-based Control of Euler-Lagrange Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 1998 | 1,265 |
| 9 | The future of PID control | Control Engineering Practice | 2001 | 1,170 |
| 10 | Disturbance Observer Based Control for Nonlinear Systems | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2004 | 1,149 |
| 11 | L2 - Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 2000 | 1,037 |
| 12 | Statistical process control of multivariate processes | Control Engineering Practice | 1995 | 1,015 |
| 13 | Biomechanical design of the Berkeley lower extremity exoskeleton (BLEEX) | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2006 | 938 |
| 14 | Control methodologies in networked control systems | Control Engineering Practice | 2003 | 876 |
| 15 | Trends in the application of model-based fault detection and diagnosis of technical processes | Control Engineering Practice | 1997 | 860 |
| 16 | Tuning and auto-tuning of fractional order controllers for industry applications | Control Engineering Practice | 2008 | 832 |
| 17 | Upper-Limb Powered Exoskeleton Design | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2007 | 788 |
| 18 | Supervision, fault-detection and fault-diagnosis methods — An introduction | Control Engineering Practice | 1997 | 768 |
| 19 | Robust Finite-Time Consensus Tracking Algorithm for Multirobot Systems | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2009 | 735 |
| 20 | L2-Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 2017 | 723 |
| 21 | Nonlinear Control Systems II | Communications and Control Engineering | 1999 | 683 |
| 22 | Theory of Robot Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 1996 | 631 |
| 23 | Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks | Communications and Control Engineering | 2011 | 630 |
| 24 | Positive 1D and 2D Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 2002 | 619 |
| 25 | Automatic tuning and adaptation for PID controllers - a survey | Control Engineering Practice | 1993 | 591 |
| 26 | Nonlinear Model Predictive Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 2011 | 578 |
| 27 | Adaptive robust motion control of single-rod hydraulic actuators: theory and experiments | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2000 | 549 |
| 28 | Meshworm: A Peristaltic Soft Robot With Antagonistic Nickel Titanium Coil Actuators | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2013 | 536 |
| 29 | Design of a fractional order PID controller for an AVR using particle swarm optimization | Control Engineering Practice | 2009 | 519 |
| 30 | Modeling piezoelectric actuators | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2000 | 509 |
| 31 | Evolutionary algorithms in control systems engineering: a survey | Control Engineering Practice | 2002 | 496 |
| 32 | Fault Diagnosis for Rotating Machinery Using Multiple Sensors and Convolutional Neural Networks | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2018 | 488 |
| 33 | Dexterous anthropomorphic robot hand with distributed tactile sensor: Gifu hand II | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2002 | 462 |
| 34 | The Rutgers Master II-new design force-feedback glove | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2002 | 450 |
| 35 | Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 2014 | 446 |
| 36 | M-TRAN: self-reconfigurable modular robotic system | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2002 | 444 |
| 37 | High-Accuracy Tracking Control of Hydraulic Rotary Actuators With Modeling Uncertainties | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2014 | 442 |
| 38 | Observer-based fault detection and isolation: Robustness and applications | Control Engineering Practice | 1997 | 439 |
| 39 | Analysis and Control of Boolean Networks | Communications and Control Engineering | 2011 | 433 |
| 40 | Design of HyQ – a hydraulically and electrically actuated quadruped robot | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering | 2011 | 431 |
| 41 | Tracking Control of a Piezoceramic Actuator With Hysteresis Compensation Using Inverse Preisach Model | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2005 | 424 |
| 42 | An overview of control performance assessment technology and industrial applications | Control Engineering Practice | 2006 | 423 |
| 43 | Nonsmooth Mechanics | Communications and Control Engineering | 1999 | 423 |
| 44 | Modelling and control of a large quadrotor robot | Control Engineering Practice | 2010 | 422 |
| 45 | Computer Controlled Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 2000 | 418 |
| 46 | Calculating controller area network (can) message response times | Control Engineering Practice | 1995 | 403 |
| 47 | Modeling of Biomimetic Robotic Fish Propelled by An Ionic Polymer–Metal Composite Caudal Fin | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2010 | 398 |
| 48 | Optimization and Dynamical Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 1994 | 396 |
| 49 | Fundamental Limitations in Filtering and Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 1997 | 389 |
| 50 | Deterministic nonlinear observer-based approaches to fault diagnosis: A survey | Control Engineering Practice | 1997 | 388 |
| 51 | Look-ahead control for heavy trucks to minimize trip time and fuel consumption | Control Engineering Practice | 2009 | 375 |
| 52 | Design Principles for Energy-Efficient Legged Locomotion and Implementation on the MIT Cheetah Robot | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2015 | 371 |
| 53 | Random forests: from early developments to recent advancements | Systems Science and Control Engineering | 2014 | 369 |
| 54 | Adaptive Backstepping Control for Active Suspension Systems With Hard Constraints | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2013 | 365 |
| 55 | Control Theory for Linear Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 2001 | 364 |
| 56 | Stability and Stabilization of Infinite Dimensional Systems with Applications | Communications and Control Engineering | 1999 | 362 |
| 57 | Stability Theory of Switched Dynamical Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 2011 | 362 |
| 58 | Nonlinear disturbance observer design for robotic manipulators | Control Engineering Practice | 2013 | 361 |
| 59 | An Analytical Generalized Prandtl–Ishlinskii Model Inversion for Hysteresis Compensation in Micropositioning Control | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2011 | 355 |
| 60 | Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with Applications | Communications and Control Engineering | 2008 | 353 |
| 61 | Robust Control Design Using H-∞ Methods | Communications and Control Engineering | 2000 | 352 |
| 62 | Optimal power management of an experimental fuel cell/supercapacitor-powered hybrid vehicle | Control Engineering Practice | 2005 | 351 |
| 63 | Control of Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Ideal Force-Mode Actuation in Human–Robot Interaction Applications | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2009 | 349 |
| 64 | A multivariable regulator approach to traffic-responsive network-wide signal control | Control Engineering Practice | 2002 | 345 |
| 65 | Higher order spectra analysis, a nonlinear signal processing framework | Control Engineering Practice | 1994 | 340 |
| 66 | Unified modeling of hybrid electric vehicle drivetrains | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 1999 | 338 |
| 67 | Maximum allowable delay bounds of networked control systems | Control Engineering Practice | 2003 | 332 |
| 68 | A new type of fish-like underwater microrobot | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2003 | 327 |
| 69 | Design and control of an exoskeleton for the elderly and patients | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2006 | 323 |
| 70 | Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for the design and testing of engine-control systems | Control Engineering Practice | 1999 | 322 |
| 71 | Microperforated-Panel Wideband Absorbers | Noise Control Engineering Journal | 1987 | 315 |
| 72 | Internet-based teleoperation using wave variables with prediction | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2002 | 313 |
| 73 | Adaptive sliding mode control of electro-hydraulic system with nonlinear unknown parameters | Control Engineering Practice | 2008 | 313 |
| 74 | Dissipative Systems Analysis and Control | Communications and Control Engineering | 2000 | 313 |
| 75 | Non-linear Control for Underactuated Mechanical Systems | Communications and Control Engineering | 2002 | 312 |
| 76 | Design and Control of a Three-Axis Serial-Kinematic High-Bandwidth Nanopositioner | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2012 | 309 |
| 77 | Dynamics and control of redundantly actuated parallel manipulators | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2003 | 308 |
| 78 | Mechatronic design and control of hybrid electric vehicles | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2000 | 304 |
| 79 | Dielectric Elastomer Generators: How Much Energy Can Be Converted? | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2011 | 303 |
| 80 | Design and Control Considerations for High-Performance Series Elastic Actuators | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2014 | 302 |
| 81 | Reinforcement Learning Optimized Look-Ahead Energy Management of a Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2017 | 300 |
| 82 | Nested PID steering control for lane keeping in autonomous vehicles | Control Engineering Practice | 2011 | 299 |
| 83 | A controller enabling precise positioning and sway reduction in bridge and gantry cranes | Control Engineering Practice | 2007 | 294 |
| 84 | Physical system modeling with Modelica | Control Engineering Practice | 1998 | 293 |
| 85 | Variable Stiffness Actuators: Review on Design and Components | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2016 | 293 |
| 86 | Free-Locomotion of Underwater Vehicles Actuated by Ionic Polymer Metal Composites | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2010 | 289 |
| 87 | An Origami-Inspired Approach to Worm Robots | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2013 | 289 |
| 88 | Biomechatronic Design and Control of an Anthropomorphic Artificial Hand for Prosthetic and Robotic Applications | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2007 | 287 |
| 89 | Nonlinear Control of Quadrotor for Point Tracking: Actual Implementation and Experimental Tests | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2015 | 286 |
| 90 | The CRONE suspension | Control Engineering Practice | 1996 | 285 |
| 91 | Large deflection dynamics and control for planar continuum robots | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2003 | 285 |
| 92 | Feedforward Controller With Inverse Rate-Dependent Model for Piezoelectric Actuators in Trajectory-Tracking Applications | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2007 | 285 |
| 93 | Time-varying formation control for unmanned aerial vehicles with switching interaction topologies | Control Engineering Practice | 2016 | 284 |
| 94 | A Compact Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Human Assistive Systems | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2012 | 278 |
| 95 | Nonlinear coupling control laws for an underactuated overhead crane system | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2003 | 277 |
| 96 | State-of-the-art of vehicular traffic flow modelling | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering | 2001 | 276 |
| 97 | Parametrizations in Control, Estimation and Filtering Problems: Accuracy Aspects | Communications and Control Engineering | 1993 | 276 |
| 98 | Switching model predictive attitude control for a quadrotor helicopter subject to atmospheric disturbances | Control Engineering Practice | 2011 | 275 |
| 99 | Adaptive robust precision motion control of linear motors with negligible electrical dynamics: theory and experiments | IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | 2001 | 272 |
| 100 | Fault detection and isolation using parity relations | Control Engineering Practice | 1997 | 271 |
