| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Particle swarm optimization | Swarm Intelligence | 2007 | 7,503 |
| 2 | Vision meets robotics: The KITTI dataset | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2013 | 5,483 |
| 3 | Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Manipulators and Mobile Robots | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 5,055 |
| 4 | ORB-SLAM: A Versatile and Accurate Monocular SLAM System | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2015 | 4,585 |
| 5 | ORB-SLAM2: An Open-Source SLAM System for Monocular, Stereo, and RGB-D Cameras | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2017 | 3,975 |
| 6 | Sampling-based algorithms for optimal motion planning | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2011 | 3,085 |
| 7 | Simultaneous localization and mapping: part I | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2006 | 3,014 |
| 8 | Passive Dynamic Walking | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1990 | 2,751 |
| 9 | Manipulability of Robotic Mechanisms | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1985 | 2,387 |
| 10 | The dynamic window approach to collision avoidance | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 1997 | 2,273 |
| 11 | Past, Present, and Future of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: Toward the Robust-Perception Age | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2016 | 2,239 |
| 12 | A survey of socially interactive robots | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2003 | 2,234 |
| 13 | A survey of robot learning from demonstration | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2009 | 2,217 |
| 14 | VINS-Mono: A Robust and Versatile Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimator | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2018 | 2,141 |
| 15 | OctoMap: an efficient probabilistic 3D mapping framework based on octrees | Autonomous Robots | 2013 | 1,932 |
| 16 | On the Adaptive Control of Robot Manipulators | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1987 | 1,919 |
| 17 | Visual servo control. I. Basic approaches | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2006 | 1,866 |
| 18 | The Uncanny Valley [From the Field] | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2012 | 1,827 |
| 19 | Measurement Instruments for the Anthropomorphism, Animacy, Likeability, Perceived Intelligence, and Perceived Safety of Robots | International Journal of Social Robotics | 2009 | 1,763 |
| 20 | Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM): part II | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2006 | 1,740 |
| 21 | Reinforcement learning in robotics: A survey | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2013 | 1,730 |
| 22 | ZERO-MOMENT POINT — THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF ITS LIFE | International Journal of Humanoid Robotics | 2004 | 1,631 |
| 23 | Design and Kinematic Modeling of Constant Curvature Continuum Robots: A Review | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2010 | 1,554 |
| 24 | Stanley: The robot that won the DARPA Grand Challenge | Journal of Field Robotics | 2006 | 1,551 |
| 25 | Gradient boosting machines, a tutorial | Frontiers in Neurorobotics | 2013 | 1,521 |
| 26 | From cloud computing to cloud manufacturing | Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing | 2012 | 1,487 |
| 27 | Planning of Minimum- Time Trajectories for Robot Arms | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 1,464 |
| 28 | Articulated Hands | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1982 | 1,385 |
| 29 | Tactile Sensing—From Humans to Humanoids | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2010 | 1,379 |
| 30 | Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments Using Velocity Obstacles | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1998 | 1,362 |
| 31 | Bags of Binary Words for Fast Place Recognition in Image Sequences | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2012 | 1,273 |
| 32 | ORB-SLAM3: An Accurate Open-Source Library for Visual, Visual–Inertial, and Multimap SLAM | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2021 | 1,265 |
| 33 | On the Representation and Estimation of Spatial Uncertainty | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 1,244 |
| 34 | Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge | Journal of Field Robotics | 2008 | 1,242 |
| 35 | Keyframe-based visual–inertial odometry using nonlinear optimization | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2015 | 1,224 |
| 36 | Swarm robotics: a review from the swarm engineering perspective | Swarm Intelligence | 2013 | 1,207 |
| 37 | Soft Robotics: Biological Inspiration, State of the Art, and Future Research | Applied Bionics and Biomechanics | 2008 | 1,168 |
| 38 | Soft robotic glove for combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2015 | 1,168 |
| 39 | FAB-MAP: Probabilistic Localization and Mapping in the Space of Appearance | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2008 | 1,166 |
| 40 | Visual Odometry [Tutorial] | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2011 | 1,123 |
| 41 | The EuRoC micro aerial vehicle datasets | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2016 | 1,119 |
| 42 | Multirotor Aerial Vehicles: Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Quadrotor | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2012 | 1,105 |
| 43 | Time-Optimal Control of Robotic Manipulators Along Specified Paths | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1985 | 1,084 |
| 44 | Initial Experiments on the End-Point Control of a Flexible One-Link Robot | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1984 | 1,055 |
| 45 | A survey on coverage path planning for robotics | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2013 | 1,034 |
| 46 | The Open Motion Planning Library | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2012 | 1,018 |
| 47 | Micro/nanorobots for biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification | Science Robotics | 2017 | 1,018 |
| 48 | Deep learning for detecting robotic grasps | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2015 | 1,005 |
| 49 | Continuum Robots for Medical Applications: A Survey | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2015 | 1,005 |
| 50 | Learning hand-eye coordination for robotic grasping with deep learning and large-scale data collection | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2018 | 991 |
| 51 | Globally Consistent Range Scan Alignment for Environment Mapping | Autonomous Robots | 1997 | 990 |
| 52 | Anthropomorphism and the social robot | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2003 | 989 |
| 53 | Soft robotics: Technologies and systems pushing the boundaries of robot abilities | Science Robotics | 2016 | 987 |
| 54 | Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future | Soft Robotics | 2014 | 983 |
| 55 | RGB-D mapping: Using Kinect-style depth cameras for dense 3D modeling of indoor environments | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2012 | 967 |
| 56 | OctoMag: An Electromagnetic System for 5-DOF Wireless Micromanipulation | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2010 | 958 |
| 57 | Negotiation decision functions for autonomous agents | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 1998 | 909 |
| 58 | Historical Perspective and State of the Art in Robot Force Control | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1987 | 891 |
| 59 | Obstacle Avoidance for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators in Dynamically Varying Environments | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1985 | 887 |
| 60 | A Resilient, Untethered Soft Robot | Soft Robotics | 2014 | 885 |
| 61 | 1 year, 1000 km: The Oxford RobotCar dataset | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2017 | 878 |
| 62 | Junior: The Stanford entry in the Urban Challenge | Journal of Field Robotics | 2008 | 876 |
| 63 | Elephants don't play chess | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 1990 | 873 |
| 64 | Cooperative Mobile Robotics: Antecedents and Directions | Autonomous Robots | 1997 | 870 |
| 65 | High Precision Formation Control of Mobile Robots Using Virtual Structures | Autonomous Robots | 1997 | 867 |
| 66 | Task-Priority Based Redundancy Control of Robot Manipulators | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1987 | 859 |
| 67 | Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems [Grand Challenges of Robotics] | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2007 | 851 |
| 68 | XAI—Explainable artificial intelligence | Science Robotics | 2019 | 829 |
| 69 | Enhancing Our Lives with Immersive Virtual Reality | Frontiers in Robotics and AI | 2016 | 824 |
| 70 | Variable impedance actuators: A review | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2013 | 822 |
| 71 | iSAM2: Incremental smoothing and mapping using the Bayes tree | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2012 | 820 |
| 72 | Visual servo control. II. Advanced approaches [Tutorial] | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2007 | 807 |
| 73 | A novel type of compliant and underactuated robotic hand for dexterous grasping | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2016 | 796 |
| 74 | Analysis of Multifingered Hands | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 791 |
| 75 | Towards 3D Point cloud based object maps for household environments | Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 2008 | 788 |
| 76 | The grand challenges of Science Robotics | Science Robotics | 2018 | 787 |
| 77 | On-Manifold Preintegration for Real-Time Visual--Inertial Odometry | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2017 | 786 |
| 78 | Multiagent Systems: A Survey from a Machine Learning Perspective | Autonomous Robots | 2000 | 784 |
| 79 | Soft Robot Arm Inspired by the Octopus | Advanced Robotics | 2012 | 778 |
| 80 | A survey of deep learning techniques for autonomous driving | Journal of Field Robotics | 2020 | 771 |
| 81 | iSAM: Incremental Smoothing and Mapping | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2008 | 770 |
| 82 | Cyberbotics Ltd. Webots™: Professional Mobile Robot Simulation | International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems | 2004 | 768 |
| 83 | Motor Schema — Based Mobile Robot Navigation | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1989 | 757 |
| 84 | Assessing Acceptance of Assistive Social Agent Technology by Older Adults: the Almere Model | International Journal of Social Robotics | 2010 | 756 |
| 85 | Social robots for education: A review | Science Robotics | 2018 | 750 |
| 86 | The First Takeoff of a Biologically Inspired At-Scale Robotic Insect | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2008 | 745 |
| 87 | Robot Motion Planning: A Distributed Representation Approach | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1991 | 740 |
| 88 | Automatic Synthesis of Fine-Motion Strategies for Robots | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1984 | 734 |
| 89 | Autonomous Soft Robotic Fish Capable of Escape Maneuvers Using Fluidic Elastomer Actuators | Soft Robotics | 2014 | 730 |
| 90 | Fuzzy-Appearance Manifold and Fuzzy-Nearest Distance Calculation for Model-Less 3D Pose Estimation of Degraded Face Images | International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems | 2013 | 729 |
| 91 | Visual Place Recognition: A Survey | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2016 | 729 |
| 92 | A Stewart Platform- Based Manipulator: General Theory and Practical Construction | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 712 |
| 93 | Digital Twin-driven smart manufacturing: Connotation, reference model, applications and research issues | Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing | 2020 | 712 |
| 94 | Robotic Grasping of Novel Objects using Vision | International Journal of Robotics Research | 2008 | 702 |
| 95 | Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots | Science Robotics | 2019 | 698 |
| 96 | GraspIt! | IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine | 2004 | 695 |
| 97 | Modeling of Soft Fiber-Reinforced Bending Actuators | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2015 | 688 |
| 98 | The Representation, Recognition, and Locating of 3-D Objects | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 686 |
| 99 | Constructing Force- Closure Grasps | International Journal of Robotics Research | 1988 | 685 |
| 100 | Data-Driven Grasp Synthesis—A Survey | IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 2014 | 681 |
