Motion Capture Related Papers

Sun N, Wang Z, Cheng L, et al. Design and Performance Analysis of a Series-Parallel Self-Aligning Index Finger Exoskeleton[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Motion Analysis Human-Robot Interaction

Zhang T, Cao W, Liu C, et al. Robust State Estimation for Legged Robots with Dual Beta Kalman Filter[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Bionic Robot Mobile Robot Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Cha M, Hur P. Estimation of Gait Phase of Human Stair Descent Walking Based on Phase Variable Approach[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Chen B, Ni X, Zhou L, et al. Development of Bio-Inspired 5-DOF Origami for Robotic Spine Assistive Exoskeleton[J]. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025.

Human Body Bionic Robot Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Wang, Tengfei, Yangdong Du, and Yakun Zhao. "Analysis of coiling and deployment of a bistable composite boom with a penetration-free contact simulation procedure: T. Wang et al." Acta Mechanica (2025): 1-18.

Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Wang W, Dong B, Zhang W, et al. Design and analysis of human-machine compatibility of an end-traction ankle rehabilitation robot based on IMU and MoCap[J]. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2025: 116887.

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Motion Analysis Human-Robot Interaction

Zhou X, Zheng X, Miao G, et al. Particle swarm optimization-based unscented Kalman Filter for tremor suppression in minimally invasive surgical robots[J]. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2025, 110: 108279.

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Teleoperation Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Zhang M, Chen Y, Gao Y, et al. Adaptive sliding mode tracking and disturbance rejection control for cable-driven continuum robots in endoscopic surgery[J]. Control Engineering Practice, 2026, 168: 106684.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering

Wang J, Pei S, Guo J, et al. A Vector-Based Motion Retargeting Approach for Exoskeletons with Shoulder Girdle Mechanism[J]. Biomimetics, 2025, 10(5): 312.

Human Body Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Qi Q, Lin H, Yang X, et al. Distributed Collision-Free Control of MASs by Combining Reinforcement Learning With Filtered Position Barrier Certificates and Applications[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025, 22: 23849-23860.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Qi Q, Yang X, Xia G, et al. A Safety Modulator Actor-Critic Method in Model-Free Safe Reinforcement Learning and Application in UAV Hovering[J]. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.06847, 2024.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Zhou X, Zhang S, Li X. D2MFusion: An End-to-End Differentiable Trajectory Optimizer for Safe Reactive Navigation[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Bionic Robot Mobile Robot Embodied AI Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zhang H, Jia Y, Song Y, et al. An adaptive reinforcement learning approach with trait-awareness for heterogeneous multi-robot cooperative pursuit[J]. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025, 160: 112037.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zeng R, Duan K, Li E, et al. Cooperative Path Following Control of Multiple Underactuated USVs with Experimental Validation[C]//2025 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA). IEEE, 2025: 327-332.

Mobile Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Marine & Underwater Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Y. Li, J. Zhang, W. Xu, T. Tang and C. Lu, "FSGlove: An Inertial-Based Hand Tracking System with Shape-Aware Calibration," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 18304-18311, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11245803.

Exoskeleton/Wearables VR/AR Teleoperation Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering

Pan S, Hong Z, Hu Z, et al. Russo: Robust underwater slam with sonar optimization against visual degradation[J]. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025.

Mobile Robot Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Marine & Underwater

Zhou, Y., Song, J., Liu, T., & Peng, X. (2025). Gazing preference induced controllable milling behavior in swarm robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

Lai G, Yu Y, Sun F, et al. Efficiently Kinematic-Constraint-Coupled State Estimation for Integrated Aerial Platforms in GPS-Denied Environments[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Li, Yuzhu, and Wei Dong. "Flexible affine formation control based on dynamic hierarchical reorganization." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2024).

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

F. Gu et al., "Heteroscedastic Bayesian Optimization-Based Dynamic PID Tuning for Accurate and Robust UAV Trajectory Tracking," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 17428-17435, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247487.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

M. Shen, S. Guo, C. Li and Z. Wang, "Physics-Informed Residual Network for Magnetic Dipole Model Correction and High-Accuracy Localization," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 2171-2176, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246085.

Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

W. Lee, J. Sim, J. Kim, S. Jo, W. Luo and C. Nam, "Merry-Go-Round: Safe Control of Decentralized Multi-Robot Systems with Deadlock Prevention," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 4589-4595, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11245826.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Y. Wu et al., "Shape-Adaptive Planning and Control for a Deformable Quadrotor," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 21197-21204, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11245898.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

K. Ye, W. Shao, Y. Zheng, B. Fang and T. Yang, "Multi-target Association and Localization with Distributed Drone Following: A Factor Graph Approach," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 18856-18863, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247561.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

H. Xia, Q. Qi, X. Yang, X. Ju and H. Su, "Multi-UAV-UGV Collision-Free Tracking Control via Control Barrier Function-Based Reinforcement Learning," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 17115-17121, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247497.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Y. Xing, W. Li, F. Pan and X. Feng, "Ultra-Wideband assisted Visual-Inertial Localization Correction System with Position-Unknown UWB Anchors," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 12884-12891, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246170.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

K. Liu et al., "VISC: mmWave Radar Scene Flow Estimation using Pervasive Visual-Inertial Supervision," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 6765-6770, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246830.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Y. Tian, Y. Qi, X. Yu, W. Wu and J. Luo, "Symmetry-Guided Multi-Agent Inverse Reinforcement Learning," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 7989-7996, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246087.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

K. Cui, F. He, N. Hao and H. Hu, "A Two-Stage Swarm Planning Framework for Efficient Multi-Drone Waypoint Traversal," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 827-834, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247604.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Z. Tang, X. Deng, Y. Wen, X. Han, J. Wu and Z. Yu, "Cross-Activity sEMG-Driven Joint Angle Estimation via Hybrid Attention Fusion: Bridging Traditional Features and Deep Spatial Representations," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 14611-14616, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247465.

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

G. Xia, X. Yang, Q. Qi, Y. Sun and X. Dong, "A Safety-Adjusted Policy Optimization Algorithm and Application for Obstacle Avoidance in the Quadcopter," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 2360-2367, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247653.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

B. Tian, Y. Liu, X. Ren, D. Chen, Z. Zuo and L. Wen, "Design and Control of a 6-DOF Fully Actuated Aerial-Aquatic Robot with Thrust Vectoring," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 9099-9106, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246426.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

B. Chen et al., "CushionCatch: A Compliant Catching Mechanism for Mobile Manipulators via Combined Optimization and Learning," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 105-112, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246275.

Mobile Robot Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Y. Lin, Z. Zhang, Y. Chen, T. Wang and R. Zhao, "CSVO: Complementary-Pathway Spatial-Enhanced Visual Odometry for Extreme Environments with Brain-Inspired Vision Sensors," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 9028-9035, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246288.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Yang P, Zang J, ** G, et al. Kinetostatic Modeling of Retractable and Prismatic Spring Body for Continuum Climbing Robots in Discontinuous Terrains[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024.

Inspection Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

P. Yuan, C. Sun, X. Chang, X. Zhang and R. Kang, "Enhancing Continuum Robot Mobility: Design and Control with Integrated Dual Rotational DOFs *," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 3287-3292, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247688.

Robotic Arm Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

J. Chen, K. Zhao, Z. Liu, Y. Li and Y. Lou, "Learning-Based Passive Fault-Tolerant Control of a Quadrotor with Rotor Failure," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 1876-1883, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11245951.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering

Rao K, Yan H, Huang Z, et al. Swift pursuer: A topology-accelerated and robust approach for pursuing an evader in obstacle environments with state measurement uncertainty[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Y. Zhong, A. Zhao, T. Wu, T. Zhang and F. Gao, "Automatic Generation of Aerobatic Flight in Complex Environments via Diffusion Models," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 21235-21242, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246023.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Jia J, Guo K, Wang Y, et al. FORESEER: Recognize and utilize uncertainties by integrating data-based learning and symbolic feedback[J]. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2024: 02783649251364000.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Hou, Zongbin, Ruihao Sui, and Yuan Chen. "Passivity-based variable damped sliding mode control for cable-driven wave motion compensation device under hybrid disturbances." Information Sciences (2025): 122742.

Parallel Robot Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Chu, Y., Wang, X., Hao, T., Fu, Y., Duan, Y., & Yu, T. (2025). Design and Performance Study of a Six-Bar Mechanism Underwater Robot Based on Cownose Ray Bionics. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(6), 1156.

Bionic Robot Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

H. Chen, W. Deng, B. Ye, Y. Xiong, Z. Pan and X. Lyu, "Aerial Grasping via Maximizing Delta-Arm Workspace Utilization," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 12216-12223, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247296.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Chu, Y., Wang, Y., Fu, Y., Ma, M., Zhong, Y., & Yu, T. (2025). Design and Implementation of a Biomimetic Underwater Robot Propulsion System Inspired by Bullfrog Hind Leg Movements. Biomimetics, 10(8), 498.

Animals Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Jin L, Ling L, Wang C, et al. A novel compliant ankle rehabilitation robotic system based on a 6-DOF robot arm[J]. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2025, 16(12): 103773.

Human Body Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Deng W, Chen H, Ye B, et al. Whole-body integrated motion planning for aerial manipulators[J]. arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.06493, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Lin K, Zhang L, Wu K, et al. Optimal Deployment of Multi-Robot Based Regional Positioning System Using Relative Bearing Measurement[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Zhang Y, Song W, Li A, et al. Kinetostatics of Magnetic Captained Elastica Driven by Revolutional and Rotational Magnet[J]. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Y. Xiang, L. Gu, Z. Gong, B. Tao and H. Ding, "A Chordwise Bimodal Joint for Aerial-Aquatic Amphibious Flapping-Wing Robots," in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2025.3602143.

Bionic Robot Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Y. Xiang, L. Gu, K. Ye, Z. Zhang, Z. Gong and B. Tao, "The Foldable Fin With Dynamic Adjustments for Manta Ray-Inspired Robots," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 8107-8114, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3583504.

Bionic Robot Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Ren Q, Xu M, Zhang M, et al. COVER: cross-vehicle transition framework for quadrotor control in air-ground cooperation[J]. Autonomous Robots, 2025, 49(3): 23.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Tan, Ning, et al. "Behavior-predefined adaptive control for heterogeneous continuum robots." The International Journal of Robotics Research 44.1 (2025): 65-95.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Cao, Yuxiao, Yinuo Jiang, and Xiangrui Zeng. "Adaptive game-theoretic decision-making with driving style recognition for autonomous vehicles in uninterrupted traffic flows at intersections." Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2025): 105180.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zheng Y, Zhang H, Zheng G, et al. Research on Motion Transfer Method from Human Arm to Bionic Robot Arm Based on PSO-RF Algorithm[J]. Biomimetics, 2025, 10(6): 392.

Human Body Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Humanoid Robot Embodied AI Robotics & Engineering

Wang H, Liu T, Chen J, et al. Full-Perception Robotic Surgery Environment with Anti-Occlusion Global–Local Joint Positioning[J]. Sensors, 2023, 23(20): 8637.

Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Human-Robot Interaction

Tang S, Ji J, Yuan W, et al. Shape modeling and experimental validation of continuum robots[J]. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2024, 135: 306-318.

Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Wang X, Li G, Wu M, et al. Design, kinematics and validation of a multisection continuum robot connected by offset cross revolute joints[J]. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2025, 47(7): 351.

Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Dong J, Liu Q, Li P, et al. Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Bio-Inspired Rigid–Flexible Continuum Robot Driven by Flexible Shaft Tension–Torsion Synergy[J]. Biomimetics, 2025, 10(5): 301.

Bionic Robot Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

Dong L, Ma J, Cao J, et al. Serial–parallel cooperative assembly approach for precision micro-assembly of axial holes[J]. Mechanical Sciences, 2024, 15(2): 653-665.

Parallel Robot Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Zhu Z, Luo Z, Zhu Y, et al. Bio-inspired Design and Inverse Kinematics Solution of an Omnidirectional Humanoid Robotic Arm with Geometric and Load Capacity Constraints[J]. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2024, 21(2): 778-802.

Robotic Arm Humanoid Robot Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Xie L, Zhu L, Jin X, et al. Curvature-Based Continuous Steering of Stiffness-dominant Concentric Tube Robots[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Long C, Hu Q, Jiang C, et al. BnB-Based Robust PnP Pose Estimation Method for Outliers[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Yao, S., Luo, P., Yue, Y., Chen, Y., Yan, H., & Meng, M. Q. H. (2025). Adaptive Load-Dependent Sim2Real Framework for Path Tracking Toward Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

Continuum robot Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Rao K, Yan H, Ren H, et al. Air Shepherd: Trajectory Prediction-based Target Localization and Circumnavigation in Cluttered Environments[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zhou Y, Quan L, Xu C, et al. RE-Formation: Resilient and Efficient Formation Planning in Large-Scale Distributed Aerial Swarms[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Wang J, Yang H, Zhang J, et al. Versatile rigid‐flexible coupling modules: enhancing soft origami structures with cable‐driven parallel mechanisms[J]. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025: 2401008.

Bionic Robot Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Xie X, Qin Y, Zhang Z, et al. GY-SLAM: A Dense Semantic SLAM System for Plant Factory Transport Robots[J]. Sensors, 2024, 24(5): 1374.

Mobile Robot Agricultural Robot Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

M. Wang, B. Wang, Y. Niu and C. Wang, "PI-WAN: A Physics-Informed Wind-Adaptive Network for Quadrotor Dynamics Prediction in Unknown Environments," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 5413-5419, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247234.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Li H, Guo S, He R, et al. A Home-based Dual-mode Upper Limb Rehabilitation System: Teleoperation Mode and Bilateral Mode with sEMG and IMU[J]. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2025.

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Teleoperation Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

Lu X, Zhou Y, Mai J, et al. Event-Based Visual-Inertial State Estimation for High-Speed Maneuvers[J]. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Y. Gong, R. Laha and L. Figueredo, "GeoPF: Infusing Geometry Into Potential Fields for Reactive Planning in Non-Trivial Environments," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 11546-11553, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3609237.

Robotic Arm Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Wang K, Lai G, Yu Y, et al. Versatile Tasks on Integrated Aerial Platforms Using Only Onboard Sensors: Control, Estimation, and Validation[J]. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Manipulation

Yu Y, Fan Y, Lai G, et al. Tight Fusion of Odometry, Kinematic Constraints, and UWB Ranging Systems for State Estimation of Integrated Aerial Platforms[J]. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Manipulation

Lai, G., Shi, C., Wang, K., Yu, Y., Dong, Y., & Franchi, A. (2024). Multi-agent visual-inertial localization for integrated aerial systems with loose fusion of odometry and kinematics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(7), 6504-6511.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Y. Sun, C. Yan, H. Zhou, X. Xiang and J. Jiang, "Emergent Cooperative Strategies for Pursuit-Evasion in Cluttered Environments: A Knowledge-Enhanced Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach," 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 17138-17145, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246236.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Niu J, Zhong S, Lu X, et al. Esvo2: Direct visual-inertial odometry with stereo event cameras[J]. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Jia Y, Song Y, Cheng J, et al. A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach Using Asymmetric Self-Play for Robust Multirobot Flocking[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2025.

Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Wang D, Wen C, Liu W. Research on Attack Detection Method for V2V System Based on Multi-dimensional Taylor Series Expansion Framework[J]. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2025.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Nagahama R, Wan W, Hu Z, et al. Bimanual Regrasp Planning and Control for Active Reduction of Object Pose Uncertainty[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.

Robotics & Engineering Robotic Arm Navigation/Localization/SLAM Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zheng X, Yu Z, Ding M, et al. Command Filtered Cartesian Impedance Control for Tendon Driven Continuum Manipulators with Actuator Fault Compensation[C]//2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2025: 13987-13993.

Robotic Arm Continuum robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Zhao P, Jin L, Chen Y, et al. A Visual Servo System for Robotic on-Orbit Servicing Based on 3D Perception of Non-Cooperative Satellite[C]//2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2025: 1-7.

Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Huang S, Zhang H, Xu K, et al. M3DSS: A Multi-Platform, Multi-Sensor, and Multi-Scenario Dataset for SLAM System[C]//2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2025: 14542-14549.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Pei S, Wang J, Guo J, et al. A human-like inverse kinematics algorithm of an upper limb rehabilitation exoskeleton[J]. Symmetry, 2023, 15(9): 1657.

Human Body Robotic Arm Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Wang P, Feng Y, Zheng Z, et al. Shape Reconstruction of Extensible Continuum Manipulator Based on Soft Sensors[J]. Soft Robotics, 2024, 11(6): 994-1007.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

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Human Body Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

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Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Bionic Robot Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Human Body Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Zhang B, Chen X, Li Z, et al. Coni-mpc: Cooperative non-inertial frame based model predictive control[J]. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023, 8(12): 8082-8089.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

Chai K, Xu L, Wang Q, et al. LF-3PM: a LiDAR-based Framework for Perception-aware Planning with Perturbation-induced Metric[C]//2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2024: 5372-5379.

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Guo S, Liu B, Zhang S, et al. Continuous-time gaussian process trajectory generation for multi-robot formation via probabilistic inference[C]//2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2021: 9247-9253.

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Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering

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Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

Liu Y, Yang H, Si X, et al. Taco: Benchmarking generalizable bimanual tool-action-object understanding[C]//Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. 2024: 21740-21751.

Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction Manipulation

Lai Q, Zhao E, Fan S, et al. MERSYS: A Collaborative Estimation and Dense Mapping System for Multi-Agent Generic SLAM[C]//2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2024: 5688-5695.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Tanizaki Y, Tortós-Vinocour P E, Matsunaga F, et al. Analysis of Finger Motions for Assisting Spoon Scooping with Soft Actuators[C]//2024 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). IEEE, 2024: 1-6.

Human Body Soft Robot Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Human-Robot Interaction Manipulation

Wang Z, Dong W. A Collaborative Stereo Camera with Two UAVs for Long-distance Mapping of Urban Buildings[C]//2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2024: 7944-7951.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Xu S, Zhang J, Su E, et al. Dynamic behavior and energy flow of floating triboelectric nanogenerators[J]. Applied Energy, 2024, 367: 123468.

Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Yang N, Huang K, Qian Z, et al. Enabling sequential logic leveraging time delays of thin-walled soft matter[J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2025, 209: 112968.

Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Robotics & Engineering Mobile Robot

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Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

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Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering

Qie, J. et al. (2023). Cross-Domain Representation Learning for Clothes Unfolding in Robot-Assisted Dressing. In: Karlinsky, L., Michaeli, T., Nishino, K. (eds) Computer Vision – ECCV 2022 Workshops. ECCV 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13806. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25075-0_44

Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

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Robotics & Engineering UAV/UGV Mobile Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation

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Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Robotic Arm

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Parallel Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

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Navigation/Localization/SLAM Robotics & Engineering Robotic Arm Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering

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Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

W. Wang et al., "A Modular Soft Pipe-Climbing Robot With High Maneuverability," in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2024.3385506.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

J. Li, J. Ji, Q. Wang, H. Yu, Y. Pan and F. Gao, "Active Collision-Based Navigation for Wheeled Robots," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 2024, pp. 10932-10938, doi: 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10610726.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

J. Lou, W. Wu, S. Liao and R. Shi, "Air-M: A Visual Reality Many-Agent Reinforcement Learning Platform for Large-Scale Aerial Unmanned System," 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, MI, USA, 2023, pp. 55

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

Xu Zhang, Chenghao Yang, Zhibin Song, Mojtaba A. Khanesar, David T Branson, Jian S. Dai, Rongjie Kang,An adaptive lumped-mass dynamic model and its control application for continuum robots, Mechanism and Machine Theory,Volume 201,2024,105736,ISSN 0094-114

Soft Robot Continuum robot Robotics & Engineering

G. Chen, W. Dong, P. Peng, J. Alonso-Mora and X. Zhu, "Continuous Occupancy Mapping in Dynamic Environments Using Particles," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 40, pp. 64-84, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TRO.2023.3323841.

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

G. Lou, C. Wang, Z. Xu, J. Liang and Y. Zhou, "Controlling Soft Robotic Arms Using Hybrid Modelling and Reinforcement Learning," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 7070-7077, Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3418312.

Robotic Arm Soft Robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Peng Xu, Jianhua Liu, Bo Liu, Yuanzheng Li, Hao Jin, Zhaoyang Mu, Tangzhen Guan, Guangming Xie, Hao Wang, Minyi Xu,Deep-learning-assisted triboelectric whisker for near field perception and online state estimation of underwater vehicle,Nano Energy,Volume

Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Z. Li, Y. Tian, G. Yang, Y. Zhang, E. Li and Z. Liang, "Design and Analysis of Hybrid Robots for Powerline Inspection," 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Bari, Italy, 2024, pp. 3654-3659, doi: 10.1109/CA

Inspection Robot Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

D. Tian et al., "Dual-Loop Control Framework of a Self-Balancing Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Assisted Walking," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1-11, 2024, Art no. 7506511, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3440384.

Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering

Y. Liu, Z. Cao, H. Xiong, J. Du, H. Cao and L. Zhang, "Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots With Mobile Bases via Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1683-1690, March 2023

Parallel Robot Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

P. Luo, S. Yao, Y. Yue, J. Wang, H. Yan and M. Q. . -H. Meng, "Efficient RRT*-based Safety-Constrained Motion Planning for Continuum Robots in Dynamic Environments," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 20

Soft Robot Continuum robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Y. Liu et al., "Enhancing Generalizable 6D Pose Tracking of an In-Hand Object With Tactile Sensing," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1106-1113, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3337690.

Robotics & Engineering Manipulation

Li, J.; Wang, C.; Deng, H. Hybrid Nursing Robot Based on Humanoid Pick-Up Action: Safe Transfers in Living Environments for Lower Limb Disabilities. Actuators 2023, 12, 438. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12120438

Human Body Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Robotics & Engineering

N. Hao, F. He, C. Tian, Y. Yao and W. Xia, "KD-EKF: A Consistent Cooperative Localization Estimator Based on Kalman Decomposition," 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, MI, USA, 2023, pp. 11064-11070, d

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Xiong M, Wei Z, Yang Y, et al. Lift enhancement of a butterfly-like flapping wing vehicle by reinforcement learning algorithm[J]. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2023, 18(4): 046010.

Bionic Robot Robotics & Engineering

Y. Zhang, R. Zhou, X. Li and G. Sun, "Mean-Shift Shape Formation of Multi-Robot Systems Without Target Assignment," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1772-1779, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3349926.

Mobile Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

T. Gao et al., "Model Predictive Control for an Autonomous Underwater Robot with Fully Vectored Propulsion," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 2024, pp. 10482-10488, doi: 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10611025

Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater Manipulation

Z. Li et al., "Model-Based Trajectory Planning of a Hybrid Robot for Powerline Inspection," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 3443-3450, April 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3363535.

Inspection Robot Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

K. Shi, Z. Jiang, L. Ma, L. Qi and M. Jin, "MTABot: An Efficient Morphable Terrestrial-Aerial Robot With Two Transformable Wheels," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1875-1882, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3349962.

Robotics & Engineering

N. Guo et al., "Proprioceptive State Estimation for Amphibious Tactile Sensing," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 40, pp. 4684-4698, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TRO.2024.3463509.

Soft Robot Continuum robot Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering Marine & Underwater

Chen J, Yao K, Yu C, Xu Y, Zhou S, Ye J. Synthesis of a single-degree-of-freedom noncircular pulley-five-bar finger rehabilitation mechanism considering force transfer performance. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of

Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering

Yu, B.; Cheng, Y.; Xia, X.; Liu, P.; Ning, D.; Li, Z. Visual-Inertial Fusion-Based Five-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Measurement System for Vessel-Mounted Cranes. Machines 2024, 12, 748. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12110748

Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM Marine & Underwater

T. Ma, X. Xu, Z. Chai, T. Wang, X. Shen and T. Sun, "A Wearable Biofeedback Device for Monitoring Tibial Load During Partial Weight-Bearing Walking," in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 31, pp. 3428-3436, 2023

Human Body Exoskeleton/Wearables Life Sciences Gait Analysis Robotics & Engineering

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Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

J. Lu, W. Aihui and Z. Ma, "Adaptive control of the rehabilitation robot with the model uncertainty based on real human gait," 2020 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2020, pp. 282-285

Medical Robot/Robotic Surgery Teleoperation Dexterous Hand/Hand Mocap Robotics & Engineering

X. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Li, A. Cangelosi and C. Yang, "Demonstration Learning and Generalization of Robotic Motor Skills Based on Wearable Motion Tracking Sensors," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-15, 2023, Art no. 2519515

Exoskeleton/Wearables Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

T. Zhang, Z. Liu, Z. Pu and J. Yi, "Multi-Target Encirclement with Collision Avoidance via Deep Reinforcement Learning using Relational Graphs," 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2022, pp. 8794-8800

Mobile Robot Formation/Swarm/Obstacle Avoidance/Collision Avoidance/Cooperation Robotics & Engineering

X. Yang, P. Zhou, Y. Sun, B. Chen, H. Wu and Y. Wang, "Kinematic Compatible Design and Analysis of a Back Exoskeleton via a Hyper Redundant Hybrid Mechanism," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 11322-11329, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3199035.

Exoskeleton/Wearables Robotics & Engineering

YumingCuia, SongyongLiub, HongshengLib, CongcongGub, HongxiangJiangb, DeyuanMeng，Accurate integrated position measurement system for mobile applications in GPS-denied coal mine，ISATransactions，2023

Mobile Robot Robotics & Engineering Navigation/Localization/SLAM

Tianchi Gao, Fan Meng, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhicheng Tian, Hanwen Song, An operational calibration approach of industrial robots through a motion capture system and an artificial neural network ELM, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2023

Robotic Arm Robotics & Engineering

Zhishuo Li, Yunong Tian, Guodong Yang, En Li, Yanfeng Zhang, Minghao Chen, Zize Liang, Min Tan, Vision-Based Autonomous Landing of a Hybrid Robot on a Powerline, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,2023

Inspection Robot Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering

Haichuan Li, Zhenpeng Du,Cai Luo, Evolution of UAV Landing Structures in the Bistable Space of Kresling Origami Structures, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023

Mobile Robot UAV/UGV Robotics & Engineering

Lingxin Bu，Chengkun Chen，Guangrui Hu，Adilet Sugirbay，Hongxia Sun，Jun Chen，Design and evaluation of a robotic apple harvester using optimized picking patterns，Computers and Electronics in Agriculture，North Minzu University，Northwest A&F University

Robotic Arm Agricultural Robot Robotics & Engineering Manipulation Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Jun He，Yanlong Sun，Limin Yang，Jiaze Sun，Yan Xing，Feng Gao，Design and Control of TAWL—A Wheel-Legged Rover With Terrain-Adaptive Wheel Speed Allocation Capability，IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics，Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Wheel-legged Robot Robotics & Engineering Motion Planning/Path Planning/Trajectory Planning

Chenrong Long，Qinglei Hu ，Monocular-Vision-Based Relative Pose Estimation of Noncooperative Spacecraft Using Multicircular Features，IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS，Beihang University (formerly known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

Robotics & Engineering

Nan Yang，Yong Deng，Shengjie Zhao，Yifan Song，Jinlun Huang, and Nan Wu，Mechanical Metamaterials with Discontinuous and Tension/Compression-Dependent Positive/Negative Poisson’s Ratio，Advanced Materials Technologies，Shantou University

Robotics & Engineering Displacement/Deformation Measurement/Precision Measurement

Research Papers Featuring NOKOV Motion Capture

Research Papers
Featuring NOKOV Motion Capture