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Boston Dynamics (United States)

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Research works
41
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
90.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Boston Dynamics (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 4.48× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.42× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 3.81× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Boston Dynamics (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bipedal Locomotion, Dynamic Walking, Distributed Control, Robotics, Modular Robots, Self-Reconfiguration, Deep Learning and Path Planning.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Bipedal Locomotion8▲ 1037×1 topic
  2. Dynamic Walking8▲ 1037×1 topic
  3. Deep Learning4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  4. Distributed Control3▲ 55×2 topics
  5. Modular Robots3▲ 202×1 topic
  6. Robotics3▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Self-Reconfiguration3▲ 202×1 topic
  8. Neural Networks3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  9. Path Planning2▲ 65×2 topics
  10. Actuators2▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Grasping2▲ 153×1 topic
  12. Robot Learning2▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Biomechanics2▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Feedback Control2▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Control2▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Dynamic Modeling2▲ 86×2 topics
  17. Adaptive Control2▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Multi-Agent Systems2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Virtual Reality2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  20. Exoskeletons1▲ 149×1 topic
  21. Lower Limb1▲ 149×1 topic
  22. Mobile Robots1▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Human-Robot Interaction1▲ 60×3 topics
  25. Nonholonomic Constraints1▲ 165×1 topic
  26. Trajectory Tracking1▲ 108×1 topic
  27. 3D Mapping1▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Optimal Motion Planning1▲ 53×1 topic
  29. SLAM1▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Sampling-Based Algorithms1▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Eurasian Exchange1▲ 151×1 topic
  32. Game-Based Learning1▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Gamification1▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Silk Roads1▲ 151×1 topic

Which research topics does Boston Dynamics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Teaching and Learning Programming, Robot Manipulation and Learning, Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization.

Teaching and Learning Programming: 1 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 1 fractional worksExperimental and Theoret…0Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Base…0Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 0 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 0 fractional worksReinforcement Learning in Robotics: 0 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…0Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 0 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 0 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 0 fractional worksRobotic Locomotion and C…0Robotic Locomotion and Control: 0 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsControl and Systems EngineeringStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAerospace Engineering4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 1 works
  2. 2 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works
  4. 4 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  8. 8 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  9. 9 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Robotic Locomotion and Control Biomedical Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boston Dynamics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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