Most cited papers in Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
What are the most cited papers in Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots?
The most cited paper in Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots is "A robust layered control system for a mobile robot" (Rodney A. Brooks, 1986), with 7,785 citations. Next come "Higher-order sliding modes, differentiation and output-feedback control" (3,868) and "Flatness and defect of non-linear systems: introductory theory and examples" (3,133).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 541 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A robust layered control system for a mobile robot Rodney A. Brooks · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation | 1986 | 7,785 |
| 2 | Higher-order sliding modes, differentiation and output-feedback control Arie Levant · International Journal of Control | 2003 | 3,868 |
| 3 | Flatness and defect of non-linear systems: introductory theory and examples Michel Fliess, Jean Lévine, Philippe Martin et al. · International Journal of Control | Jun 1995 | 3,133 |
| 4 | Minimum snap trajectory generation and control for quadrotors Daniel Mellinger, Vijay Kumar | May 2011 | 2,396 |
| 5 | Biped walking pattern generation by using preview control of zero-moment point Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko et al. | Mar 2004 | 2,118 |
| 6 | Foundations of solid mechanics Frank Pohle · Journal of the Franklin Institute | Apr 1966 | 1,960 |
| 7 | Nonholonomic motion planning: steering using sinusoids Richard M. Murray, Shankar Sastry · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | May 1993 | 1,786 |
| 8 | A Review of Motion Planning Techniques for Automated Vehicles David González, Joshué Perez, Vicente Milanés et al. · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | 26 Nov 2015 | 1,683 |
| 9 | Geometric homogeneity with applications to finite-time stability Sanjay P. Bhat, Dennis S. Bernstein · Mathematics of Control Signals and Systems | 16 May 2005 | 1,645 |
| 10 | A survey on coverage path planning for robotics Enric Galceran, Marc Carreras · Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 20 Sep 2013 | 1,589 |
| 11 | Potential field methods and their inherent limitations for mobile robot navigation Yoram Koren, J. Borenstein | 10 Dec 2002 | 1,576 |
| 12 | A stable tracking control method for an autonomous mobile robot Yutaka J. Kanayama, Yuuki Kimura, F. Miyazaki et al. | 4 Dec 2002 | 1,423 |
| 13 | Geometric tracking control of a quadrotor UAV on SE(3) Taeyoung Lee, Melvin Leok, N. Harris McClamroch | Dec 2010 | 1,397 |
| 14 | A continuous feedback approach to global strong stabilization of nonlinear systems Chunjiang Qian, Wei Lin · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Jul 2001 | 1,382 |
| 15 | Variable structure control of nonlinear systems: a new approach Wei-Bing Gao, J. C. Hung · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | 1993 | 1,309 |
| 16 | Developments in nonholonomic control problems Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, N. Harris McClamroch · IEEE Control Systems | Dec 1995 | 1,249 |
| 17 | Structural properties and classification of kinematic and dynamic models of wheeled mobile robots G. Campion, Georges L. Bastin, Brigitte d’Andréa-Novel · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1996 | 1,190 |
| 18 | A vision-based formation control framework Arindam Das, Rafael Fierro, Vijay Kumar et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Oct 2002 | 1,156 |
| 19 | A New Feedback Method for Dynamic Control of Manipulators Morikazu Takegaki, Suguru Arimoto · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Jun 1981 | 1,140 |
| 20 | Nonholonomic Mechanics and Control AM Bloch, Bernard Brogliato · Applied Mechanics Reviews | 2004 | 1,123 |
| 21 | The Simplest Walking Model: Stability, Complexity, and Scaling Mariano Matilla García, Anindya Chatterjee, Andy L. Ruina et al. · Journal of Biomechanical Engineering | Apr 1998 | 1,104 |
| 22 | Inverse Kinematic Solutions With Singularity Robustness for Robot Manipulator Control Yoshihiko Nakamura, Hideo Hanafusa · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Sep 1986 | 1,088 |
| 23 | Control of chained systems application to path following and time-varying point-stabilization of mobile robots Claude Samson · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 1995 | 1,083 |
| 24 | Introduction to ROBOTICS mechanics and control John Baillieul · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | May 1987 | 1,075 |
| 25 | The 3D linear inverted pendulum mode: a simple modeling for a biped walking pattern generation Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko et al. | 13 Nov 2002 | 1,065 |
| 26 | The attitude control problem John Ting-Yung Wen, Kenneth Kreutz-Delgado · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 1991 | 1,064 |
| 27 | A decentralized approach to formation maneuvers Jonathan Lawton, Randal W. Beard, Bobbi Young · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Dec 2003 | 1,063 |
| 28 | Adaptive tracking control of uncertain MIMO nonlinear systems with input constraints Mou Chen, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Beibei Ren · Automatica | 24 Feb 2011 | 1,059 |
| 29 | Attitude stabilization of a VTOL quadrotor aircraft Abdelhamid Tayebi, S. McGilvray · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology | 28 Apr 2006 | 1,018 |
| 30 | Non-Lipschitz continuous stabilizers for nonlinear systems with uncontrollable unstable linearization Chunjiang Qian, Wei Lin · Systems & Control Letters | Mar 2001 | 1,010 |
| 31 | Attitude stabilization of rigid spacecraft with finite‐time convergence Zheng Hong Zhu, Yuanqing Xia, Mengyin Fu · International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control | 21 Jul 2010 | 1,005 |
| 32 | Distributed finite-time attitude containment control for multiple rigid bodies Ziyang Meng, Wei Ren, Zheng You · Automatica | 28 Oct 2010 | 986 |
| 33 | Trajectory-Tracking and Path-Following of Underactuated Autonomous Vehicles With Parametric Modeling Uncertainty A. Pedro Aguiar, João P. Hespanha · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Aug 2007 | 962 |
| 34 | The swing up control problem for the Acrobot Mark W. Spong · IEEE Control Systems | Feb 1995 | 960 |
| 35 | Multivariable sliding mode control for autonomous diving and steering of unmanned underwater vehicles ANTHONY J. HEALEY, David E. Lienard · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering | Jul 1993 | 958 |
| 36 | A review: On path planning strategies for navigation of mobile robot B. K. Patle, Ganesh Babu L, Anish Pandey et al. · Defence Technology | 27 Apr 2019 | 914 |
| 37 | Real-Time Motion Planning With Applications to Autonomous Urban Driving Yoshiaki Kuwata, Sertaç Karaman, J. Teo et al. · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology | 30 Jul 2009 | 906 |
| 38 | Balls and metrics defined by vector fields I: Basic properties Alexander Nagel, Elias M. Stein, Stephen Wainger · Acta Mathematica | 1985 | 896 |
| 39 | A topological obstruction to continuous global stabilization of rotational motion and the unwinding phenomenon Sanjay P. Bhat, Dennis S. Bernstein · Systems & Control Letters | 2000 | 885 |
| 40 | Hybrid zero dynamics of planar biped walkers Eric R. Westervelt, Jessy W. Grizzle, Daniel E. Koditschek · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 2003 | 875 |
| 41 | Path Planning with Modified a Star Algorithm for a Mobile Robot František Duchoň, Andrej Babinec, Martin Kajan et al. · Procedia Engineering | 2014 | 871 |
| 42 | New potential functions for mobile robot path planning Shuzhi Sam Ge, Ying Cui · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 2000 | 854 |
| 43 | Command Filtered Adaptive Backstepping Wenjie Dong, Jay A. Farrell, Marios M. Polycarpou et al. · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology | 29 Mar 2011 | 842 |
| 44 | Tracking Control of Mobile Robots: A Case Study in Backstepping**This paper was not presented at any IFAC meeting. This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Alberto Isidori under the direction of Editor Tamer Başar. ZHONG-PING JIANGdagger, Henk Nijmeijer · Automatica | Jul 1997 | 827 |
| 45 | Control and stabilization of nonholonomic dynamic systems Anthony M. Bloch, Mahmut Reyhanoglu, N. Harris McClamroch · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 1992 | 814 |
| 46 | Controllability of nonlinear systems Héctor J. Sussmann, Velimir Jurdjevic · Journal of Differential Equations | Jul 1972 | 811 |
| 47 | Adaptive tracking control of a nonholonomic mobile robot Takanori Fukao, Hidetoshi Nakagawa, Namihei ADACHI · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 2000 | 807 |
| 48 | Dynamic Motion Planning for Mobile Robots Using Potential Field Method Shuzhi Sam Ge, Ying Cui · Autonomous Robots | Nov 2002 | 806 |
| 49 | An integral predictive/nonlinear H ∞ control structure for a quadrotor helicopter Guilherme Vianna Raffo, Manuel G. Ortega, Francisco Rodriguez Rubio · Automatica | 14 Nov 2009 | 797 |
| 50 | WMR control via dynamic feedback linearization: design, implementation, and experimental validation Giuseppe Oriolo, Alessandro De Luca, Marilena Vendittelli · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology | Nov 2002 | 795 |
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