Topic · Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
Most cited papers in Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
What are the most cited papers in Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics?
The most cited paper in Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics is "Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Manipulators and Mobile Robots" (Oussama Khatib, 1986), with 7,738 citations. Next come "Probabilistic roadmaps for path planning in high-dimensional configuration spaces" (6,398) and "A Kinematic Notation for Lower-Pair Mechanisms Based on Matrices" (4,551).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 611 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Manipulators and Mobile Robots Oussama Khatib · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Mar 1986 | 7,738 |
| 2 | Probabilistic roadmaps for path planning in high-dimensional configuration spaces Lydia E. Kavraki, P. Švestka, J.-C. Latombe et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1996 | 6,398 |
| 3 | A Kinematic Notation for Lower-Pair Mechanisms Based on Matrices Jacques Denavit, Richard S. Hartenberg · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Jun 1955 | 4,551 |
| 4 | Bettering operation of Robots by learning Suguru Arimoto, Sadao Kawamura, Fumio Miyazaki · Journal of Robotic Systems | Jun 1984 | 3,486 |
| 5 | A solution for the best rotation to relate two sets of vectors Wolfgang Kabsch · Acta Crystallographica Section A | Sep 1976 | 3,280 |
| 6 | Robot Modeling and Control Mark W. Spong, Seth Hutchinson, Mathukumalli Vidyasagar | 2006 | 3,279 |
| 7 | A unified approach for motion and force control of robot manipulators: The operational space formulation Oussama Khatib · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation | Feb 1987 | 2,965 |
| 8 | Impedance Control: An Approach to Manipulation Neville Hogan | Jul 1984 | 2,938 |
| 9 | Manipulability of Robotic Mechanisms Tsuneo Yoshikawa · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Jun 1985 | 2,581 |
| 10 | Introduction to robotics: Mechanics and control Francis L. Merat · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation | Apr 1987 | 2,404 |
| 11 | Motion control for advanced mechatronics Kouhei Ohnishi, Mizuho Shibata, Toshiyuki Murakami · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics | Mar 1996 | 1,882 |
| 12 | Exact robot navigation using artificial potential functions Elon Rimon, Daniel E. Koditschek · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1992 | 1,845 |
| 13 | Nonholonomic motion planning: steering using sinusoids Richard M. Murray, Shankar Sastry · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | May 1993 | 1,786 |
| 14 | Singularity analysis of closed-loop kinematic chains Clément Gosselin, Jorge Luis Delgadillo Ángeles · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Jun 1990 | 1,743 |
| 15 | Spatial control of arm movements Pietro Morasso · Experimental Brain Research | Apr 1981 | 1,692 |
| 16 | Resolved Motion Rate Control of Manipulators and Human Prostheses Daniel E. Whitney · IEEE Transactions on Man Machine Systems | Jun 1969 | 1,605 |
| 17 | On-Line Computational Scheme for Mechanical Manipulators J.Y.S. Luh, Michael Walker, Richard P. Paul · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Jun 1980 | 1,585 |
| 18 | Compliance and Force Control for Computer Controlled Manipulators Matthew T. Mason · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | 1981 | 1,551 |
| 19 | Articulated Hands J. Kenneth Salisbury, John J. Craig · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Mar 1982 | 1,546 |
| 20 | A new technique for fully autonomous and efficient 3D robotics hand/eye calibration R. Tsai, R.K. Lenz · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Jun 1989 | 1,396 |
| 21 | Time-Optimal Control of Robotic Manipulators Along Specified Paths James E. Bobrow, Steven Dubowsky, J.S. Gibson · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Sep 1985 | 1,319 |
| 22 | Adaptive Control of Mechanical Manipulators John J. Craig, Ping Hsu, Shankar Sastry · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Jun 1987 | 1,293 |
| 23 | A robot with improved absolute positioning accuracy for CT guided stereotactic brain surgery Yik S. Kwoh, Jung-Fu Hou, EDMOND A. JONCKHEERE et al. · IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering | 1988 | 1,283 |
| 24 | Adaptive motion control of rigid robots: A tutorial Romeo S. Ortega, Mark W. Spong · Automatica | Nov 1989 | 1,239 |
| 25 | A tutorial on geometric programming Stephen Boyd, Seung-Jean Kim, Lieven Vandenberghe et al. · Optimization and Engineering | Mar 2007 | 1,230 |
| 26 | Dex-Net 2.0: Deep Learning to Plan Robust Grasps with Synthetic Point Clouds and Analytic Grasp Metrics Jeffrey Mahler, Jacky Liang, Sherdil Niyaz et al. | 12 Jul 2017 | 1,202 |
| 27 | Resolved-acceleration control of mechanical manipulators Jhe-Jyu Luh, Michael Walker, Rohan Singh Paul · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Jun 1980 | 1,202 |
| 28 | A discussion of the solution for the best rotation to relate two sets of vectors Wolfgang Kabsch · Acta Crystallographica Section A | Sep 1978 | 1,166 |
| 29 | Direct trajectory optimization using nonlinear programming and collocation C. HARGRAVES, Steve Paris · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Jul 1987 | 1,166 |
| 30 | Active stiffness control of a manipulator in cartesian coordinates J. Kenneth Salisbury | Dec 1980 | 1,158 |
| 31 | A New Feedback Method for Dynamic Control of Manipulators Morikazu Takegaki, Suguru Arimoto · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Jun 1981 | 1,140 |
| 32 | Review of pseudoinverse control for use with kinematically redundant manipulators Charles A. Klein, Ching-Hsiang Huang · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | Mar 1983 | 1,123 |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | Introduction to ROBOTICS mechanics and control John Baillieul · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | May 1987 | 1,075 |
| 35 | The attitude control problem John Ting-Yung Wen, Kenneth Kreutz-Delgado · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 1991 | 1,064 |
| 36 | GraspIt! Andrew T. Miller, Peter K. Allen · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Dec 2004 | 1,045 |
| 37 | Adaptive manipulator control: A case study J.-J.E. Slotine, Weiping Li · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 1988 | 1,031 |
| 38 | Visual servo control. II. Advanced approaches [Tutorial] François Chaumette, Seth Hutchinson · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Mar 2007 | 1,024 |
| 39 | Task-Priority Based Redundancy Control of Robot Manipulators Yoshihiko Nakamura, Hideo Hanafusa, Tsuneo Yoshikawa · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Jun 1987 | 1,018 |
| 40 | Kinematic Synthesis of Linkages R. S. Hartenburg, Jacques Denavit, F. Freudenstein · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Jun 1965 | 1,017 |
| 41 | Obstacle Avoidance for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators in Dynamically Varying Environments Anthony A. Maciejewski, Charles A. Klein · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Sep 1985 | 1,011 |
| 42 | Minimum-time control of robotic manipulators with geometric path constraints Kang Geun Shin, Neil David McKay · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Jun 1985 | 998 |
| 43 | Isogeometric shell analysis with Kirchhoff–Love elements Josef Kiendl, Kai‐Uwe Bletzinger, Johannes Linhard et al. · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | 27 Aug 2009 | 996 |
| 44 | Complete solution classification for the perspective-three-point problem Xiao-Shan Gao, Xiaorong Hou, Jianliang Tang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence | Aug 2003 | 988 |
| 45 | A Global Performance Index for the Kinematic Optimization of Robotic Manipulators Clément Gosselin, Jorge Luis Delgadillo Ángeles · Journal of Mechanical Design | Sep 1991 | 960 |
| 46 | Robotic Grasping of Novel Objects using Vision Ashutosh Saxena, Justin Driemeyer, Andrew Y. Ng · The International Journal of Robotics Research | 25 Jan 2008 | 951 |
| 47 | Integral sliding mode in systems operating under uncertainty conditions Vadim I. Utkin, Jingxin Shi | 24 Dec 2002 | 924 |
| 48 | Planning optimal grasps Carlo Ferrari, John Canny | 2 Jan 2003 | 917 |
| 49 | Analysis of Multifingered Hands JEFFREY B. KERR, Bernard J. Roth · The International Journal of Robotics Research | 1986 | 899 |
| 50 | Hands for dexterous manipulation and robust grasping: a difficult road toward simplicity Antonio Bicchi · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 2000 | 898 |
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