Topic · Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Most cited papers in Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
What are the most cited papers in Robotic Path Planning Algorithms?
The most cited paper in Robotic Path Planning Algorithms is "The Whale Optimization Algorithm" (Seyedali Mirjalili, Andrew W. Lewis, 2016), with 14,627 citations. Next come "Probabilistic robotics" (8,102) and "A robust layered control system for a mobile robot" (7,785).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 972 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Whale Optimization Algorithm Seyedali Mirjalili, Andrew W. Lewis · Advances in Engineering Software | 26 Feb 2016 | 14,627 |
| 2 | Probabilistic robotics Sebastian Thrun · Communications of the ACM | Mar 2002 | 8,102 |
| 3 | A robust layered control system for a mobile robot Rodney A. Brooks · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation | 1986 | 7,785 |
| 4 | Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Manipulators and Mobile Robots Oussama Khatib · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Mar 1986 | 7,738 |
| 5 | ROS: an open-source Robot Operating System Morgan Quigley · International Conference on Robotics and Automation | 2009 | 7,166 |
| 6 | ORB-SLAM: A Versatile and Accurate Monocular SLAM System Raul Mur-Artal, J. M. M. Montiel, Juan D. Tardos · IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 24 Aug 2015 | 6,689 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Salp Swarm Algorithm: A bio-inspired optimizer for engineering design problems Seyedali Mirjalili, Seyedali Mirjalili, Amir H. Gandomi et al. · Advances in Engineering Software | 25 Jul 2017 | 5,118 |
| 9 | Intelligence without representation Rodney A. Brooks · Artificial Intelligence | 1991 | 4,768 |
| 10 | Simultaneous localization and mapping: part I Hugh F Durrant-Whyte, T.E.R. Bailey · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Jun 2006 | 4,212 |
| 11 | The dynamic window approach to collision avoidance D. Fox, Wolfram Burgard, Sebastian Thrun · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Mar 1997 | 3,791 |
| 12 | Design and use paradigms for gazebo, an open-source multi-robot simulator Nathan Koenig, A. Howard | Apr 2005 | 3,557 |
| 13 | RRT-connect: An efficient approach to single-query path planning James Kuffner, Steven M. LaValle | 7 Nov 2002 | 3,525 |
| 14 | Randomized Kinodynamic Planning Steven M. LaValle, James Kuffner · The International Journal of Robotics Research | May 2001 | 3,309 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Behavior-based formation control for multirobot teams Tucker R. Balch, Ronald C. Arkin · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1998 | 3,120 |
| 17 | A solution to the simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem Gamini Dissanayake, Paul M. Newman, Samuel Clark et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Jun 2001 | 2,671 |
| 18 | A Survey of Motion Planning and Control Techniques for Self-Driving Urban Vehicles Brian A. Paden, Michal Čáp, Sze Zheng Yong et al. · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles | Mar 2016 | 2,635 |
| 19 | Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization John T. Betts · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Mar 1998 | 2,610 |
| 20 | An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows Stefan Røpke, David Pisinger · Transportation Science | Nov 2006 | 2,551 |
| 21 | An Overview of Recent Progress in the Study of Distributed Multi-Agent Coordination Yongcan Cao, Wenwu Yu, Wei Ren et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics | 15 Sep 2012 | 2,442 |
| 22 | An algorithm for planning collision-free paths among polyhedral obstacles Tomás Lozano‐Pérez, Michael A. Wesley · Communications of the ACM | Oct 1979 | 2,318 |
| 23 | The vector field histogram-fast obstacle avoidance for mobile robots J. Borenstein, Yoram Koren · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Jun 1991 | 2,303 |
| 24 | Aquila Optimizer: A novel meta-heuristic optimization algorithm Laith Abualigah, Dalia Yousri, Mohamed Abd Elaziz et al. · Computers & Industrial Engineering | 23 Mar 2021 | 2,236 |
| 25 | Stanley: The robot that won the DARPA Grand Challenge Sebastian Thrun et al. · Journal of Field Robotics | Sep 2006 | 2,172 |
| 26 | LIO-SAM: Tightly-coupled Lidar Inertial Odometry via Smoothing and Mapping Tixiao Shan, Brendan Englot, Drew Meyers et al. | 24 Oct 2020 | 2,139 |
| 27 | Spatial Planning: A Configuration Space Approach Tomás Lozano‐Pérez · IEEE Transactions on Computers | Feb 1983 | 2,117 |
| 28 | Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments Using Velocity Obstacles Paolo Fiorini, Zvi Shiller · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Jul 1998 | 2,012 |
| 29 | Reciprocal n-Body Collision Avoidance Jur van den Berg, Stephen J. Guy, Ming–Chieh Lin et al. · Springer tracts in advanced robotics | 2011 | 1,880 |
| 30 | Exact robot navigation using artificial potential functions Elon Rimon, Daniel E. Koditschek · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | 1992 | 1,845 |
| 31 | Nonholonomic motion planning: steering using sinusoids Richard M. Murray, Shankar Sastry · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | May 1993 | 1,786 |
| 32 | High resolution maps from wide angle sonar Hans Moravec, Alberto Elfes | 23 Mar 2005 | 1,776 |
| 33 | Reciprocal Velocity Obstacles for real-time multi-agent navigation Jur van den Berg, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha | May 2008 | 1,744 |
| 34 | A frontier-based approach for autonomous exploration Brian M. Yamauchi | 22 Nov 2002 | 1,702 |
| 35 | 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 |
| 36 | An efficient algorith for determining the convex hull of a finite planar set Ronald Graham · Information Processing Letters | Jun 1972 | 1,673 |
| 37 | The Open Motion Planning Library Ioan Alexandru Sucan, Mark Moll, Lydia E. Kavraki · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Dec 2012 | 1,645 |
| 38 | Diffeomorphic demons: Efficient non-parametric image registration Tom K. Vercauteren, Xavier Pennec, Aymeric Perchant et al. · NeuroImage | 9 Nov 2008 | 1,623 |
| 39 | A survey on coverage path planning for robotics Enric Galceran, Marc Carreras · Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 20 Sep 2013 | 1,589 |
| 40 | A Simple Mesh Generator in MATLAB Per‐Olof Persson, Gilbert Strang · SIAM Review | 2004 | 1,577 |
| 41 | Potential field methods and their inherent limitations for mobile robot navigation Yoram Koren, J. Borenstein | 10 Dec 2002 | 1,576 |
| 42 | On the Representation and Estimation of Spatial Uncertainty Randall C. Smith, Peter Cheeseman · The International Journal of Robotics Research | Dec 1986 | 1,575 |
| 43 | Visual Odometry [Tutorial] Davide Scaramuzza, Friedrich Fraundorfer · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Dec 2011 | 1,543 |
| 44 | Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge Chris Urmson et al. · Journal of Field Robotics | 23 Jul 2008 | 1,535 |
| 45 | A fast procedure for computing the distance between complex objects in three-dimensional space Éric Gilbert, Daniel Johnson, S. Sathiya Keerthi · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation | Apr 1988 | 1,517 |
| 46 | Computing the n-dimensional Delaunay tessellation with application to Voronoi polytopes David F. Watson · The Computer Journal | Feb 1981 | 1,487 |
| 47 | V-REP: A versatile and scalable robot simulation framework Eric Rohmer, Surya P. N. Singh, Marc Freese | Nov 2013 | 1,486 |
| 48 | Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones Dario Floreano, Robert J. Wood · Nature | 26 May 2015 | 1,472 |
| 49 | Classifications, applications, and design challenges of drones: A review Mostafa Hassanalian, Abdessattar Abdelkefi · Progress in Aerospace Sciences | May 2017 | 1,455 |
| 50 | Reptile Search Algorithm (RSA): A nature-inspired meta-heuristic optimizer Laith Abualigah, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Putra Sumari et al. · Expert Systems with Applications | 5 Nov 2021 | 1,443 |
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