Robotics and Automated Systems
Robotics and Automated Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 12.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of research on cloud robotics, automation, and related technologies. It covers topics such as cloud robotics architecture, challenges, and applications, internet of robotic things, cognitive infocommunications, service robots in cloud computing, virtual reality for robotics, and the integration of artificial intelligence in robotic systems. The research also explores the use of cloud robotics in smart city applications and emphasizes human-robot interaction.
- Cloud Robotics
- Internet of Robotic Things
- Cognitive Infocommunications
- Service Robots
- Robot Middleware
- Virtual Reality
- Artificial Intelligence
- Networked Robotics
- Smart City Applications
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Robotics and Automated Systems research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 646 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 India 646 works
- 3 Japan 636 works
- 4 United States 635 works
- 5 Germany 229 works
- 6 South Korea 173 works
- 7 Italy 166 works
- 8 United Kingdom 138 works
- 9 Indonesia 107 works
- 10 France 94 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Robotics and Automated Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Tokyo publishes the most Robotics and Automated Systems research, followed by Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Beijing Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 The University of TokyoJapan 36 works
- 2 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 25 works
- 3 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 25 works
- 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 24 works
- 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 24 works
- 6 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 23 works
- 7 Beihang UniversityChina 22 works
- 8 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 22 works
- 9 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 21 works
- 10 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Robotics and Automated Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Robotics and Automated Systems include Witold Pedrycz.
- 1 Witold Pedrycz Canada 5.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Robotics and Automated Systems research done?
The largest centres of Robotics and Automated Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Chennai (India) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kitakyushu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KitakyushuJP · 25.1 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Robotics and Automated Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Robotics and Automated Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Nanyang Technological University, Kyushu Institute of Technology and University of Debrecen score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 58.3 | 40.5% | 3.5× | 16 | -0.7% |
| 2 | Kyushu Institute of TechnologyJapan | 55.4 | 12.2% | 30.0× | 20 | +51.6% |
| 3 | University of DebrecenHungary | 47.1 | 15.8% | 6.2× | 10 | +371.3% |
| 4 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 46.9 | 6.8% | 7.2× | 22 | +111.9% |
| 5 | Ritsumeikan UniversityJapan | 46.8 | 10.8% | 15.3× | 16 | 0.0% |
| 6 | Meijo UniversityJapan | 46.3 | 2.8% | 44.4× | 12 | +152.4% |
| 7 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 46.2 | 14.8% | 7.0× | 25 | -13.5% |
| 8 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 44.8 | 7.6% | 4.0× | 23 | +210.8% |
| 9 | Guangdong University of TechnologyChina | 44.8 | 34.0% | 2.8× | 9 | +128.6% |
| 10 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 44.1 | 29.9% | 2.0× | 10 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Robotics and Automated Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Robotics and Automated Systems.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.