# Robotics & Autonomous Systems — science-database.com > Robotics research spanning manipulation, locomotion, perception, and planning. Humanoid robots, swarm robotics, surgical robots, and autonomous drones. - Discipline: Engineering / AI - URL: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics - API: https://science-database.com/api/v1/technology/robotics - Last Updated: 2026-04-11T06:57:53.765Z - Articles Indexed: 15 ## Top Publications ### Aerial manipulation robot composed of an autonomous helicopter and a 7 degrees of freedom industrial manipulator - Authors: Konstantin Kondak, Felix Huber, Marc Schwarzbach, Maximilian Laiacker, David Sommer, Manuel Béjar, Alfredo Ollero Ojeda - Date: 2014-05-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2014.6907148 - Citations: 141 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2037011962/llms.txt - Abstract: This paper is devoted to a system for aerial manipulation, composed of a helicopter and an industrial manipulator. The usage of an industrial manipulator is motivated by practical applications which were identified in different cooperation projects with the industry. We address the coupling between ... ### An integrated system for autonomous robotics manipulation - Authors: J. Andrew Bagnell, Felipe Lira de Sá Cavalcanti, Lei Cui, Thomas Galluzzo, Martial Hebert, Moslem Kazemi, Matthew Klingensmith, Jacqueline Libby, Tian Yu Liu, Nancy S. Pollard, Mihail Pivtoraiko, Jean‐Sebastien Valois, Ranqi Zhu - Date: 2012-10-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2012.6385888 - Citations: 120 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W1963549352/llms.txt - Abstract: We describe the software components of a robotics system designed to autonomously grasp objects and perform dexterous manipulation tasks with only high-level supervision. The system is centered on the tight integration of several core functionalities, including perception, planning and control, with... ### Closed-Loop Behavior of an Autonomous Helicopter Equipped with a Robotic Arm for Aerial Manipulation Tasks - Authors: Konstantin Kondak, Kai Krieger, Alin Albu‐Schäffer, Marc Schwarzbach, Maximilian Laiacker, Iván Maza, Ángel Rodríguez Castaño, Anı́bal Ollero - Journal: International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems - Date: 2013-01-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/53754 - Citations: 100 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2120320883/llms.txt - Abstract: This paper is devoted to the control of aerial robots interacting physically with objects in the environment and with other aerial robots. The paper presents a controller for the particular case of a small-scaled autonomous helicopter equipped with a robotic arm for aerial manipulation. Two types of... ### Autonomous Tissue Manipulation via Surgical Robot Using Learning Based Model Predictive Control - Authors: Changyeob Shin, Peter Walker Ferguson, Sahba Aghajani Pedram, Ji Ma, Erik P. Dutson, Jacob Rosen - Date: 2019-05-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2019.8794159 - Citations: 95 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2918665764/llms.txt - Abstract: Tissue manipulation is a frequently used fundamental subtask of any surgical procedures, and in some cases it may require the involvement of a surgeon's assistant. The complex dynamics of soft tissue as an unstructured environment is one of the main challenges in any attempt to automate the manipula... ### Multimodal Sensors Enabled Autonomous Soft Robotic System with Self-Adaptive Manipulation - Authors: Tianhong Wang, Tao Jin, Weiyang Lin, Yangqiao Lin, Hongfei Liu, Tao Yue, Yingzhong Tian, Long Li, Quan Zhang, Chengkuo Lee - Journal: ACS Nano - Date: 2024-02-22 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c11281 - Citations: 91 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W4392127883/llms.txt - Abstract: Human hands are amazingly skilled at recognizing and handling objects of different sizes and shapes. To date, soft robots rarely demonstrate autonomy equivalent to that of humans for fine perception and dexterous operation. Here, an intelligent soft robotic system with autonomous operation and multi... ### Team RoboSimian: Semi‐autonomous Mobile Manipulation at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals - Authors: Sisir Karumanchi, Kyle Edelberg, Ian Baldwin, Jeremy Nash, Jason Reid, Charles Bergh, John Leichty, Kalind Carpenter, Matthew Shekels, Matthew Gildner, David Newill‐Smith, Jason Carlton, John Koehler, Tatyana Dobreva, Matthew Frost, Paul D. N. Hebert, James Borders, Jeremy Ma, Bertrand Douillard, Paul Backes, Brett Kennedy, Brian Satzinger, Chelsea Lau, Katie Byl, Krishna Shankar, Joel W. Burdick - Journal: Journal of Field Robotics - Date: 2016-10-18 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21676 - Citations: 85 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2533352770/llms.txt - Abstract: This paper discusses hardware and software improvements to the RoboSimian system leading up to and during the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals. Team RoboSimian achieved a 5th place finish by achieving 7 points in 47:59 min. We present an architecture that was structured to be adaptable at ... ### Real-time deep learning approach to visual servo control and grasp detection for autonomous robotic manipulation - Authors: Eduardo G. Ribeiro, Raul de Queiroz Mendes, Valdir Grassi - Journal: Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Date: 2021-02-24 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2021.103757 - Citations: 84 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W3092822745/llms.txt ### Visual Manipulation Relationship Network for Autonomous Robotics - Authors: Hanbo Zhang, Xuguang Lan, Xinwen Zhou, Zhiqiang Tian, Yang Zhang, Nanning Zheng - Date: 2018-11-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/humanoids.2018.8625071 - Citations: 82 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2914433398/llms.txt - Abstract: Robotic grasping is one of the most important fields in robotics, in which great progress has been made in recent years with the help of convolutional neural network (CNN). However, including multiple objects in one scene can invalidate the existing CNN-based grasp detection algorithms, because mani... ### An open-source multi-DOF articulated robotic educational platform for autonomous object manipulation - Authors: Sarah Manzoor, Raza Ul Islam, Aayman Khalid, Abdul Samad, Jamshed Iqbal - Journal: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing - Date: 2013-12-12 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2013.11.003 - Citations: 80 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2003349240/llms.txt ### MICRON: Small Autonomous Robot for Cell Manipulation Applications - Authors: J. Brufau, M. Puig-Vidal, J. López-Sánchez, Josep Samitier, Niklas Snis, Urban Simu, Stefan Johansson, W. Driesen, J.‐M. Breguet, Jian Gao, Thomas Velten, J. Seyfried, Ramon Estaña, Heinz Woern - Date: 2005-01-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/robot.2005.1570222 - Citations: 80 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2160539467/llms.txt - Abstract: Manipulating in the micro- or even nano world still poses a great challenge to robotics. Conventional (stationary) systems suffer from drawbacks regarding integration into process supervision and multi-robot approaches, which become highly relevant to fight scaling effects. This paper describes work... ### The I-SWARM Project: Intelligent Small World Autonomous Robots for Micro-manipulation - Authors: Jörg Seyfried, M. Szymanski, Natalie Bender, Ramon Estaña, Michael Thiel, Heinz Wörn - Journal: Lecture notes in computer science - Date: 2005-01-01 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30552-1_7 - Citations: 75 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W1509312879/llms.txt ### PMK—A Knowledge Processing Framework for Autonomous Robotics Perception and Manipulation - Authors: Mohammed Diab, Aliakbar Akbari, Muhayy Ud Din, Jan Rosell - Journal: Sensors - Date: 2019-03-07 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s19051166 - Citations: 62 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2920776497/llms.txt - Abstract: Autonomous indoor service robots are supposed to accomplish tasks, like serve a cup, which involve manipulation actions. Particularly, for complex manipulation tasks which are subject to geometric constraints, spatial information and a rich semantic knowledge about objects, types, and functio... ### Extracting data from human manipulation of objects towards improving autonomous robotic grasping - Authors: Diego R. Faria, Ricardo Martins, Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias - Journal: Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Date: 2011-09-14 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2011.07.020 - Citations: 52 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W2134858017/llms.txt ### Six-Dimensional Target Pose Estimation for Robot Autonomous Manipulation: Methodology and Verification - Authors: Rui Wang, Congjia Su, Hao Yu, Shuo Wang - Journal: IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems - Date: 2022-02-15 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tcds.2022.3151331 - Citations: 14 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W4213322786/llms.txt - Abstract: The autonomous and precise grasping operation of robots is considered challenging in situations where there are different objects with different shapes and postures. In this study, we proposed a method of 6-D target pose estimation for robot autonomous manipulation. The proposed method is based on: ... ### Learning strategies for underwater robot autonomous manipulation control - Authors: Hai Huang, Tao Jiang, Zongyu Zhang, Yize Sun, Hongde Qin, Xinyang Li, Xu Yang - Journal: Journal of the Franklin Institute - Date: 2024-03-19 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2024.106773 - Citations: 4 - Source: OpenAlex - llms.txt: https://science-database.com/technology/robotics/paper/oa-W4392967840/llms.txt --- Generated by science-database.com — The Knowledge Interface Full data available at: https://science-database.com/api/v1/technology/robotics