Keyword

spherical robot

Description: A mobile robot with a spherical body that moves using internal or external mechanisms for propulsion, steering, or stabilization.

Primary topic: Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (40%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q7576715

OpenAlex ID: keywords/spherical-robot

Time-optimal motions of robots in assembly tasks

1986 · H. Geering, L. Guzzella, et al. · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 216

Crawling and Jumping by a Deformable Robot

2006 · Yuuta Sugiyama, Shinichi Hirai · The International Journal of Robotics Research · 195

Steerable miniature jumping robot

2009 · Mirko Kovač, Manuel Schlegel, et al. · Autonomous Robots · 155

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A Review of Active Mechanical Driving Principles of Spherical Robots

2012 · Richard Chase, Abhilash Pandya · Robotics · 150

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Circular/Spherical Robots for Crawling and Jumping

2006 · Y. Sugiyama, A. Shiotsu, et al. · Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings · 117

Design of SUPERball v2, a Compliant Tensegrity Robot for Absorbing Large Impacts

2018 · Massimo Vespignani, Jeffrey M. Friesen, et al. · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 106

Modeling and experimental evaluation of an improved amphibious robot with compact structure

2017 · Shuxiang Guo, Yanlin He, et al. · Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 103

Design and performance evaluation of an amphibious spherical robot

2014 · Maoxun Li, Shuxiang Guo, et al. · Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 95

A miniature jumping robot with self-recovery capabilities

2009 · Mirko Kovac, Manuel Schlegel, et al. · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 91

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The dynamics and control of a spherical robot with an internal omniwheel platform

2015 · Yury L. Karavaev, Alexander A. Kilin · Regular and Chaotic Dynamics · 83

Cyclops: miniature robotic reconnaissance system

2003 · B. Chemel, E. Mutschler, et al. · Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings · 83

Going into the wild in child–robot interaction studies: issues in social robotic development

2008 · Tamie Salter, Iain Werry, et al. · Intelligent Service Robotics · 82

Outdoor navigation with a spherical amphibious robot

2010 · V Kaznov, M Seeman · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 81

Design and implementation of a ball-driven omnidirectional spherical robot

2013 · Wei-Hsi Chen, Ching-Pei Chen, et al. · Mechanism and Machine Theory · 80

An Autonomous Spherical Robot for Security Tasks

2006 · Mattias Seeman, Mathias Broxvall, et al. · 75

Development of an Amphibious Turtle-Inspired Spherical Mother Robot

2013 · Liwei Shi, Shuxiang Guo, et al. · Journal of Bionic Engineering · 74

Design, modeling and control of a miniature bio-inspired amphibious spherical robot

2021 · Huiming Xing, Liwei Shi, et al. · Mechatronics · 72

Self locomotion of a spherical rolling robot using a novel deformable pneumatic method

2010 · Keith W. Wait, Philip J. Jackson, et al. · Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings · 64

A Back-stepping Based Trajectory Tracking Controller for a Non-chained Nonholonomic Spherical Robot

2008 · Zhan Qiang, Liu Zengbo, et al. · Chinese Journal of Aeronautics · 62

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Spherical robot of combined type: Dynamics and control

2015 · Alexander A. Kilin, Elena N. Pivovarova, et al. · Regular and Chaotic Dynamics · 61

Automated spectro-goniometer: A spherical robot for the field measurement of the directional reflectance of snow

2003 · Thomas H. Painter, Brad Paden, et al. · Review of Scientific Instruments · 61

A Novel Small-scale Turtle-inspired Amphibious Spherical Robot

2019 · Huiming Xing, Shuxiang Guo, et al. · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 56

Nonholonomic dynamics and control of a spherical robot with an internal omniwheel platform: Theory and experiments

2016 · Yu. L. Karavaev, A. A. Kilin · Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics · 55

Geometric Controllability and Stabilization of Spherical Robot Dynamics

2015 · Vijay Muralidharan, Arun D. Mahindrakar · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 53

Introducing HIT Spherical Robot: Dynamic Modeling and Analysis Based on Decoupled Subsystem

2006 · Yue Ming, Deng Zongquan, et al. · IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) · 53

Works count: 870

Citation count: 6,408