Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Original Research

Published on 30 Jan 2026

Coulomb force-guided deep reinforcement learning for effective and explainable robotic motion planning

in Robot Learning and Evolution

Sirui Song
Trevor Bihl
Jundong Liu

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1697155

289 views

Editorial

Accepted on 29 Jan 2026

Editorial: Intelligent Assistants for All

in Biomedical Robotics

Nils Mandischer
Matthias Kraus
Junpei Joni Zhong
Adriana Tapus

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Original Research

Published on 29 Jan 2026

Understanding accounting professionals’ intention to adopt robotic process automation: a TOE-based empirical assessment from an emerging country

in Industrial Robotics and Automation

Nusirat Ojuolape Gold
Husain Coovadia
Katlego Thipe

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1747539

272 views

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Jan 2026

ROS 4 Healthcare: Physiological Human Sensing for Social, Assistive, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robotics

in Biomedical Robotics

Ricardo Javier Manríquez-Cisterna
Pranjal Mishra
Jorge Peña-Queralta
Mónica Perez Serrano
Spyridon Garyfallidis
Lucas Kupper
Mehdi Ejtehadi
Alexander Breuss
Ankit A. Ravankar
Jose Victorio Salazar Luces

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

109 views

Perspective

Accepted on 27 Jan 2026

Operationalising Reproducibility in Soft Robotics

in Soft Robotics

David Howard

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 27 Jan 2026

Entropy-dependent human motor modulation consistent with morphological computation in a single subject

in Soft Robotics

Tsubasa Wakatsuki
Norimasa Yamada

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

101 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2026

Transforming dementia caregiver support with AI-powered social robotics

in Human-Robot Interaction

Tyler Morris
Conor Brown
Xiaopeng Zhao
Linda Nichols
Jennifer Martindale-Adams
Sharon Bowland
Wenjun Zhou

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1704313

987 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2026

Robotic transesophageal echocardiography: system design and deep learning-based kinematic modeling

in Computational Intelligence in Robotics

Seyed MohammadReza Sajadi
Abbas Tariverdi
Henrik Brun
Ole Jakob Elle
Kim Mathiassen

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1705142

450 views

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Jan 2026

Collapse and Collision Aware Grasping for Cluttered Shelf Picking

in Industrial Robotics and Automation

Abhinav Pathak
Kalaichelvi Venkatesan
Tarek Taha
Rajkumar Muthusamy

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

113 views

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Jan 2026

Data-Driven Analysis of Armeo Spring Performance Across Neurological Disorders: Implications for Personalized Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation

in Biomedical Robotics

Maria Lui
Desirèe Latella
Luigi Chiricosta
Mauro Botindari
Angelo Quartarone
Mirjam Bonanno
Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

113 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

On vibration suppression of a tendon-driven soft robotic neck for the social robot HARU

in Soft Robotics

Seshagopalan Thorapalli Muralidharan
Randy Gomez
Georgios Andrikopoulos

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1698343

777 views

Methods

Published on 22 Jan 2026

ATRON: Autonomous trash retrieval for oceanic neatness

in Field Robotics

John Abanes
Hyunjin Jang
Behruz Erkinov
Jana Awadalla
Anthony Tzes

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1718177

802 views

Original Research

Accepted on 21 Jan 2026

SimNav-XR: An Extended Reality Platform for Mobile Robot Simulation Using ROS2 and Unity3D

in Computational Intelligence in Robotics

Prakash Aryan
Sujala Deepak Shetty
Kalaichelvi Venkatesan
R Karthikeyan

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

285 views

Original Research

Accepted on 20 Jan 2026

Osiris++ : Hierarchical Representations for Robotic-Enabled Precision Agriculture

in Field Robotics

Paul Amayo
Adam Mukuddem
Adam Speed-Andrews
Thabisa Maweni
Imannuel Nanyaro
Ritvik Sojen
Venny Hsiao

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

213 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Jan 2026

ecg2o: a seamless extension of g2o for equality-constrained factor graph optimization

in Robotic Control Systems

Anas Abdelkarim
Daniel Görges
Holger Voos

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1698333

727 views

Original Research

Accepted on 19 Jan 2026

Intent-Driven LLM Ensemble Planning for Flexible Multi-Robot Manipulation

in Industrial Robotics and Automation

Cansu Erdogan
Cesar Alan Contreras
Alireza Rastegarpanah
Manolis Chiou
Rustam Stolkin

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

318 views

Original Research

Accepted on 16 Jan 2026

Fast Reprogramming and Adaptive Reproduction of Contact-rich Assembly

in Industrial Robotics and Automation

Dimitrios Rakovitis
Vamsi Krishna Origanti
Vinzenz Bargsten
Adrian Danzglock
Dennis Mronga
Frank Kirchner

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

203 views

Systematic Review

Published on 16 Jan 2026

Eyes ahead: a scoping review of technologies enabling humanoid robots to follow human gaze

in Human-Robot Interaction

Leana Neuber
Wolf Culemann
Ruth Maria Ingendoh
Angela Heine

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1723527

720 views

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Jan 2026

Visio-Verbal Teleimpedance Interface: Enabling Semi-Autonomous Control of Physical Interaction via Eye Tracking and Speech

in Computational Intelligence in Robotics

Henk H.A. Jekel
Alejandro Díaz Rosales
Luka Peternel

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

234 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jan 2026

Multi-view object pose distribution tracking for pre-grasp planning on mobile robots

in Robot Vision and Artificial Perception

Lakshadeep Naik
Thorbjørn Mosekjær Iversen
Jakob Wilm
Norbert Krüger

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1683931

819 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Jan 2026

Underground Mine Rescue Robotic Systems: Insights into Human-Robot Information Exchange

in Human-Robot Interaction

Roya Bakzadeh
Rana Alhaj-Bedar
sarah wilson
Vasileios Androulakis
Hassan Khaniani
Mostafa Hassanalian
Sihua shao
Pedram Roghanchi

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

298 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Automating PINN-based kinematic resolution of robotic joints using robotic process automation frameworks

in Robotic Control Systems

Parth Agrawal
Pavithra Sekar
Kush Kumar Kushwaha

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2025.1752595

757 views

Perspective

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Bio-inspired cognitive robotics vs. embodied AI for socially acceptable, civilized robots

in Computational Intelligence in Robotics

Pietro Morasso

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

doi 10.3389/frobt.2026.1714310

998 views

Original Research

Accepted on 12 Jan 2026

Generalization of Finger-Joint Kinematics for Cleaning Tasks

in Humanoid Robotics

Clara Pham
Jan-Philipp Tauscher
Colin Groth
Jochen J. Steil

Frontiers in Robotics and AI

291 views

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articles

Coulomb force-guided deep reinforcement learning for effective and explainable robotic motion planning

Editorial: Intelligent Assistants for All

Understanding accounting professionals’ intention to adopt robotic process automation: a TOE-based empirical assessment from an emerging country

ROS 4 Healthcare: Physiological Human Sensing for Social, Assistive, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robotics

Operationalising Reproducibility in Soft Robotics

Entropy-dependent human motor modulation consistent with morphological computation in a single subject

Transforming dementia caregiver support with AI-powered social robotics

Robotic transesophageal echocardiography: system design and deep learning-based kinematic modeling

Collapse and Collision Aware Grasping for Cluttered Shelf Picking

Data-Driven Analysis of Armeo Spring Performance Across Neurological Disorders: Implications for Personalized Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation

On vibration suppression of a tendon-driven soft robotic neck for the social robot HARU

ATRON: Autonomous trash retrieval for oceanic neatness

SimNav-XR: An Extended Reality Platform for Mobile Robot Simulation Using ROS2 and Unity3D

Osiris++ : Hierarchical Representations for Robotic-Enabled Precision Agriculture

ecg2o: a seamless extension of g2o for equality-constrained factor graph optimization

Intent-Driven LLM Ensemble Planning for Flexible Multi-Robot Manipulation

Fast Reprogramming and Adaptive Reproduction of Contact-rich Assembly

Eyes ahead: a scoping review of technologies enabling humanoid robots to follow human gaze

Visio-Verbal Teleimpedance Interface: Enabling Semi-Autonomous Control of Physical Interaction via Eye Tracking and Speech

Multi-view object pose distribution tracking for pre-grasp planning on mobile robots

Underground Mine Rescue Robotic Systems: Insights into Human-Robot Information Exchange

Automating PINN-based kinematic resolution of robotic joints using robotic process automation frameworks

Bio-inspired cognitive robotics vs. embodied AI for socially acceptable, civilized robots

Generalization of Finger-Joint Kinematics for Cleaning Tasks