University of Oxford

Ranking

Rank

#29 of 102

Score

36.4 / 100

ICRA + IROS papers 2023–2025

77OpenAlex query, Oct 19, 2026

GitHub stars (lab orgs)

2.7kOct 19, 2026

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Labs

Robotics labs on GitHub

• Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems Groupgithub.com/ori-drs · 2.2k stars
• Mobile Robotics Group (MRG)github.com/ori-mrg · 352 stars
• Oxford Machine Learning and Autonomous Articulated Robots Groupgithub.com/ori-arg · 86 stars
• Oxford Cognitive Robotics Groupgithub.com/cognitive-robots · 36 stars
• GOALS at ORIgithub.com/ori-goals · 17 stars

Papers

On Robotics Center (489)

Papers with at least one University of Oxford author that have a summary page here: ICRA and IROS papers, and arXiv preprints since Jan 1, 2026; the 200 most recent are listed.

1. BitSparse: Compact Activation Storage for ReLU Feed-Forward NetworksarXiv · Oct 15, 2026
2. Designing Experiments for External Decision MakersarXiv · Oct 15, 2026
3. Interfaces and Modules: A Scalable Representation for Weight-Space Learning across ArchitecturesarXiv · Oct 15, 2026
4. OpCredit: Operation-Aware Policy Learning for Agentic Knowledge Graph Question AnsweringarXiv · Oct 15, 2026
5. Refine Actions If Needed: Adaptive Action Chunk Refinement for Robot ManipulationarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
6. Runtime Monitoring of Supermartingale CertificatesarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
7. SAM3RL: Memory Control via Reinforcement Learning for Visual Object TrackingarXiv · Oct 14, 2026
8. Coupled Harness--Model Evolution for Scientific Equation DiscoveryarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
9. LLM Agents for Automated Post-Training via Structured Recipe OptimizationarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
10. PhysicsSliders: Learning Physical Controls for Audio Foley GenerationarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
11. Truthful and Expected-Payment-Optimal Model Routing in Graph-Based Agentic WorkflowsarXiv · Oct 13, 2026
12. LLM-to-Flow Distillation: Teaching Natural Language Goals to Scientific GeneratorsarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
13. SLEM: Spectrum-Aware Latent Expert MergingarXiv · Oct 12, 2026
14. AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary CapabilitiesarXiv · Oct 9, 2026
15. Amortized Counterfactual Prediction with Graph Neural NetworksarXiv · Oct 9, 2026
16. APEX-Harm: Evaluating Agent Safety in Shared Professional WorkspacesarXiv · Oct 9, 2026
17. On the Design Space of Continuous Diffusion Language ModelsarXiv · Oct 9, 2026
18. OX-NeRF: 3D X-ray Tomography Reconstruction from Sparse Views Using Implicit Neural RepresentationarXiv · Oct 8, 2026
19. Perception Test 2026: Challenge Summary and Extension to City-scale Audio-Visual ReasoningarXiv · Oct 8, 2026
20. Q-Shaped Options for Hierarchical Reinforcement LearningarXiv · Oct 8, 2026
21. Thinking Inertia: LLMs Keep Thinking When Told Not ToarXiv · Oct 8, 2026
22. Computations of the slice genus and the unknotting number of links via machine learningarXiv · Oct 7, 2026
23. Controlling Dependence in Implicit Generative Models via Spread Mutual InformationarXiv · Oct 7, 2026
24. Efficient Reasoning with Flow Language ModelsarXiv · Oct 7, 2026
25. ORCA: Hunting Compositional Failures in Text-to-Image DiffusionarXiv · Oct 7, 2026

ICRA + IROS 2023–2025 (77)

Every paper OpenAlex lists for University of Oxford in the ICRA proceedings and at IROS, most recent first, as of Oct 19, 2026. Titles open our paper page when we have one, otherwise the publisher's DOI page.

1. Adaptive Manipulation using Behavior Trees ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
2. Decremental Dynamics Planning for Robot Navigation ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
3. GraphSCENE: On-Demand Critical Scenario Generation for Autonomous Vehicles in Simulation ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
4. IGDrivSim: A Benchmark for the Imitation Gap in Autonomous Driving ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
5. MinkOcc: Towards real-time label-efficient semantic occupancy prediction ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
6. Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery with Mobile Pickups ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
7. PlanarMesh: Building Compact 3D Meshes from LiDAR using Incremental Adaptive Resolution Reconstruction ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
8. Ray Visual Odometry ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
9. Tiny LiDARs for Manipulator Self-Awareness: Sensor Characterization and Initial Localization Experiments ↗IROS · Oct 19, 2025
10. An EEG Conformer Model for Error Feedback During Human-Robot Interaction ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
11. Digiforests: a Longitudinal Lidar Dataset for Forestry Robotics ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
12. Generating Causal Explanations of Vehicular Agent Behavioural Interactions with Learnt Reward Profiles ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
13. Kinematic-ICP: Enhancing LiDAR Odometry with Kinematic Constraints for Wheeled Mobile Robots Moving on Planar Surfaces ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
14. LUMOS: Language-Conditioned Imitation Learning with World Models ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
15. Offline Adaptation of Quadruped Locomotion Using Diffusion Models ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
16. Planning with Linear Temporal Logic Specifications: Handling Quantifiable and Unquantifiable Uncertainty ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
17. SpatialBot: Precise Spatial Understanding with Vision Language Models ↗ICRA · May 19, 2025
18. A Proxy-Tactile Reactive Control for Robots Moving in Clutter ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
19. Efficient Tactile Sensing-based Learning from Limited Real-world Demonstrations for Dual-arm Fine Pinch-Grasp Skills ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
20. Evaluation and Deployment of LiDAR-based Place Recognition in Dense Forests ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
21. Learning Generalizable Manipulation Policy with Adapter-Based Parameter Fine-Tuning ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
22. Markerless Aerial-Terrestrial Co-Registration of Forest Point Clouds using a Deformable Pose Graph ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
23. Momentum-Aware Trajectory Optimisation using Full-Centroidal Dynamics and Implicit Inverse Kinematics ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
24. NeuralFloors++: Consistent Street-Level Scene Generation From BEV Semantic Maps ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024
25. Online Tree Reconstruction and Forest Inventory on a Mobile Robotic System ↗IROS · Oct 14, 2024