22nd AIAI 2026, 16 - 19 July 2026, Chania, Crete, Greece

A Systematic NLP-Driven Framework for Bibliometric Analysis of Human-Like Motion Planning in Robotic Manipulators

Remelgado Hugo, Gomes Marco, Costa e Silva Eliana, Bich Estela

Abstract:

  Breakthroughs in robotics have empower robots to execute increasingly intricate, human-centered tasks, driving significant research into motion planning and human-like arm movement. This growth makes manual literature reviews difficult to sustain and scale. To address this, the present work presents a framework for automated, large-scale bibliometric analysis of motion planners for robotic manipulators. The framework applies domain-specific Natural Language Processing to extract structured knowledge from full-text publications and to categorize studies across motion-planning dimensions. Rather than replacing expert reviews, it provides a reproducible, extensible means to systematically explore trends in human-like motion generation research and to accelerate discovery of influential methods, gaps, and emerging topics. The complete codebase and dataset are available to promote transparency and reuse.  

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