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Mission / Moon

Chang'e & Yutu

CNSA · 2007–now · also Chang'e-3, Chang'e-4, Chang'e-5, Chang'e-6, Yutu-2, CLEP

China's lunar exploration programme, including the Yutu rovers and the first landing on the far side (Chang'e-4, 2019) and sample returns.

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Papers: 33
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Surface Mobility & Terramechanics10
Manipulation & Grasping6
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Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks5

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The subsurface structure and stratigraphy of the Chang’E-4 landing site: orbital evidence from small craters on the Von Kármán crater floor

Xiaohui Fu, Le Qiao, Jiang Zhang, Zongcheng Ling +1 moreResearch in Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 30 citedJan 1, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Jan 1, 2020

Geospatial technologies for Chang’e-3 and Chang’e-4 lunar rover missions

Kaichang Di, Zhaoqin Liu, Wenhui Wan, Man Peng +4 moreGeo-spatial Information Science 2020 30 citedJan 2, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Chang'e & Yutu

Jan 2, 2020

New Insight Into Lunar Regolith‐Forming Processes by the Lunar Rover Yutu‐2

Honglei Lin, Yangting Lin, Wei Yang, Zhiping He +9 moreGeophysical Research Letters 2020 36 citedJun 24, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Jun 24, 2020

Topographic Evolution of Von Kármán Crater Revealed by the Lunar Rover Yutu‐2

Kaichang Di, Meng‐Hua Zhu, Zongyu Yue, Yangting Lin +13 moreGeophysical Research Letters 2019 48 citedNov 19, 2019

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Nov 19, 2019

Particle Morphology Controls the Bulk Mechanical Behavior of Far-Side Lunar Regolith from Chang’e-6 Samples and Deep Learning

Hao Wang, Siqi Zhou, Xue Zhang, Qi Fan Zhou +9 moreResearch 2025 18 citedDec 10, 2025

Space × AIISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Learning-based Methods Chang'e & Yutu

Dec 10, 2025

Using MRNet to Predict Lunar Rock Categories Detected by Chang'e 5 Probe

Jin Cui, Yifei Zou, Siyuan ZhangAdvances in transdisciplinary engineering 2025Feb 14, 2025

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Chang'e & Yutu

Feb 14, 2025

Robotic drilling for the Chinese Chang’E 5 lunar sample-return mission

Tao Zhang, Yong Pang, Ting Zeng, Guoxin Wang +22 moreIJRR 2023 23 citedJul 1, 2023

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Jul 1, 2023

Identification of small impact craters in Chang’e-4 landing areas using a new multi-scale fusion crater detection algorithm

Fangchao Liu, Liu HuiWen, Zhang Li, Chen Jian +6 moreEarth and Planetary Physics 2025Dec 16, 2025

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Chang'e & Yutu

Dec 16, 2025

Technical design and implementation of Chang’e-6 robotic sample return mission on the far side of the moon

Mengfei Yang, Zhang Gao, Zhang Wu, JianHua RUAN +11 moreScientia Sinica Technologica 2025 4 citedMar 18, 2025

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Chang'e & Yutu

Mar 18, 2025

Deep learning driven interpretation of Chang'E-4 Lunar Penetrating Radar

Giacomo Roncoroni, Emanuele Forte, Ilaria Santin, Ana Černok +5 moreIcarus 2024 9 citedJul 18, 2024

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Chang'e & Yutu

Jul 18, 2024

Camera-Pose Robust Crater Detection from Chang'e 5

Matthew Rodda, Sofia McLeod, Ky Cuong Pham, Tat-Jun ChinPreprint 2024 3 citedJun 7, 2024

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Chang'e & Yutu

Jun 7, 2024

Study on Differential Phase Delay of Same‐Beam VLBI in Rendezvous and Docking of Chang'E‐5

Zhichao Wang, Peijia Li, Xin Zheng, Qinghui Liu +6 moreRadio Science 2023 3 citedMay 5, 2023

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Guidance, Dynamics & Control Chang'e & Yutu

May 5, 2023

High precision localization of the Chang'E-3 lunar rover

ShiYan WEI, Qunzhi Li, Youqing Ma, Shaochuang Liu +8 moreChinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) 2015 4 citedJan 1, 2015

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation HRI & Teleoperation Chang'e & Yutu

Jan 1, 2015

A Mask R-CNN Approach to Identify Lunar Landforms in Diverse Lighting Conditions

Aelyn Chong Castro, Sofía Coloma, Ernest Skrzypczyk, Miguel A. Olivares-MéndeziSpaRo 2024 3 citedJun 24, 2024

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Learning-based Methods Chang'e & Yutu

Jun 24, 2024

Robotic drilling tests in simulated lunar regolith environment

Tao Zhang, Yinliang Zhang, Kun Xu, Xilun Ding +4 moreJFR / Field Robotics 2021 32 citedApr 6, 2021

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Apr 6, 2021

Intelligent Path Planning Method for Lunar Rovers

Tian He, Hanguang Zhao, Xinchao Xu, Pengfei Xin +2 moreApplied Sciences 2026Jul 17, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Chang'e & Yutu

Jul 17, 2026

LuMon: A Comprehensive Benchmark and Development Suite with Novel Datasets for Lunar Monocular Depth Estimation

Aytaç Sekmen, Fatih Emre Gunes, Furkan Horoz, Hüseyin Umut Işık +8 morePreprint 2026 2 citedApr 10, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Chang'e & Yutu

Apr 10, 2026

Training Datasets Generation for Machine Learning: Application to Vision Based Navigation

Jérémy Lebreton, Ingo Ahrns, Roland Brochard, Christoph Haskamp +7 morePreprint 2024 5 citedSep 17, 2024

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Chang'e & Yutu

Sep 17, 2024

Influence of lunar regolith compressibility on sampling performance of thick wall spiral drills

Yong PANG, Tao Zhang, Hongyu Wei, Ting ZENG +8 moreChin. J. Aeronaut. 2021 14 citedNov 25, 2021

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Nov 25, 2021

嫦娥五号月球轨道交会对接制导导航与控制系统

Yang Xu, Lin Ma, Tao Liu, Dan Yu +5 moreScientia Sinica Technologica 2021 2 citedApr 1, 2021

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Chang'e & Yutu

Apr 1, 2021

China's lunar rover begins journey

Jiao LiPhysics World 2014 1 citedJan 1, 2014

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Chang'e & Yutu

Jan 1, 2014

The operations of China's first lunar rover

Luhua XiSpaceOps 2012 1 citedMar 27, 2012

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu

Mar 27, 2012

Globally Localizing Lunar Rover in Pixels via Graph Alignment

Mao Chen, Xu Yang, Chuankai Liu, Xiangkai Zhang +4 morePreprint 2026Jun 9, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Chang'e & Yutu

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Jun 9, 2026

Field Validation of Egress Process for Planetary Rover

Zhaolong Dang, Jirong Zhang, Baichao ChenInternational and Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS 2022Oct 7, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Chang'e & Yutu Tianwen-1 & Zhurong

Oct 7, 2022

Evaluating Depth-Augmented Visual Features for Cross-Dataset Lunar Traversability Estimation

Jan Baturo, Bartosz PtakiSpaRo 2026Nov 2, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Perception & State Estimation Chang'e & Yutu

Nov 2, 2026