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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
Named in: 13 in title · 32 in abstract · 21 in keywords

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Perception & State Estimation17
Learning-based Methods10
Surface Mobility & Terramechanics10
Manipulation & Grasping6
Motion Planning & Navigation6
Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks5

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Icarus1
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5 papers naming Chang'e & Yutu

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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

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

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

MoonGS: High-quality Representation of the Lunar Surface via Gaussian Splatting Using Robust Depth Features from Image Pairs

Yun Jiang, Bo Zheng, Yingying Zhang, Xueming Xiao +6 morePreprint 2026Oct 5, 2026

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Foundation Models & LLMs Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Chang'e & Yutu

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Oct 5, 2026