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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
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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Applied Sciences1
Chin. J. Aeronaut.1
Icarus1
IEEE Access1
IJRR1

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Tianwen-1 & Zhurong2

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2 papers naming Chang'e & Yutu

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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

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