Mission / Mars

Curiosity (MSL)

NASA · 2011–now · also Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, Curiosity rover

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, operating in Gale crater since 2012; its autonomy software includes AEGIS target selection.

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Papers: 160
Named in: 63 in title · 160 in abstract · 62 in keywords

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Visual Odometry Thinking While Driving for the Curiosity Mars Rover's Three-Year Test Campaign: Impact of Evolving Constraints on Verification and Validation

Mark W. Maimone, Nikunj Patel, Anna Sabel, Alexandra Holloway +1 moreIEEE Aerospace 2022 13 citedMar 5, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Curiosity

DOI

Mar 5, 2022

AI4MARS: A Dataset for Terrain-Aware Autonomous Driving on Mars

Robert Michael Swan, Deegan Atha, Henry A. Leopold, Matthew Gildner +3 moreCVPR Workshop 2021 104 citedJun 1, 2021

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Curiosity Spirit & Opportunity Perseverance

DOI

Jun 1, 2021

Interactive Mars Image Content-Based Search with Interpretable Machine Learning

Bhavan Vasu, Steven Lu, Emily Dunkel, Kiri L. Wagstaff +2 moreAAAI 2024 2 citedJan 19, 2024

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Learning-based Methods Curiosity

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Jan 19, 2024

Self-Supervised Learning to Guide Scientifically Relevant Categorization of Martian Terrain Images

Tejas Panambur, Deep Chakraborty, Melissa Meyer, Ralph Milliken +2 moreCVPR Workshop 2022 19 citedApr 21, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Curiosity

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Apr 21, 2022

Adaptive and intelligent navigation of autonomous planetary rovers — A survey

Cuebong Wong, Erfu Yang, Xiu-Tian Yan, Dongbing GuNASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS) 2017 50 citedJul 1, 2017

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Curiosity

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Jul 1, 2017

Risk-aware planetary rover operation: Autonomous terrain classification and path planning

Masahiro Ono, Thoams J. Fuchs, Amanda Steffy, Mark W. Maimone +1 moreIEEE Aerospace 2015 112 citedMar 1, 2015

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Curiosity

DOI

Mar 1, 2015

AI4MARS: A Dataset for Terrain-Aware Autonomy on Mars

Hiro Ono, Xiangyu Hong, Cindy Chiu, Stephanie Oij +4 morePreprint 2021Jun 19, 2021

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Perception & State Estimation Curiosity Spirit & Opportunity Perseverance

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Jun 19, 2021

Quantification of Plume-Soil Interaction and Excavation Due to the Sky Crane Descent Stage

Jeffrey Vizcaino, Manish MehtaAIAA SciTech 2015Jan 5, 2015

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Perception & State Estimation Curiosity

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Jan 5, 2015

Enabling continuous planetary rover navigation through FPGA stereo and visual odometry

Thomas M. Howard, Arin C. Morfopoulos, Jack C. Morrison, Yoshiaki Kuwata +3 moreIEEE Aerospace 2012 32 citedMar 1, 2012

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Spirit & Opportunity Curiosity

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Mar 1, 2012

MANTLE: A Framework for Adaptive In-Situ Planetary Perception Using a Modular Uplink Principle

Pranav Durai, Gary DoranPreprint 2026Aug 28, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Curiosity Perseverance

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Aug 28, 2026

HALO: Hazard-Aware Landing Optimization for Autonomous Systems

Christopher R. Hayner, Samuel C. Buckner, Daniel Broyles, Evelyn Madewell +2 moreICRA 2023 7 citedApr 4, 2023

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Curiosity

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Apr 4, 2023

Spacecraft Anomaly Detection with Attention Temporal Convolution Network

Liang Liu, Ling Tian, Zhao Kang, Tianqi WanNeural Computing and Applications 2023 55 citedMar 13, 2023

Space × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Perception & State Estimation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Curiosity

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Mar 13, 2023

SegMarsViT: Lightweight Mars Terrain Segmentation Network for Autonomous Driving in Planetary Exploration

Yuqi Dai, Tie Zheng, Changbin Xue, Li ZhouRemote Sensing 2022 35 citedDec 12, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Curiosity

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Dec 12, 2022

Mixed-domain Training Improves Multi-Mission Terrain Segmentation

Grace Vincent, Alice Yepremyan, Jingdao Chen, and Edwin GohICCV / ECCV 2022 4 citedSep 27, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Curiosity

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Sep 27, 2022

Stereo Vision Based Navigation for Lunar Rover: A Hardware-Software Co-Design Approach

Alexey Simonov, Mukesh Jha, Max Shevtsov, Sergio Sirota +2 moreSMC-IT/SCC 2025Jul 28, 2025

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Perseverance Curiosity Spirit & Opportunity

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Jul 28, 2025

Deep Learning Based Mars Terrain Classification with Edge Detection for Planetary Rovers

S. N., Varghese Jegathesan, N Jamunasri, Sai Teja Varma ChekuriIEEE SPACE 2025Jul 21, 2025

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Curiosity

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Jul 21, 2025

MaRF: Representing Mars as Neural Radiance Fields

Lorenzo Giusti, Josue Garcia, Steven Cozine, Darrick Suen +2 moreICCV / ECCV 2022 5 citedDec 3, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Curiosity Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Dec 3, 2022

Spherical planetary robot for rugged terrain traversal

Laksh Raura, Andrew Warren, Jekan ThangavelauthamIEEE Aerospace 2017 21 citedJan 26, 2017

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Curiosity Spirit & Opportunity

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Jan 26, 2017

Deep Learning Based Mars Safe Landing Analysis and Terrain Classification

Mrs. N. Sudha Rani, J. Shiva Shasank, P. Sahithi Kiranmai, K. Rakesh +1 moreInternational Journal of Data Science and IoT Management System 2026Apr 2, 2026

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Curiosity

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Apr 2, 2026

Comparison of Concentric Surface Planetary Explorations Using an Ackerman Rover in a Lunar Simulation

Miguel Á. González-Santamarta, Francisco J. Rodríguez-LeraiSpaRo 2024Jun 24, 2024

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Perseverance Curiosity

DOI

Jun 24, 2024

Automatic Data Processing for Space Robotics Machine Learning

Anja Sheppard, Katherine A. SkinnerIAC 2023 1 citedOct 3, 2023

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perseverance Curiosity

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Oct 3, 2023

Improving Contrastive Learning on Visually Homogeneous Mars Rover Images

Isaac Ronald Ward, Charles Moore, Kai Pak, Jingdao Chen +1 moreICCV / ECCV 2022 2 citedOct 17, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Curiosity

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Oct 17, 2022

Fast Approximate Clearance Evaluation for Rovers with Articulated Suspension Systems

Kyohei Otsu, Guillaume Matheron, Sourish Ghosh, Olivier Toupet +1 moreJFR / Field Robotics 2018 46 citedJul 31, 2018

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Curiosity

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Jul 31, 2018

Slippage and immobilization detection for planetary exploration rovers via machine learning and proprioceptive sensing

Ramón González, Dimi Apostolopoulos, Karl D. IagnemmaJFR / Field Robotics 2017 87 citedJul 19, 2017

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Learning-based Methods Perception & State Estimation Curiosity

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Jul 19, 2017

Active localization for planetary rovers

Hiroka Inoue, Masahiro Ono, Tamaki Sakurako, Shuichi AdachiIEEE Aerospace 2016 13 citedMar 1, 2016

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Learning-based Methods Curiosity

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Mar 1, 2016