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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

NASA / JPL · 2020–2024 · also Ingenuity, Mars Helicopter

Technology demonstrator that made the first powered, controlled flights on another planet, completing 72 flights between 2021 and 2024.

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Papers: 75
Named in: 12 in title · 63 in abstract · 37 in keywords

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Conceptual Design of a Mars Rotorcraft for Future Sample Fetch Missions

Benjamin T. Pipenberg, Sara A. Langberg, Jeremy D. Tyler, Matthew T. KeennonIEEE Aerospace 2022 16 citedMar 5, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Manipulation & Grasping Perception & State Estimation Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mars Sample Return Perseverance

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Mar 5, 2022

Opening the Black Box of 3D Reconstruction Error Analysis with VECTOR

Racquel Fygenson, Kazi Jawad, Isabel Li, Francois Ayoub +4 moreVisualization 2024Aug 7, 2024

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perseverance Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Aug 7, 2024

JointLoc: A Real-time Visual Localization Framework for Planetary UAVs Based on Joint Relative and Absolute Pose Estimation

Xubo Luo, Xue Wan, Yixing Gao, Yaolin Tian +2 moreIROS 2024 14 citedMay 13, 2024

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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May 13, 2024

Mars Rover Localization Based on A2G Obstacle Distribution Pattern Matching

Lang Zhou, Zhitai Zhang, Hongliang Wang College of Surveying, Geo-Informatics +1 morePreprint 2022Oct 7, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Perseverance

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Oct 7, 2022

A Neuromorphic Vision-Based Measurement for Robust Relative Localization in Future Space Exploration Missions

Mohammed Salah, Mohammed Chehadah, Muhammed Humais, Mohammed Wahbah +4 moreIEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2022 22 citedJun 23, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perseverance Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Jun 23, 2022

MARTIAN: A Rendering Framework for Aerial Mars Imagery from HiRISE Orbital Data

Dario Pisanti, Georgios GeorgakisPreprint 2026 1 citedMay 28, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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May 28, 2026

Towards Energy Efficient Autonomous Exploration of Mars Lava Tube with a Martian Coaxial Quadrotor

Akash Patel, Samuel Karlsson, Bjorn Lindqvist, Christoforos Kanellakis +2 moreAdv. Space Res. 2022 22 citedNov 13, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Nov 13, 2022

Towards Robust Monocular Visual Odometry for Flying Robots on Planetary Missions

Martin Wudenka, Marcus G. Müller, Nikolaus Demmel, Armin Wedler +3 moreIROS 2021 10 citedSep 12, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Sep 12, 2021

Geometry-aided Vision-based Localization of Future Mars Helicopters in Challenging Illumination Conditions

Dario Pisanti, Robert Hewitt, Roland Brockers, Georgios GeorgakisICRA 2025 1 citedFeb 13, 2025

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Feb 13, 2025

Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) System Development and Test

David Newill‐Smith, Jennifer Shatts, Robert Peter Dillon, Jaakko T. Karras +8 moreIEEE Aerospace 2023 9 citedMar 4, 2023

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Perception & State Estimation Manipulation & Grasping Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Perseverance InSight

DOI

Mar 4, 2023

Range-Visual-Inertial Odometry: Scale Observability Without Excitation

Jeff Delaune, David S. Bayard, Roland BrockersICRA 2021 54 citedMar 28, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Mar 28, 2021

Enabling Long & Precise Drives for The Perseverance Mars Rover via Onboard Global Localization

Vandi Verma, Jeremy Nash, Lucas Saldyt, Quintin Dwight +8 moreIEEE Aerospace 2024 23 citedMar 2, 2024

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Perseverance Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Mar 2, 2024

Exploring Event Camera-based Odometry for Planetary Robots

Florian Mahlknecht, Daniel Gehrig, Jeremy Nash, Friedrich M. Rockenbauer +3 moreRA-L 2022 80 citedApr 12, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Apr 12, 2022

Extended Navigation Capabilities for a Future Mars Science Helicopter Concept

Jeff H. Delaune, Roland Brockers, David S. Bayard, Harel Dor +6 moreIEEE Aerospace 2020 16 citedMar 1, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Motion Planning & Navigation Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

DOI

Mar 1, 2020

Tether-Inertial Localization for Planetary Drones

Dielof van Loon, Anton Bredenbeck, Lennart Puck, Martin Azkarate +1 moreRA-L 2026Aug 10, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Aug 10, 2026

Vision Foundation Models for Domain Generalisable Cross-View Localisation in Planetary Ground-Aerial Robotic Teams

Lachlan Holden, Feras Dayoub, Alberto Candela, David Harvey +1 moreiSpaRo 2025 1 citedJan 14, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Foundation Models & LLMs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Jan 14, 2026

Structure-Invariant Range-Visual-Inertial Odometry

Ivan Alberico, Jeff Delaune, Giovanni Cioffi, Davide ScaramuzzaIROS 2024 4 citedSep 6, 2024

Space × RoboticsPerception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Perseverance

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Sep 6, 2024

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

INSANE: Cross-Domain UAV Data Sets with Increased Number of Sensors for developing Advanced and Novel Estimators

Christian Brommer, Alessandro Fornasier, Martin Scheiber, Jeff Delaune +3 moreIJRR 2022 18 citedOct 17, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Oct 17, 2022

Jezero crater, Mars: application of the deep learning NOAH-H terrain classification system

Jack Wright, Alexander M. Barrett, Peter Fawdon, Elena A. Favaro +3 moreJournal of Maps 2022 12 citedAug 9, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Perseverance Rosalind Franklin Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Aug 9, 2022

New Rover Conops with High-Performance Onboard Computing: Give Up Raw Data to Reduce Ops Cost and Do More Science

A. Didier, M. Swan, D. Atha, V. Verma +2 morePreprint 2022Jan 11, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Perseverance Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Jan 11, 2022

Autonomous Safe Landing Site Detection for a Future Mars Science Helicopter

Roland Brockers, Jeff H. Delaune, Pedro F. Proença, Pascal Schoppmann +3 moreIEEE Aerospace 2021 18 citedMar 6, 2021

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Mar 6, 2021

Where to Map? Iterative Rover-Copter Path Planning for Mars Exploration

Takahiro Sasaki, Kyohei Otsu, Rohan Thakker, Sofie Haesaert +1 moreRA-L 2020 45 citedAug 17, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perseverance Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Aug 17, 2020

Field Demonstration and Evaluation of Terrestrial Navigation Technologies for Artemis Surface Navigation Applications

Evan J Anzalone, Michael A Fritzinger, Kyle A Miller, Michael R Zanetti +1 moreAAS GN&C 2025Jan 31, 2025

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS PROGRAMS & POLICY Perception & State Estimation Motion Planning & Navigation Artemis Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Jan 31, 2025

Dense 3D-Reconstruction from Monocular Image Sequences for Computationally Constrained UAS

Roland Brockers, Joerg Thiem, Jeff Delaune, Pedro Proenca +1 morePreprint 2021Jan 5, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Perception & State Estimation Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

NTRS

Jan 5, 2021