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Mission / Mars

Spirit & Opportunity (MER)

NASA / JPL · 2003–2019 · also Mars Exploration Rovers, MER, Spirit, Opportunity

Twin Mars Exploration Rovers that landed in 2004; Opportunity drove more than 45 km and pioneered visual odometry and autonomous driving on Mars.

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Papers: 57
Named in: 7 in title · 57 in abstract · 20 in keywords

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Top techniques

Surface Mobility & Terramechanics17
Perception & State Estimation14
Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations7
Design, Mechanisms & Hardware5
Learning-based Methods5
Motion Planning & Navigation5

Top venues

IEEE Aerospace6
LPSC5
ICRA3
SpaceOps3
AIAA SPACE / ASCEND2
JFR / Field Robotics2

Also mentioned

Curiosity (MSL)22
Mars Sample Return7
Perseverance (Mars 2020)7
Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars)2
SPHERES2
InSight1

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Manipulation & Grasping1Surface Mobility & Terramechanics1Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers0Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking0Perception & State Estimation0Motion Planning & Navigation0Guidance, Dynamics & Control0Learning-based Methods0Foundation Models & LLMs0Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations0HRI & Teleoperation0Multi-Robot & Swarms0Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks0Design, Mechanisms & Hardware0

Preprint (arXiv only)4Any workshop1

Space robotics & aerospace

iSpaRo0i-SAIRAS1ASTRA0IEEE Aerospace6IAC1AIAA SciTech0AIAA SPACE / ASCEND2SMC-IT/SCC2IEEE SPACE0ASCE Earth & Space0SmallSat0AMOS0SpaceOps3AAS GN&C0AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics0AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics1ICES0Aerospace Mechanisms14S Symposium0COSPAR0Space Resources Roundtable0NASA Technical Report1LPSC5

Robotics

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2 papers naming Spirit & Opportunity

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The Effects of Clock Drift on the Mars Exploration Rovers

Khaled S. Ali, C. Anthony VanelliAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2012Sep 11, 2012

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Spirit & Opportunity

Sep 11, 2012

Development of the Brushing, Abrading, Regolith, Core PreView and the Coring Bits for the Mars Sample Return Mission

Kris A. Zacny, Phil Chu, Gale L. Paulsen, Jack Craft +4 moreAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2011 8 citedJun 14, 2011

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Manipulation & Grasping Mars Sample Return Spirit & Opportunity

Jun 14, 2011