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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

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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 & Terramechanics2Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers0Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking0Perception & State Estimation2Motion Planning & Navigation2Guidance, Dynamics & Control0Learning-based Methods1Foundation Models & LLMs0Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations0HRI & Teleoperation0Multi-Robot & Swarms0Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks0Design, Mechanisms & Hardware2

Preprint (arXiv only)4Any workshop1

Space robotics & aerospace

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Robotics

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6 papers naming Spirit & Opportunity

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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

Mar 1, 2012

Multi-mission Terrain Classifier for Safe Rover Navigation and Automated Science

Deegan Atha, Robert Michael Swan, Annie Didier, Zaki Hasnain +1 moreIEEE Aerospace 2022 16 citedMar 5, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Learning-based Methods Motion Planning & Navigation Curiosity Spirit & Opportunity Perseverance

Mar 5, 2022

Replenishing the Mars relay network

Charles D. Edwards, Phil Barela, Roy E. Gladden, Charles H. Lee +1 moreIEEE Aerospace 2014 14 citedMar 1, 2014

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Curiosity Spirit & Opportunity Rosalind Franklin

Mar 1, 2014

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

Jan 26, 2017

Mars Sample Return using commercial capabilities: Mission architecture overview

Andrew A. Gonzales, Carol R. Stoker, Lawrence G. Lemke, Jeffrey V. Bowles +3 moreIEEE Aerospace 2014 14 citedOct 30, 2013

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS & POLICY Mars Sample Return Perseverance Spirit & Opportunity

Oct 30, 2013

Mars drill for the Mars sample return mission with a Brushing and Abrading bit, regolith and powder bit, core PreView Bit and a coring bit

Kris A. Zacny, Gale L. Paulsen, P. Chu, Arshak Avanesyan +2 moreIEEE Aerospace 2012 14 citedMar 1, 2012

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

Mar 1, 2012