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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 & Grasping0Surface Mobility & Terramechanics2Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers0Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking0Perception & State Estimation1Motion Planning & Navigation1Guidance, 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

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Robotics

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2 papers naming Spirit & Opportunity

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Simulations of Mars Rover Traverses

Feng Zhou, R. E. Arvidson, Keith Bennett, Brian Patrick Trease +4 moreJFR / Field Robotics 2013 111 citedSep 30, 2013

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Spirit & Opportunity Curiosity

Sep 30, 2013

Enhanced Autonomous Navigation on the Perseverance Mars Rover

Olivier Toupet, Masahiro Ono, Tyler Del Sesto, Mark W. Maimone +1 moreJFR / Field Robotics 2025 6 citedNov 24, 2025

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

Nov 24, 2025