Mission / Mars

Perseverance (Mars 2020)

NASA · 2020–now · also Mars 2020, M2020, Perseverance rover

NASA rover exploring Jezero crater since 2021, caching rock cores for possible return to Earth and driving with onboard autonomous navigation.

Official mission page

Papers: 171
Named in: 71 in title · 159 in abstract · 59 in keywords

Papers per year

2010’102011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Top techniques

Surface Mobility & Terramechanics50
Perception & State Estimation41
Motion Planning & Navigation27
Learning-based Methods21
Manipulation & Grasping20
Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations16

Top venues

IEEE Aerospace24
AIAA SciTech7
AIAA SPACE / ASCEND5
iSpaRo4
LPSC4
RA-L4

Also mentioned

Curiosity (MSL)44
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter39
Mars Sample Return28
Spirit & Opportunity (MER)7
Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars)5
Artemis3

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PLANETARY ROBOTICS27ISRU & CONSTRUCTION4ORBITAL ROBOTICS1IN-SPACE SERVICING0PROGRAMS & POLICY0Unassigned0

Manipulation & Grasping20Surface Mobility & Terramechanics50Microgravity Mobility & Free-Flyers0Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking6Perception & State Estimation41Motion Planning & Navigation27Guidance, Dynamics & Control0Learning-based Methods21Foundation Models & LLMs0Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations16HRI & Teleoperation6Multi-Robot & Swarms1Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks11Design, Mechanisms & Hardware10

Preprint (arXiv only)2Any workshop0

Space robotics & aerospace

iSpaRo3i-SAIRAS0ASTRA0IEEE Aerospace8IAC0AIAA SciTech2AIAA SPACE / ASCEND0SMC-IT/SCC1IEEE SPACE0ASCE Earth & Space0SmallSat0AMOS0SpaceOps0AAS GN&C0AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics0AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics0ICES0Aerospace Mechanisms04S Symposium0COSPAR0Space Resources Roundtable0NASA Technical Report0LPSC0

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