NASA Let AI Drive The Perseverance Rover For Two Days

This annotated orbital image shows Perseverance's route during its second day of autonomous driving on Dec. 10th, 2025. The magenta line shows the AI-planned route and the orange line shows the actual route. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA

NASA has taken another step towards greater autonomy for planetary exploration rovers. In December, the space agency used AI to generate waypoints for Perseverance’s route on two separate days. The rover drove more than 450 meters without human input.

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