NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has achieved a major first by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence rather than human operators. Credit: NASA. An AI just ...

"The fundamental elements of generative AI are showing a lot of promise in streamlining the pillars of autonomous navigation for off-planet driving." ...

Using high-resolution imagery from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the AI analyzed the bedrock and boulder fields. It ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and ...

Vandi Verma, an Indian-origin roboticist, led NASA's first AI-planned rover drives on Mars in 2025, marking a significant ...

The accomplishment demonstrates real potential for future autonomous exploration and real-time decision making.

NASA uses a vision-language model (VLM) called Claude for the first time to plan two separate drives on Mars for the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed the first AI-planned drives on another world, marking a ...

In the age where AI is more than just a mere buzzword but a reflection of the immediate and distant future, NASA, arguably one of the world's biggest centres of human excellence and innovation, has ...

The Perseverance Mars rover completed the first drives on another world planned by AI on December 8 and 10.

NASA quietly let a Mars rover think for itself in December 2025. Behind this shift stands Vandi Verma, whose work hints at how future missions may explore worlds alone.