Jet Propulsion Laboratory Robotics
JPL's Robotics division comprises approximately 130 engineers developing robotic systems for space exploration and related terrestrial applications. They work on all aspects of robotics including design, control, perception, and autonomous operation for planetary rovers and spacecraft systems.
Notable achievements
Mars rovers (Curiosity, Perseverance), Ingenuity helicopter, sample collection systems
Notable work
Recent publications
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A hierarchical approach to imitation learning for manipulation tasks requiring time varying forces
Rishabh Shukla, Adithya Santhosh, Shaili Gandhi +2 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
What Are We Actually Benchmarking in Robot Manipulation?
Tianchong Jiang, Xiangshan Tan, Samuel Wheeler +3 more
2026
DLO-Lab: Benchmarking Deformable Linear Object Manipulations with Differentiable Physics
Junyi Cao, Yian Wang, Ziyan Xiong +3 more
2026
DynaFLIP: Rethinking Robotics Perception via Tri-Modal-Dynamics Guided Representation
Jusuk Lee, Seungjae Lee, Jonghun Shin +6 more
2026
VLAConf: Calibrated Task-Success Confidence for Vision-Language-Action Models
Dehao Huang, Aoxiang Gu, Chengjie Zhang +5 more
2026
A Mixed-Reality Testbed for Autonomous Vehicles
H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Emrullah Celik +4 more
2026