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Jasper Zevering is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of mobile mapping, autonomous navigation, and spherical robot systems — a niche but rapidly growing field with significant implications for both terrestrial and planetary exploration. His most widely cited contributions center on developing spherical robots as practical platforms for mobile mapping, demonstrating how their protective shell design offers distinct advantages in harsh or unstructured environments. His 2021 paper on IMU-based pose estimation for spherical robots (13 citations) represents a foundational technical contribution, addressing the unique challenges of localizing robots with constrained computational resources. Zevering has also made notable strides in space exploration robotics, contributing to the DAEDALUS mission concept — a spherical probe designed to autonomously investigate lunar lava tubes — and developing novel rod-driven locomotion systems suited to planetary surfaces. His 2023 Delta Filter work advances robust visual-inertial pose estimation for real-time mobile mapping, reflecting his sustained focus on practical system reliability. More recently, his research has expanded to human-robot interaction, exploring user interfaces for astronaut-controlled robots on planetary surfaces. Across roughly 50 total citations, Zevering's work charts an ambitious course for spherical robotics as a versatile solution to some of exploration's most demanding challenges.