NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
The world's leading space robotics lab. JPL built the Mars rovers (Curiosity, Perseverance), Ingenuity helicopter, and develops autonomous systems for environments where human teleoperation is impossible.
Notable achievements
Curiosity rover, Perseverance rover, Ingenuity Mars helicopter (first powered flight on another planet), Europa Lander concepts, DARPA robotics contributions.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Artificial Intelligence enhanced smart welding islands: Foundation models revolutionizing manufacturing
Xiwei Wu, Wei Wu, Qiqi Chen +6 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
Design and dynamic performance prediction of a novel large-aperture offset-feed deployable antenna
Chuang Shi, Tianming Liu, Ning Xue +6 more
Aerospace Science and Technology · 2026
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
How technological progress in robotics, AI, and IT/ICT/IoT reshapes employment: A robust analysis for the United States
Amir Khakbaz, Behnam Malmir
Technological Forecasting and Social Change · 2026
How VLAs Fail Differently: Black-Box Action Monitoring Reveals Architecture-Specific Failure Signatures
Krishnam Gupta
2026
What Frozen VLAs Already Know About Success: A Probing Study of Value-Like Structure in Foundation Robot Policies
Jiachen Zhang, Junnan Nie, Junyi Lao +4 more
2026