Who makes Curiosity Rover?

Curiosity Rover is made by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based in Pasadena, California, USA, founded in 1936.

Where is Curiosity Rover deployed?

1 verified deployment of Curiosity Rover is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mars.

What is Curiosity Rover's maturity stage?

Curiosity Rover is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Robot model

Curiosity Rover

Name: Curiosity Rover
Brand: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover (landed 2012-08-06, operating). Drives with onboard AutoNav (think-while-driving terrain assessment and autonomous hazard avoidance); ground operators select daily targets and routes, the rover handles the traverse. Autonomous navigation, NOT autonomous mission planning.

Curiosity Rover is a space robot built by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. · Documented in 1 deployment in Mars.

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Machine-readable surfaces

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Data documentation: /data
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Form factor: space
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: ce7496ca-6012-4498-9a08-e6b2438751a8

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Specs

role: Mars rover
landed: 2012-08-06
autonomy: onboard AutoNav hazard avoidance; ground-selected targets/routes

Recent deployments (1)

Curiosity Rover at MarsMars

Sources (2)

Common questions

What is Curiosity Rover?: NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover (landed 2012-08-06, operating). Drives with onboard AutoNav (think-while-driving terrain assessment and autonomous hazard avoidance); ground operators select daily targets and routes, the rover handles the traverse. Autonomous navigation, NOT autonomous mission planning.
Who makes Curiosity Rover?: Curiosity Rover is made by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based in Pasadena, California, USA, founded in 1936.
Where is Curiosity Rover deployed?: 1 verified deployment of Curiosity Rover is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mars.
What is Curiosity Rover's maturity stage?: Curiosity Rover is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-06

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-06

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

1: knowledge-base; Knowledge base
1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.