Who makes Perseverance Rover?

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

Where is Perseverance Rover deployed?

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

What is Perseverance Rover's maturity stage?

Perseverance 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

Perseverance Rover

Name: Perseverance Rover
Brand: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars rover whose AutoNav self-driving system plans and drives routes onboard while in motion; drove ~88-90% of its first-Mars-year traverse autonomously, setting planetary-rover autonomy records.

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

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Form factor: space
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: a6ddde8f-d1dc-496d-9168-ab4c6c80ef98

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Specs

role: Mars rover
autonomy: AutoNav (think-while-driving, onboard hazard mapping)

Recent deployments (1)

Perseverance Rover at MarsMars

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of NASA/JPL

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory footage of its Perseverance Mars rover using its AutoNav self-driving system to set off-road distance records in Jezero Crater. Perseverance has operated on Mars since February 2021. AutoNav is genuine autonomous hazard-avoidance navigation, attributed to NASA/JPL. NASA imagery is in the public domain.

Sources (1)

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adi3099

Common questions

What is Perseverance Rover?: Mars rover whose AutoNav self-driving system plans and drives routes onboard while in motion; drove ~88-90% of its first-Mars-year traverse autonomously, setting planetary-rover autonomy records.
Who makes Perseverance Rover?: Perseverance Rover is made by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based in Pasadena, California, USA, founded in 1936.
Where is Perseverance Rover deployed?: 1 verified deployment of Perseverance Rover is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mars.
What is Perseverance Rover's maturity stage?: Perseverance 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 · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-05

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-academic-peer-reviewed; Peer-reviewed clinical / academic

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