New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- A few days back, NASA announced that it had carried out humankind's first AI-driven exploration of another planet, using the Perseverance rover on Mars, and behind the initiative was an Indian-origin scientist, Vandi Verma.

On 8 and 10 December, 2025, NASA's Perseverance rover, in a first, successfully completed drives on Mars using routes planned entirely by artificial intelligence without any human intervention.

The demonstration was carried out along the rim of the Jezero Crater on Mars and relied on a type of generative AI called vision-language model to analyze the Martian terrain and plot a route for Perseverance to complete the drive through safe waypoints.

"This demonstration shows how far our capabilities ...