Vandi Verma

Vandi Verma

Dr. Vandi Verma is a Robotics Principal Engineer and the Program Manager for Technology Infusion and Strategy Development at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. She also serves as Chief Engineer of Robotic Operations for Mars Perseverance. Until recently she was the Deputy Manager for the Mobility & Robotics section where she led JPL roboticists developing new technology for future missions and working on a variety of flight robotic missions. She has worked on Space Robotics and AI research and technology development tasks and has designed, developed, and operated rovers on Mars, the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Atacama Desert. Robotics capabilities she has worked on are in regular use on the Perseverance, and Curiosity rovers, and in human spaceflight projects. She has been engaged in robotic operations on Mars since 2008 with the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity rover, Perseverance rover, and Ingenuity helicopter.

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    NASA JPL
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    Deputy Manager for Mobility and Robotics Systems
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