Abstract: The exploration of extraterrestrial objects is an important way of space science and technology innovation, which is also one of the development priorities in the current and future aerospace field. Surface mobile exploration of the extraterrestrial objects is an effective way to expand the exploration breadth and depth. In the future, the demand for surface exploration range and efficiency of lunar and Mars exploration missions will be significantly improved. The exploration range will be expanded from kilometers to more than 100 km, and the moving speed per hour will be increased from 100 m level to more than one kilometer level. It is required that extraterrestrial mobile probes have stronger adaptability to extraterrestrial environment and higher exploration efficiency. One of the key factors determining the ability of extraterrestrial surface exploration is the ability of autonomous environment perception, manipulation and control. Facing the needs of major engineering tasks of deep space exploration in China in the future, this paper summarizes and analyzes the development status and trend of autonomous perception, manipulation and control technologies of extraterrestrial surface exploration unmanned system.

Key words: extraterrestrial exploration, surface mobile exploration, unmanned systems, intelligent sensing, autonomous control, development review