Three JPL robotics researchers co-authored a paper which was awarded the 2009 King-Sun Fu Best IEEE Transactions on Robotics Paper Award. The award was announced at the 2010 Robotics and Automation conference in Anchorage, AK. The paper citation is below, and may be downloaded at (IEEE Xplore page).
Vision-Aided Inertial Navigation for Spacecraft Entry, Descent, and Landing, A. I. Mourikis, N. Trawny, S. I. Roumeliotis, A. E. Johnson, A Ansar, L. Matthies IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 25, No. 2, Page(s): 264 - 280