First autonomous choice of targets for a laser spectrometer on another planet

Who claims it, in their own words, and what else was read.

Claimed for 2016

“the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission”
NASA JPL: the developer. Published 21 Jul 2016. AEGIS on the Mars rovers Opportunity, Curiosity and Perseverance

Unchecked. Recorded as made. No earlier claim was found, and none was searched for.

Scoped by its maker to "an instrument of this kind".

stands as worded Nothing read contradicts the claim in the scope its maker gave it.
contradicted An earlier dated source, read here, reports the same thing.
contested Another source, read here, reports something that may be earlier or the same. Which is right turns on a definition or on a fact not stated.
unchecked Recorded as made. No earlier claim was found, and none was searched for.
out of scope The claim is true or false of something that did not run in space.