Advanced Concepts Team
Our mission is to monitor and perform research on advanced space concepts and technologies, preparing ESA for any disruptive change to come.
Our research
Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Bio-Engineering
Biomimetics
Complexity Science
Earth System Sciences
Energy Systems
Fundamental Physics
Habitats
Informatics
Mission Analysis
Nanophotonics
Propulsion
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mission Analysis
Accelerated Taylor models for verified integration
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Mission Analysis
Bifurcation sequences in the secular 3D planetary 3-body problem
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Biomimetics
Bird-Inspired Stabilization
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Mission Analysis
Spatial Keplerian Map
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Multidisciplinary
Reinforcement Learning for the Keplerian TSP
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Fundamental Physics
Quantum Distributed Sensing
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Artificial Intelligence
Optical Flow-Based Egomotion Estimation for Lunar Landing
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Artificial Intelligence
Fast and Efficient Asteroid Geodesy with MasconCubes
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Mission Analysis
Analytical propagator for lunar satellite orbits
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Informatics
Keplerian TSP
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Biomimetics
Earwig-Inspired Self-Deploying Bistable Structures
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Biomimetics
The Connectome of a Fly as a Computational Reservoir
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Mission Analysis
Neural Kepler Map
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Multidisciplinary
Probability of collision in nonlinear dynamics
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Multidisciplinary
Quantum causality
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Biomimetics
Learning-based grasping strategy for soft robotic arms to capture space debris
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Bio-Engineering
Microbial consortia for space biomining
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Multidisciplinary
Black Hole Gravity Assists
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Mission Analysis
Comparing Reinforcement Learning with Behavioural Cloning for Guidance and Control in Space
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Artificial Intelligence
Memristor-based Neural Network Accelerators for Space Applications
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Mission Analysis
Improving VLEO Re-Entry Simulations
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Multidisciplinary
Totimorphic Structures for Space Applications
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Multidisciplinary
Event-based Vision for Navigation and Landing
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Fundamental Physics
Satellite Quantum Network Optimisation
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