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
Earth System Sciences
Energy Systems
Fundamental Physics
Habitats
Informatics
Complexity Science
Mission Analysis
Propulsion
Multidisciplinary
Multi-view satellite photogrammetry with Neural Radiance Fields
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Multidisciplinary
Accurate and efficient propagation via the Taylor method
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Mission Analysis
Autonomous exploration of an exoplanetary system in the context of a robotic interstellar mission
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Mission Analysis
Study of the motion of charged particles in planetary magnetospheres using Differential Algebra
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Biomimetics
Event-based vision in space
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Mission Analysis
Uncertainty propagation in approach GN&C using Differential Algebra
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Habitats
Moon fibres
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Habitats
Functionally graded materials for space structures
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Biomimetics
Light absorption enhancement with bio-inspired nanostructures
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Multidisciplinary
Interplanetary Transfers via Deep Representations of the Optimal Policy and/or of the Value Function
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Biomimetics
Simulation of aquatic locomotion
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Fundamental Physics
Time-frequency approach to relativistic correlations in quantum field theory
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Habitats
Basalt fibre reinforced geopolymer
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Multidisciplinary
G&CNets - On-Board Optimal Control of a Quadcopter
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Advanced Materials
Model-based resonance frequency tracking
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Multidisciplinary
Computation in out-of-equilibrium quantum systems
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Biomimetics
Melanin radiation-protection
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Fundamental Physics
Decoherence and the quantum-to-classical transition for complex systems
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Habitats
Robotic manufacturing of fibrous structures in space
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