At the Nakasuka Laboratory (Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory), we are conducting research aiming at the realization of "intelligent" space systems.

-Spacecraft control problems

rendezvous-docking control, retrieval of non-cooperative tumbling objects, formation flight, space robotics

-Spacecraft autonomy and intelligent systems

scheduling of space activities, model-based fault diagnosis system, spacecraft design support system

-Novel space systems

large membrane structure (furoshiki satellite), NCSS (Non Critical Spacecraft System)

We are also developping student-led small satellite projects. See here for more information.

Nakasuka Shinichi
Professor
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics School of Engineering, Univesity of Tokyo

He graduated from the Graduate School of Univ. of Tokyo, Doctor Course in 1988,and got Ph.D in Aeronautics. He joined IBM Research in 1988, joined Univ. of Tokyo in 1990 as a lecturer, and has been an Associate Professor of Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics since 1993. His research fields include space systems design and operation, navigation, guidance and control, small satellites, autonomy and intelligence for space systems, space robotics and machine learning.

He is a member of Japan society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, SICE and Japan Rocket Society.