Space Mobility & Robotics Lab
Welcome!
The Space Mobility and Robotics Laboratory (SMRL Lab) is part of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University. We are working on advanced space robotics, flight dynamics, and space systems for space transportation.
Guidance and Control Techniques for NASA Astrobee Robots onboard the International Space Station Read More
Dr. Park's Prior Projects
Robust, Predictive, and Learning Guidance Algorithms for On-Orbit Servicing and Assembly Using Multiple Space Systems
Development of guidance algorithms for cooperative spacecraft guidance and control for future on-orbit servicing and assembly missions utilizing multiple spacecraft.
Mission Concepts 1, University Nanosatellite Program
We have participated in the 2023 summer series of the University Nanosatellite Program. Running from May through August, the program provides students with systems engineering training, preparing them to work in the space industry. The students will be seated near experts for continuous feedback and guidance to help improve university proposals and increase the potential of being selected to fly to space as part of NASA’s CSLI and the U.S. Air Force UNP for future flights in 2024.
Docking Mechanism Development for Small Satellites
Design and development of docking mechanisms for small satellites for a mission concept design of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Astrobatics S4 Experiment in the International Space Station
We are demonstrating a robust and predictive guidance and control algorithm for space cargo-carrying. The Astrobatics project, led by Dr. Marcello Romano at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), aims at developing and testing guidance and control techniques for the maneuvering of autonomous robotic spacecraft. We will conduct the fourth of five experiments in the NPS Astrobatics project, working with NASA Ames Research Center. The project utilizes the NASA Astrobee free-flying robotic vehicle, inside the International Space Station.
Distributed Ultraviolet Space Telescope Using CubeSats
VIrtual Super-resolution Optics with Reconfigurable Swarms (VISORS)
We are collaborating with other universities and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to design, build, and operate two 6U-CubeSats that together form an ultraviolet telescope for observing the sun's nanoflares. The nanoflares are a potentially important source of heating for the solar corona. This research is funded by the National Science Foundation (Atmospheric and Geospace Science, Space Weather Research).
