• Keio University, Japan

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - Sep. 2021 - Present

Advisor: Prof. Genya Ishigami

• Oregon State University, The United States

M.S. in Robotics - Sep. 2019 - Aug. 2021

Advisor: Prof. Burak Sencer

• Tohoku University, Japan

M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering - Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019

Advisor: Prof. Kazuya Yoshida and Prof. Kenji Nagaoka

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The United States

Aug. 2024 - Present

Research Intern as JVSRP, advised by Dr. Masahiro Ono, Dr. Ashkan Jasour, and Mr. Rohan Thakker.

• Working on establishing a sequential decision-making method for resilient autonomy under uncertainty.

• Field AI, The United States

Oct. 2023 - Dec. 2023

Research Intern, advised by Dr. David D. Fan

• Worked on establishing reliable robotics autonomy in challenging environments.

• OMRON SINIC X Corporation, Japan

Jun. 2022 - Mar. 2023

Research Intern, advised by Dr. Ryo Yonetani and Dr. Tatsunori Taniai

• Developed ML-based traversability prediction method for planetary rover navigation (arXiv).

• Proposed a path planning method robust against erroneous traversability prediction via ML models, representing multimodal slip distribution for heterogeneous deformable terrains (IEEE ICRA, 2023).

• Space Robotics Group, Keio University, Japan

Sep. 2021 - Present

JSPS DC1 Research Fellow, advised by Prof. Genya Ishigami

• Developed a Pytorch-based simulation platform for benchmarking off-road navigation algorithms with built-in ML models for probabilistic traversability prediction (IEEE ICRA WS, 2024).

• Proposed a sampling-based informative path planner with probabilistic risk inference to actively learn latent traversability for planetary rovers (IEEE RA-L, 2022).

• Manufacturing Process Control Laboratory, Oregon State University, The United States

Sep. 2019 - Aug. 2021

Graduate Research Assistant, advised by Prof. Burak Sencer

• Developed a cycle-time prediction method in combination with an analytical dynamics model and ML architecture for CNC machines (Int. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Conf., 2021 & CIRP Annals, 2022).

• Space Robotics Laboratory, Tohoku University, Japan

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019

Master Student, Advised by Prof. Kazuya Yoshida, Prof. Kenji Nagaoka, and Prof. Toshinori Kuwahara

• Presented a vision-based approach with machine learning for predicting wheel slip risk (Robotica, 2021).

• Developed a vision-based traveling state estimation method (wheel slip/sinkage) for rovers using ROS (JSME Conf. Robot. Mechatron., 2019).

• Implemented and verified a Kalman-filter-based micro-satellite trajectory estimation method (IAA NE Asia Symp. Small Satell., 2017).

Fellowships

• JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers, Sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Aug. 2024 - Nov. 2024

• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists DC1, Sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025

Scholarships

• Research Encouragement Scholarship for Graduate Students, Sponsored by Keio University

Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025

• Research Encouragement Scholarship for Graduate Students, Sponsored by Keio University

Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024

• JEES/Mitsubishi Corporation Scholarship, Sponsored by JEES and Mitsubishi Corporation

Apr. 2023 - Aug. 2024

• Fujiwara Scholarship, Sponsored by Keio University

Oct. 2021 - Mar. 2022