Yoshiaki Kuwata joined the Advanced Robotic Controls Group in 2008. Prior to joining JPL, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, working on the planning and control systems for the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007. His other project experience includes the development and fabrication of a nano-satellite, robust trajectory optimization using Mixed-integer Linear Programming (MILP), and cooperative control of a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001, The University of Tokyo, Japan

2008
- MSL/ALHAT GN&C Field Test: GUI
- CUTR (Cluttered Urban Terrain Robotics): RRT-based path planning
- Titan navigation: Wind-assisted graph-based path planning on Titan
- MAST (Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology): vision-based landing, system-level analysis tool
- USSV (Unmanned Sea Surface Vehicle): moving-obstacle avoidance

Motion/path planning for unmanned vehicles in a dynamic and uncertain environment. Robust Model Predictive Control (MPC). Planning over closed-loop dynamics.