Kensuke Nakamura

I am a Ph.D. student at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute where I am advised by Prof. Andrea Bajcsy. My research leverages the synergy between robust optimal control and generative models to allow robots to safely operate in unstructured and uncertain environments. I develop theory and algorithms grounded in systems such as autonomous vehicles that use learned trajectory forecasters during planning or robotic manipulators that use world models to understand nuanced safety constraints. I am fortunate to be supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Previously, I graduated from Princeton University where I was advised by Jaime Fernández Fisac and Naomi Ehrich Leonard. I’ve also had the pleasure of collaborating with Somil Bansal.

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