Kento Tomita

Kento Tomita
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  • Biography

    Kento's research interests are in autonomy and decision-making algorithms for challenging and safety-critical environments. At MERL, he is currently working on the synthesis of perception and planning. His Ph.D. thesis is about hazard detection and avoidance for autonomous planetary landings, where novel algorithms for hazard detection and hazard avoidance guidance were developed.

  • MERL Publications

    •  Kento, T., Elango, P., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Powered Descent Decision Making: A Reachability-Steering Approach", AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-014 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Kento2026jan,
      • author = {Kento, Tomita and Elango, Purnanand and Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
      • title = {{Powered Descent Decision Making: A Reachability-Steering Approach}},
      • booktitle = {AIAA SciTech Forum},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jan,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-014}
      • }