| 2024 | ICRA | Stein Variational Guided Model Predictive Path Integral Control: Proposal and Experiments with Fast Maneuvering Vehicles. | Kohei Honda, Naoki Akai, Kosuke Suzuki, Mizuho Aoki, Hirotaka Hosogaya, Hiroyuki Okuda, Tatsuya Suzuki |
| 2024 | ICRA | Spline-Interpolated Model Predictive Path Integral Control with Stein Variational Inference for Reactive Navigation. | Takato Miura, Naoki Akai, Kohei Honda, Susumu Hara |
| 2023 | ICRA | SLAMER: Simultaneous Localization and Map-Assisted Environment Recognition. | Naoki Akai |
| 2020 | ICRA | Hybrid Localization using Model- and Learning-Based Methods: Fusion of Monte Carlo and E2E Localizations via Importance Sampling. | Naoki Akai, Takatsugu Hirayama, Hiroshi Murase |
| 2018 | IROS | Mobile Robot Localization Considering Class of Sensor Observations. | Naoki Akai, Luis Yoichi Morales, Hiroshi Murase |
| 2018 | IROS | Personal Mobility Vehicle Autonomous Navigation Through Pedestrian Flow: A Data Driven Approach for Parameter Extraction. | Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Hiroshi Murase |
| 2018 | SMC | Learning How to Drive in Blind Intersections from Human Data. | Kyle Sama, Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Eijiro Takeuchi, Kazuya Takeda |
| 2017 | IPIN | 3D magnetic field mapping in large-scale indoor environment using measurement robot and Gaussian processes. | Naoki Akai, Koichi Ozaki |
| 2017 | IROS | Autonomous predictive driving for blind intersections. | Yuki Yoshihara, Yoichi Morales, Naoki Akai, Eijiro Takeuchi, Yoshiki Ninomiya |
| 2015 | IROS | Gaussian processes for magnetic map-based localization in large-scale indoor environments. | Naoki Akai, Koichi Ozaki |