Carlos Gonzalez

first<dot>last<at>utexas<dot>edu

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Human Centered Robotics Lab in the University of Texas at Austin. My core expertise lies at the intersection of optimization, motion planning, and control theory, specifically applied to dynamic whole-body control for humanoids navigating unstructured environments.

My goal is to translate these advanced control techniques into robotic products that are safe and reliable and that integrate seamlessly into and improve our daily lives. This passion builds upon my previous work in human-centered systems. I am seeking to leverage this deep expertise for high-impact roles in the robotics industry.

news

Apr 21, 2025	Passed oral qualifying exams. Became a PhD Candidate
Dec 16, 2024	Gave oral presentation of Variable Inertia MPC paper at IEEE CDC 2024
Nov 22, 2024	Gave oral presentation of Multicontact Locomotion paper in IEEE Humanoids 2024
Dec 13, 2023	Gave oral presentation of Learned Adaptive Horizon MPC paper at IEEE CDC 2023

selected publications

Humanoids

Guiding Collision-Free Humanoid Multi-Contact Locomotion using Convex Kinematic Relaxations and Dynamic Optimization

Carlos Gonzalez and Luis Sentis

In IEEE-RAS 23rd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2024

DOI Bib HTML

@inproceedings{Gonzalez2024Humanoids,
  author = {Gonzalez, Carlos and Sentis, Luis},
  title = {Guiding Collision-Free Humanoid Multi-Contact Locomotion using Convex Kinematic Relaxations and Dynamic Optimization},
  booktitle = {IEEE-RAS 23rd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1109/Humanoids58906.2024.10769791},
}

IROS

Line walking and balancing for legged robots with point feet

Carlos Gonzalez, Victor Barasuol, Marco Frigerio, and 3 more authors

In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020

DOI Bib Video

@inproceedings{Gonzalez2020IROS,
  author = {Gonzalez, Carlos and Barasuol, Victor and Frigerio, Marco and Featherstone, Roy and Caldwell, Darwin G. and Semini, Claudio},
  title = {Line walking and balancing for legged robots with point feet},
  booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341743},
}