Kevin Tracy

Carnegie Mellon University

Papers

6

Total Citations

128

H-Index

5

About

Kevin Tracy is a leading researcher in robotics and optimization, whose work is reshaping how robots perceive, plan, and control their motion in complex environments. His primary research areas span differentiable collision detection, trajectory optimization, and high-performance model-predictive control (MPC). Tracy’s most influential contribution is the development of DCOL, a fast and differentiable collision detection framework for convex primitives, which has garnered 46 citations and enables gradient-based optimization for tasks that were previously non-differentiable. He also introduced ALTRO-C, a conic MPC solver that achieves real-time control rates for complex robotic systems, and ReLU-QP, a GPU-accelerated quadratic programming solver that pushes the boundaries of high-dimensional control. His work on CALIPSO, a differentiable solver for trajectory optimization with conic and complementarity constraints, further demonstrates his ability to bridge theory and practice. Tracy’s innovations have been widely adopted in simulation, control, and learning pipelines, with his papers accumulating over 128 citations. His research is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of optimization, robotics, and differentiable programming.

Research Focus

Key Achievements

5
H-Index
6
Papers
128
Total Citations
21
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Differentiable Collision Detection for a Set of Convex Primitives
46 citations · 2023
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2023 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 10
🏛 Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University

Top Papers

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    Planning With Attitude
    31 citations · 2021
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