| 2019 | ICRA | Optimized Jumping on the MIT Cheetah 3 Robot. | Quan Nguyen, Matthew J. Powell, Benjamin Katz, Jared Di Carlo, Sangbae Kim |
| 2018 | IROS | MIT Cheetah 3: Design and Control of a Robust, Dynamic Quadruped Robot. | Gerardo Bledt, Matthew J. Powell, Benjamin Katz, Jared Di Carlo, Patrick M. Wensing, Sangbae Kim |
| 2016 | IROS | Mechanics-based control of underactuated 3D robotic walking: Dynamic gait generation under torque constraints. | Matthew J. Powell, Aaron D. Ames |
| 2015 | ICRA | Model predictive control of underactuated bipedal robotic walking. | Matthew J. Powell, Eric A. Cousineau, Aaron D. Ames |
| 2014 | ICRA | Planar multi-contact bipedal walking using hybrid zero dynamics. | Jordan Lack, Matthew J. Powell, Aaron D. Ames |
| 2013 | CISS | Towards the Unification of Locomotion and Manipulation through Control Lyapunov Functions and Quadratic Programs. | Aaron D. Ames, Matthew J. Powell |
| 2013 | ICRA | Speed regulation in 3D robotic walking through motion transitions between Human-Inspired partial hybrid zero dynamics. | Matthew J. Powell, Ayonga Hereid, Aaron D. Ames |
| 2012 | ICRA | Motion primitives for human-inspired bipedal robotic locomotion: walking and stair climbing. | Matthew J. Powell, Huihua Zhao, Aaron D. Ames |