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Transportation & Robotics

Aerial view of a Los Angeles freeway interchange.

Jan 27, 2023

Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

3D architectural sketch of a jet plane.

Jan 20, 2023

Ilan Kroo: Better ways to build an airplane

Transportation & Robotics

Photo of underwater robot OceanOneK exploring an underwater plane wreck.

Oct 28, 2022

Oussama Khatib: What if Aquaman were a robot?

Transportation & Robotics

A person walking on campus while wearing the exoskeleton boots.

Oct 12, 2022

Untethered exoskeleton walks out into the real world

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Image of an electric car charging in the driveway of a house.

Sep 23, 2022

EV charging needs changing. Here's why.

Energy, Environment, Transportation & Robotics

A robotic diver swims above a sunken plane underwater.

Jul 20, 2022

A robotic diver connects human’s sight and touch to the deep-sea

Transportation & Robotics

Photo of an F/A-18 Super Hornet flying at subsonic speed.

Jul 18, 2022

How to make quieter airplanes

Energy, Transportation & Robotics

Image of a starshade, which can be used to find exoplanets

Jul 18, 2022

An engineer uses an ancient art to solve a very modern problem

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Portrait of Monroe Kennedy

Mar 14, 2022

Why the future needs robots with a human touch

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Illustration of robot and human shaking hands.

Feb 9, 2022

How do you build a better robot? By understanding people.

Artificial Intelligence, Transportation & Robotics

Image of hand casting multi-colored shadows.

Dec 10, 2021

Researchers create a device that imitates social touch, but from afar

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Image of bird robot on tree branch

Dec 8, 2021

A team of engineers create a perching bird-like robot

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

A rendering of the wing of a commercial airplane

Oct 22, 2021

Improved computer simulation can build faster, cleaner, cheaper planes

Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics

Close-up of the ankle exoskeleton emulator

Sep 30, 2021

Stanford exoskeleton research demonstrates the importance of training

Health, Transportation & Robotics

Engineers are concerned about everything from the availability of raw materials to how many miles can I go before I run out of juice? | iStock/Jeff_Hu

Jun 30, 2021

Simona Onori: How ready are we for our electric future?

Electronics & Networking, Energy, Transportation & Robotics

A robotic gripper, developed by Stanford engineers, was tested aboard the ISS. | From a video by Kurt Hickman

May 24, 2021

Stanford ‘gecko gripper’ tested on the International Space Station

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Illustrations of ReachBot traversing a Martian cavern across two different types of treacherous terrain | Image courtesy of Marco Pavone

May 12, 2021

A chance to apply sci-fi concepts to real space exploration

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

The transition to 5G will affect every device connected to the internet, including drones. | Adobe Stock/Andy Dean

Mar 25, 2021

A new initiative aims to ensure 5G networks are reliable and secure

Computation & Data, Security, Transportation & Robotics

Researchers trained the learning robot — the goalie — to block more than 90% of the shooter robot’s attempts. | Image courtesy of Dorsa Sadigh

Nov 20, 2020

To cooperate better, robots need to think about hidden agendas

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Advances in robotic automation allow for more precise, intuitive movement. | Photo by Drew Kelly

Oct 28, 2020

Assistive Feeding: How AI can improve the control of robot arms

Transportation & Robotics

A penguin colony | Unsplash/Hubert Neufeld

Oct 28, 2020

Algorithms guide aerial drones to map penguin colonies in Antarctica

Environment, Transportation & Robotics

Could great storytelling help us meet our fitness goals? | Unsplash

Aug 6, 2020

A fitness app with a story to tell: Can narrative keep us moving?

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

“Delivery drones are the future.” | iStock/krugli

Jun 30, 2020

Could drones deliver packages more efficiently by hopping on the bus?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

A conventional (clear) electrolyte on the left and the novel Stanford electrolyte of the right | Image courtesy of Zhiao Yu

Jun 25, 2020

A new battery electrolyte may boost the electric vehicles’ performance

Energy, Environment, Transportation & Robotics