Aeronautics and Astronautics
![Group observes robotic spacecraft simulation.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/20240229spacecraft_rendezvous_n6a2438_0.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=KDOL4CpO)
Mar 7, 2024
AI makes a rendezvous in space
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society![Professor in the background, holding a prototype of portable antenna.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/20240118_maria_sakovsky_n6a6106_0.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=SLDzm27J)
Jan 18, 2024
New, portable antenna could help restore communication after disasters
Materials, Technology & Society![Associate Professor Marco Pavone and PhD student Stephanie Newdick holding their ReachBot prototype.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/20231129_reachbot_95a0075_0.png?h=8c0c522e&itok=T7q_lynU)
Dec 5, 2023
The limitations of being human got you down? There’s a robot for that
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics![Amazon forest floor](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/amazonforestfloor_credit-imantsu-getty_medium_0_0.jpg?h=8068584d&itok=k7Znma_r)
Sep 18, 2023
'Getting a handle' on a potent climate threat
Environment![Aerial view of a Los Angeles freeway interchange.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/soe_tfoe_schwager_0.jpg?h=7a78507c&itok=ZV7EykG-)
Jan 27, 2023
Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics![Image of a starshade, which can be used to find exoplanets](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/dsc09918_0.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=Al4G5Pwe)
Jul 18, 2022
An engineer uses an ancient art to solve a very modern problem
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics![Photo of an F/A-18 Super Hornet flying at subsonic speed.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/soe_tfoe_lele_0.jpg?h=0a4727b2&itok=mJTe8721)
Jul 18, 2022
How to make quieter airplanes
Energy, Transportation & Robotics![Closeup of robotic cane](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/media/image/robotic_cane_n6a4963_1_0.jpg?h=48991c17&itok=TPTPbp-m)
Oct 15, 2021
A team of researchers build a $400 self-navigating smart cane
Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society Issue #124![A robotic gripper, developed by Stanford engineers, was tested aboard the ISS. | From a video by Kurt Hickman](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/images/news/20210521-space-gecko-gripper-thumbnail_image.jpg?h=31f4bb55&itok=MsUJUYOE)
May 24, 2021
Stanford ‘gecko gripper’ tested on the International Space Station
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #118![Illustrations of ReachBot traversing a Martian cavern across two different types of treacherous terrain | Image courtesy of Marco Pavone](/sites/default/files/styles/card_1900x950/public/images/news/20210512-niac-pavone_graphic_2021_ph_i.jpg?h=31f4bb55&itok=tpwwZzgW)
May 12, 2021