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Transportation & Robotics

The aerodynamic parts of Nissan’s model Z were designed by the Gran Turismo team. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Mar 20, 2018

A video game designer blurs the line between the real and the virtual

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Shelley, an autonomous Audi, at Stanford’s VAIL facility. | Photo by Toni Bird

Mar 20, 2018

Traveling in the age of driverless cars

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

New technology could help autonomous vehicles see around corners and aid rescue teams in low visibility situations. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Mar 5, 2018

Seeing the unseen: A new laser could bring hidden objects into view

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Split-second decisions get made on a racetrack, but what happens on the highway when algorithms are in control? | iStock/AvigatorPhotographer

Jan 26, 2018

What can a computer learn from a race car driver?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Nov 7, 2017

Marco Pavone: How autonomy is shaping the future of space exploration

Transportation & Robotics

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Nov 2, 2017

Allison Okamura: Exploring the next big thing in modern robotics

Transportation & Robotics

Transforming our perceptions | Image courtesy Allison Okamura

Oct 30, 2017

Allison Okamura: Soft Robots for Humanity

Transportation & Robotics

What can survive the heat of Venus, where surface temperatures are enough to melt lead? | Photo by 3quarks

Oct 16, 2017

Debbie Senesky: Developing electronics for the extremes of space

Materials, Transportation & Robotics

High-speed video reveals how lovebirds keep a clear line of sight during acrobatic flight. | Courtesy Lentink Lab

Oct 13, 2017

David Lentink: What small birds teach us about the physics of flight

Transportation & Robotics

Researchers say a new discovery will enable self-driving car engineers to design next-generation LIDAR systems. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Oct 2, 2017

A new way to improve solar cells can also benefit self-driving cars

Environment, Materials, Transportation & Robotics

Illustration by Stefani Billings

Sep 18, 2017

Per Enge: How safe and secure is GPS?

Security, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Stanford researchers hope to use two precisely positioned satellites to create artificial solar eclipses in order to find distant planets. | Photo by NASA

Aug 8, 2017

Can satellites that cause artificial eclipses help find other planets?

Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics

The extremely wide field of view comes from a specially designed spherical lens. I Photo courtesy of Donald Dansereau and Gordon Wetzstein

Jul 24, 2017

A new kind of camera could improve robot vision and virtual reality

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

A camera at the tip of a vine-like robot can give rescuers a view of otherwise unreachable places. | Photo by L.A. Cicero

Jul 19, 2017

Some organisms cover distance by growing. Now a robot can, too.

Transportation & Robotics

Researchers are developing technologies to help robots adapt to unknown and changing environments. | Orion nebula/Courtesy JPL

Jul 14, 2017

Space robot technology can help autonomous vehicles here at home

Computation & Data, Materials, Transportation & Robotics

A close-up of the robotic gripper, designed to grab objects in zero gravity using a gecko-inspired adhesive. | Image credit: Kurt Hickman

Jun 28, 2017

How a gecko-inspired robotic gripper can help clean up space debris

Transportation & Robotics

Who will control the swarm? | iStock/Chesky_W

Jun 19, 2017

Who will control the swarm?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Transportation & Robotics

Scientists have figured out how to wirelessly transmit electricity to a nearby moving object. | Illustration/Stefani Billings

Jun 15, 2017

The wireless charging of electric vehicles overcomes a major hurdle

Energy, Environment, Transportation & Robotics

Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali, right, speaks with Stanford professor of mechanical engineering Chris Gerdes | Photo by Steve Castillo

May 30, 2017

Exploring the future of the motoring enthusiast

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

The co-existence between humans and robots has begun. | iStock/Tokichiro

May 15, 2017

Oussama Khatib: “Bringing a new revolution in robotics”

Transportation & Robotics

How do we responsibly prepare for artificial intelligence and smart machines? | Illustration by Farrah Yoo

May 15, 2017

Fei-Fei Li and Chris Gerdes: The future of artificial intelligence and self-driving cars

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics

Understanding bird flight could help create more efficient drones and the development of other applications. | Photo courtesy of the Lentink Lab

Apr 17, 2017

How do birds fly so well in complex, turbulent environments?

Transportation & Robotics

By adapting a DIY robotics kit, students can automate biology experiments that involve handling liquids. | Photo illustration by Stefani Billings

Mar 24, 2017

A DIY robotics kit lets STEM students automate biology experiments

Transportation & Robotics

A new computer model will allow the FAA to reroute commercial aircraft on the fly to prevent them from colliding with rockets. | Flickr/SpaceX

Jan 9, 2017

How to reroute planes, on the fly, to prevent collisions with rockets

Transportation & Robotics