Design Research

Functional prosthetics date back further than you might think. Today, Stanford researchers are building on this legacy with wearable robotics that rapidly adapt to each user.

Allison Okamura, a science fellow from Hoover’s Technology Policy Accelerator, is working on a new generation of robots that can help care for people in their homes as they get old

How soft robotics and teleoperation could improve mobility and recovery in patients.

Stanford Engineering faculty are building on our deep robotics history and creating advanced and intelligent robots with far-reaching capabilities.

Engineers have designed a new material for nanoscale 3D printing that is able to absorb twice as much energy and could be used to create better lightweight protective lattices.

After years of careful development, engineers have created a boot-like exoskeleton that increases walking speed and reduces effort outside of the lab.

Magnets are involved in almost every step of electrical production, but improving them has been a big challenge. Researchers now aim to change that.

A Stanford professor debuts a soft robotic finger designed to unlock the next generation of collaborative robotics.

The technology, still in its very early stages, doesn’t mimic social touch precisely, but creates instead a “a haptic illusion.”

There are countless possible applications for this robot, including search and rescue and wildfire monitoring.

Equipped with grippy but not sticky gecko-inspired adhesives, the robotic gripper could be particularly well-suited for tasks such as collecting debris and servicing satellites.

Engineers in Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab are teaching the car to steer with the agility and precision of a human with a goal of improving how autonomous cars handle in hazardous

In the interest of making better robots, researchers engineered sensor-packed perches to detect the precise forces employed by parrotlets during touchdown.

A new type of combustion chamber presents a potential win-win situation in the space of alternative fuel technologies.

New control systems will teach self-driving cars how to navigate difficult conditions — like icy roads — more safely.