Design Research
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Up to $27.2 million awarded for AI-powered micro-robot
The robot’s spinning motion both propels it through the bloodstream and shrinks clots in place. The multi-year ARPA-H award could bring this non-invasive approach to millions of stroke patients worldwide.
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Audio-augmented wearable aims to improve mindfulness
A new device uses focused sound cues to keep users grounded amid digital distractions.
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One surprising fact about wearable robotics
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.
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‘In my lab, curiosity drives discovery’
Stanford mechanical engineer Renee Zhao is developing new devices to treat disease – like a tiny robot that can swim through the vascular system to shrink blood clots in the brain.
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Exploring a future with in-home robot caretakers
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
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Allison Okamura is revolutionizing rehabilitation
How soft robotics and teleoperation could improve mobility and recovery in patients.
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Meet a few of the roboticists designing tomorrow’s technology at the new robotics center
Stanford Engineering faculty are building on our deep robotics history and creating advanced and intelligent robots with far-reaching capabilities.
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New nanoscale 3D printing material offers better structural protection
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.
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Untethered exoskeleton walks out into the real world
After years of careful development, engineers have created a boot-like exoskeleton that increases walking speed and reduces effort outside of the lab.
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How to build a better magnet
Magnets are involved in almost every step of electrical production, but improving them has been a big challenge. Researchers now aim to change that.
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Why the future needs robots with a human touch
A Stanford professor debuts a soft robotic finger designed to unlock the next generation of collaborative robotics.
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Researchers create a device that imitates social touch, but from afar
The technology, still in its very early stages, doesn’t mimic social touch precisely, but creates instead a “a haptic illusion.”
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A team of engineers create a perching bird-like robot
There are countless possible applications for this robot, including search and rescue and wildfire monitoring.
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Stanford ‘gecko gripper’ tested on the International Space Station
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.
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How an autonomous, drifting DeLorean can improve driver safety
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
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What makes birds so good at sticking their landings?
In the interest of making better robots, researchers engineered sensor-packed perches to detect the precise forces employed by parrotlets during touchdown.
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Can we reduce jet engine pollution while improving fuel efficiency?
A new type of combustion chamber presents a potential win-win situation in the space of alternative fuel technologies.
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An autonomous car attends driver’s ed
New control systems will teach self-driving cars how to navigate difficult conditions — like icy roads — more safely.
