Intro robotics students build AI-powered robot dogs from scratch
Video
In CS 123, students bring together artificial intelligence and engineering fundamentals to design and upgrade “Pupper,” a walking quadruped robot.

Supportive housing offers cost-effective response to homelessness and opioid use
Research
A new study shows that providing housing without requiring prior drug treatment produces major public health gains and cost savings.

How bioengineering Professor Russ Altman uses AI
Q&A
In the first Q&A of a new series, Altman explains why he permits AI in classes, rejects it for recommendation letters, and feels both cautious and optimistic about its future.

One surprising fact about wearable robotics
Tips & Takeaways
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.

One surprising fact about smart glasses
Tips & Takeaways
Long before computers existed, a sci-fi story imagined virtual reality. Now, nearly a century later, Stanford engineers are making that once-unthinkable vision real with virtual technologies for spectacles.

New insights in plant gene research could boost cancer drug production
Research
A novel approach to analyzing yew tree genes has revealed key enzymes used to make Taxol, a chemotherapy drug that’s long been difficult and costly to produce.

Designing blood vessels for 3D printed hearts
Research
Stanford researchers have developed a faster, more precise way to model and print vascular systems, solving a critical challenge in fabricating transplantable organs from patients’ own cells.

The Brown Institute awards Magic Grants to tech-driven journalism projects
News
A collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Stanford Engineering, the Brown Institute provides annual “Magic Grants” to projects that blend journalistic insight with technical innovation.

Researchers speed up simulations with smarter data approach
Research
A team at Stanford has shown that using fewer, higher-quality data points can speed up complex simulations. The method could impact fields from aircraft certification to climate modeling.

A game-changing way to treat stroke
Research
Researchers at Stanford have developed a new technology for removing blood clots that is more than twice as effective as current techniques. It could significantly improve success rates in treating strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, and other clot-related diseases.