Stanford researchers have developed a method for manufacturing high quality multifunctional soft electronic fibers based on conventional microfabrication techniques.
Stanford researchers at the Zhao Lab have developed a wireless, magnetically actuated amphibious origami millirobot that can locomote in narrow spaces and morph their shapes. The researchers have demonstrated that this millirobot can travel on surfaces and through liquid.
Remotely operated robotic devices are becoming increasingly important in fields such as medicine, space and field research. However, their widespread application is hampered by distance between the robot and its operator which results in communication delays.
Researchers in the Stanford Robotics Lab have developed a dynamically adaptive workspace mapping control method that adjusts remote task resolution to keep haptic-robot (in real-world applications) or haptic-avatar (in virtual environment) interactions within the device works
Researchers in the Stanford Robotics Lab have developed a compact high-fidelity haptic teleoperation system which shows accurate and isotropic behavior in translation and rotation.
Stanford researchers have developed a technique to interpret contact events between a human and a device equipped with a force sensor. It can detect and classify distinct touch interactions such as tap, touch, grab, and slip.
Derek F. Amanatullah and his research group developed an instrumented retractor that was designed to record the applied force, duration, and angle of retraction during a piriformis-sparing posterior approach to the hip.
Stanford researchers in the Camarillo Lab have patented a model-less, robotic position-control technique that regulates force. The controller simultaneously controls position and applied forces of the manipulator as it moves through a workspace, without requiring a model.
Stanford researchers have developed deep learning methods which can more precisely localize the position and orientation of a camera in the lung anatomy in real-time.
Researchers in Dr. Cutkosky's laboratory have developed a gripper device that allows industrial robots to handle very soft or delicate objects. Effective handling of delicate objects remains a challenging problem in manufacturing.
Stanford researchers in the CamLab have patented a robust, task-space closed-loop controller for continuum manipulators that can be used in constrained environments and does not rely on a model.
Researchers in Prof. Zhenan Bao's laboratory have developed a high-performance, self-healing dielectric elastomer that could be used in stretchable electronics or robotic applications.
Stanford researchers have developed a stretchable, low power consumption, highly tunable resistive pressure sensor and organic electrochromic device (ECD). This electronic skin detects and distinguishes varying pressure through real-time visible color change.
Stanford researchers have developed a wearable, flexible, high sensitivity pressure sensor that provides information about cardiovascular health, emotional state, and other aspects of human physiology.