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Robotics research collaboration for transformative societal impact

The Center’s Mission

The Stanford Robotics Center brings together cross-disciplinary world-class researchers and industrial affiliates with a shared vision of robotics’ future.  Its unique collaborative facility supports large-scale innovative projects for transformative impact on people and the planet.

Spanning faculties including Aero&Astro, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Computer and Materials Science, Medicine, and Sustainability, SRC is where Stanford’s robotics technical excellence and revolutionary insight join with an engaged corporate membership to meet the coming needs of society.

Robotics is undergoing major transformation in scope and dimension.  Spanning a broad range of multi-disciplinary technologies from sensors, control and perception through reasoning, planning, materials and fabrication, to learning, skill acquisition, and studies of human behavior and ethics, robotics’ advances are having accelerating impact on production, and the economy and culture of our global society.

Joining Forces Across Disciplines

Bridging research to real world challenges

SRC defines Flagship Projects within our five areas of study: Field Robotics, Medical Robotics, Education/Culture, Future of Work, and Domestic Robotics. These are aimed to anticipate and deliver solutions to society’s coming needs as the robotics revolution brings these systems more closely into our working and daily lives.​

Flagship Projects build on and contribute to a common development platform in establishing and enhancing core robotic capabilities to meet the requirements of intelligent and supportive human-robot interaction.​

Meet Our Faculty Team

Our faculty and external members join over these diverse technologies to innovate collaborative projects across applications areas and societal concerns and needs. Within these technologies, the Center’s mission is to develop real-world applications with transformative impact on our people and our planet.