Engineering News

Stanford CS Assistant Professor Christopher Ré named MacArthur fellow
Stanford's Christopher Ré, an assistant professor of computer science, has been awarded a "genius grant" from the John D. and...

Arun Majumdar named co-director of Precourt
Arun Majumdar named co-director of Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy

Camera system inspired by swans
Camera suspension system could allow drones to produce crisper images.

Mouse Nerves Stimulated Wirelessly
Stanford engineers develop fully implantable wireless device.

How to explore the surface of a comet or asteroid

Working with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marco Pavone, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, has developed a robot concept called Hedgehog that could explore the microgravity environment of comets and asteroids by hopping and rolling around on them. See Hedgehog in action in the microgravity environment of a "vomit comet" parabolic flight.