Dorsa Sadigh, assistant professor, computer science and electrical engineering is on MIT Technology Review's list of 2021 Visionaries looking to the future of robotics, quantum computing, energy policy and other new technologies.
Chris Gerdes, in this edited conversation with Marketplace's Amy Scott, discusses the trajectory of self-driving vehicles and how the industry is approaching and solving the challenges and difficult problems of replacing human drivers.
n 2016 Americans spent 307.8 hours or around six hours a week behind the wheel. For Big Tech that's a fair chunk of time away from searching on Google or scrolling though apps. “Why are tech companies pushing into autonomous driving? Because they can, and because they have to,” said Chris Gerdes, co-director of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford University.
With the move to online workshops, virtual office hours and other e-programs due to the pandemic, Stanford has developed offerings of online tools, resources, supplies, and assistance in art, engineering, and science programs. One such program, the Stanford Product Realization Lab, shipped a 3D printer for students to complete projects from home. Students learn how to use, assemble and repair the printer for online workshops and virtual discussions.
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence produced the AI Index Report for 2021 which is a massive document at 222 pages of data and graphs. IEEE Spectrum has selected 15 graphs that provide a snapshot of the current state of AI.
Data from traffic analytics firm INRIX shows Bay Area traffic not as sluggish and shorter than pre-pandemic levels. A study from Stanford, the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and the University of Chicago, reports that remote work due to the pandemic, saved commuters nationwide an estimated 60 million hours per day that added up to more than 9 billion hours saved in the first six months of the pandemic.
While our homes and cars are watched over by A.I.-integrated sensors, soon networks of overlapping cameras and sensors will be available to monitor us all the time, if we want.
Several Stanford affiliated scientists and engineers are involved with different aspects of the latest NASA Mars 2020 mission. Among them is Marco Pavone who helped develop algorithms to optimize the landing spot on Mars. Perseverance is reached the red planet on February 18 and will spend a martian year of study, about 687 Earth days.
