![Associate Professor Marco Pavone and PhD student Stephanie Newdick holding a prototype of a gripper robot designed constructed in Mark Cutkosky’s Biomimetic and Dexterous Manipulation Lab. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead)](https://cars.stanford.edu/files/styles/webinar_image_size/public/marco_and_stephanie_spacebot.png)
Marco Pavone's Autonomous Systems Lab designs decision-making algorithms to enable space robots or self-driving cars to maneuver in unpredictable - or completely alien- environments. ASL also uses AI to redistribute traffic toll money from drivers who can afford tolls to those who can't