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Once a physics teacher in the Navy, now a ‘car guy’ at Stanford
John Alsterda, a doctoral student who is developing a new emergency avoidance controller for self-driving cars, is one of 91 military service veterans studying at Stanford.
January 16, 2020
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Driving sideways to move forward: Stanford engineers show how an autonomous, drifting DeLorean can improve driver safety
Engineers in Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab are teaching a driverless DeLorean to steer with the agility and precision of a human driver.
December 20, 2019
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Look Who's Driving
After years of anticipation, autonomous vehicles are now being tested on public roads around the world.
October 23, 2019
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Stanford autonomous car learns to handle unknown conditions
In order to make autonomous cars navigate more safely in difficult conditions researchers are developing new control systems that learn from real-world driving experiences
March 27, 2019
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MARTY Autonomously Drifts Large Figure 8s
The Dynamic Design Lab's autonomous electric DeLorean, MARTY, repeatedly executes a highly dynamic figure 8 drifting maneuver at 50 km/h.
October 01, 2018
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May 10, 2018
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In Two Years, There Could Be 10 Million Self-Driving Cars on the Roads
Stephen Zoepf, executive director of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford, has a wager with a friend over the future of driverless cars.
March 07, 2018
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Open Garage Talk: Pushing the Virtual Divide
Kazunori Yamauchi, Producer, Gran Turismo was the featured speaker at the March 2, 2018 Open Garage Talk, Pushing the Virtual Divide
March 02, 2018
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January 23, 2018
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October 14, 2017