For Safer Self-Driving Cars, the Race Track May Hold the Key

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.

Engineers in Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab are teaching a driverless DeLorean to steer with the agility and precision of a human driver.

After years of anticipation, autonomous vehicles are now being tested on public roads around the world.