Robotics research collaboration for transformative societal impact

OUR MISSION:
The Stanford Robotics Center brings together cross-disciplinary world-class researchers and industrial affiliates with a shared vision of robotics’ future. Its unique collaborative facility supports large-scale innovative projects for transformative impact on people and the planet.

6 RESEARCH BAYS

The SRC offers researchers a facility with bays mirroring real-world settings dedicated to Flagship Projects in each of its principal areas.

Robotics & Arts

Domestic Robotics

Medical Robotics

Field & Construction Robotics

Logistics & Manufacturing Robotics

Human-Robot Interaction

5 AREAS OF STUDY

The SRC focuses on 5 principal areas of study: Field Robotics, Domestic Robotics, Medical Robotics, the Future of Work, and Education/Culture. This allows us to anticipate and deliver solutions to society’s coming needs as robot systems enter more closely into our daily lives.

FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

The Center’s efforts will be pursued in each of these 5 Areas through Flagship Projects involving researchers with multi-disciplinary expertise, working together with industry to develop transformative applications addressing real-world challenges. Flagship projects include:
Underwater Robotics
SOAR (Stanford Older Adult Robotics)
R2C2: Rapidly reprogrammable configurable cells

CORE TECHNOLOGIES

Many of the best results in robotics apply beyond a single application domain. The SRC is currently focusing on:

Agentic Orchestration

Developing a system of multiple, heterogeneous robots working together in concert to achieve an objective.

OpenSAI on ROS

SAI is the result of years of work in the Stanford Robotics Lab. OpenSAI, the open source version, has been released by the SRC.

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY

The SRC brings multidisciplinary researchers together with people from visionary companies to advance robotics. We organize many events designed to build and strengthen the Stanford Robotics Community.

Events include Friday Robotics Seminars, Special Seminars, Faculty Events, Summer Student Research program, Workshops, Tutorials & Platforms.

Scenes from the 2025 Fall Student Showcase

OceanOne: 10TH ANNIVERSARY

The SRC is marking the 10th Anniversary of a major milestone for underwater robotics: the maiden expedition of OceanOne to La Lune. On April 15, 2016, OceanOne recovered a beautiful 1664 Catalan Vase and brought it to the deck in one piece!

OUR FACULTY: JOINING FORCES ACROSS DISCILPINES

Aero & Astro, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, and Sustainability