CategoryQuadrupeds
Overview
Stanford University is a leading research university in Stanford, CA, conducting cutting-Edge robotics research through the Stanford Robotics Lab and AI Institute. Included in the registry for academic research context.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Stanford University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Stanford University on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Oussama Khatib Professor & Director, Stanford Robotics Labsecondary-verified
- Dorsa Sadigh Professor, Stanford Universitysecondary-verified
- Jeannette Bohg Professor, Stanford Universitysecondary-verified
- Shuran Song Professor, Stanford Universitysecondary-verified
- Jonathan Levin Presidentsecondary-verified
Former / Previously (1)
- Sebastian Thrun Director, Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)2004 to 2011SEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Stanford University.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Stanford University on the data-center map
Every verified data center Stanford University operates that has a mapped coordinate (3 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Stanford University data centers (3)
- Stanford Research Computing CenterMenlo Park · operating
- Stanford Research Computing Center (Sherlock)Stanford · operating
- Stanford Research Computing Facility (Sherlock)Menlo Park · operating
AI data centers Stanford University operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Stanford University in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- DEEP Robotics5 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- ANYbotics2 models
Mentioned on (29)
Registry pages whose text names Stanford University.
Companies (5)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Anvil Robotics, Sandia National Laboratories Robotics, Galaxea Dynamics, Coursera
People (22)
Dorsa Sadigh, Bobby Murphy, Marcos Galperin, Dr. Ken Wise, Andrew Bestwick, Jonathan Levin, David Liu, Varun Gupta, Jenny Duan, Jan Becker, Sandy Lerner, Robin Woodby, Leonard Bosack, Gerardo Pardo-Castellote, Xu Huazhe, Zhou Yushu, Shiquan Wang, Kai Sun, Shaoqing Xiang, Fritz Prinz, John L. Hennessy, James Landay
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Stanford University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
- https://www.stanford.edu/
- Stanford University · https://stanford.edu
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
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- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Stanford University.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- DEEP Robotics5 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- ANYbotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Stanford University from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Stanford uses 7-Tesla MRI to build predictive model of human brain in new project
In a unique merger of neurology and artificial intelligence, Stanford University has launched a five-year...
A Touch From a Healthy Neighbor Can Revive Bleached Coral
First aid under water apparently works through physical contact: Bleached corals recover within days when they touch a healthy neighbor. That is the finding of a study by…
Korallen: Eine Berührung rettet gebleichte Nachbarn
Erste Hilfe unter Wasser funktioniert offenbar per Körperkontakt: Gebleichte Korallen erholen sich binnen Tagen, wenn sie einen gesunden Artgenossen berühren. Das zeigt eine…
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative…
US economists Robert Hall, Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize
American-born economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise…
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to…
Moment Karl Deisseroth tells his family he won the Nobel prize in medicine – video
<p>Stanford University has shared a video of Karl Deisseroth telling his two daughters and one of his sons he has won a Nobel prize in medicine.</p><p>Deisseroth spent hours…
Stanford professor wins Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
(KRON) -- A Stanford University professor has been named as one of the three recipients for the 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine. Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, a Stanford professor of…
Nobel Prize in medicine goes to the light switch for brain cells
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize rewards optogenetics, a method that switches nerve cells on and…
Stanford to honor late goalkeeper Katie Meyer with jersey retirement
(KRON) -- Stanford University's Women's Soccer Team will honor its late goalkeeper Katie Meyer Thursday night by retiring her jersey. The jersey retirement, a historic first for…
Nvidia’s next multibillion-dollar market: Breaking the AI factory out of the data center
Nvidia Corp.’s first AI infrastructure boom concentrated enormous amounts of compute. The next opportunity will be distributing it through high-speed network fabrics. Everyone…
LinkedIn Users Are Rewriting the Past to Land Jobs
Researchers at Stanford University and Revelio Labs found that nearly 20% of established US LinkedIn users edited the descriptions or titles of jobs they had left years earlier,…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/stanford-university.md
- RSS feed: /companies/stanford-university/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/8e21697a-2ab9-4dcb-872e-dd29cd1756f6
- Revision history: /companies/stanford-university/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- DEEP Robotics5 models
- Xiaomi3 models
- ANYbotics2 models
Video
Date: April 27, 2016 Location: The CARS Facilities at Stanford University Registration is required to attend and to make oral remarks. Please note that slide
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Stanford University draws attention at the 75th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among quadrupeds.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026