Chris Gerdes Biography

Chris Gerdes works at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford. Gerdes is in charge of running the program, and he has long had a dream of producing a self-driving car. Gerdes believes that in the future, cars will drive themselves and their passengers will focus on leisure instead of looking at the road. Gerdes’ team at Stanford has created a robotic race car which can drive at fast speeds while avoiding roadblocks and potential accidents. Prior to joining the team at Stanford, Gerdes led the vehicle dynamics team at Vehicle Systems Technology Center of Daimler-Benz Research and Technology North America.

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