Focus areas
An invention isn’t an innovation unless it makes an impact. SRI conducts use-inspired R&D to shorten the time to new capabilities and create first-of-their kind prototypes on the most ambitious technological fronts.
Quantum systems
Leading a national consortium to expand quantum R&D and break the cost and size barrier for practical quantum systems.
Small satellites and payloads
Solutions for the extreme conditions of space and marine environments. Includes payload and instruments, systems engineering and flight mission integration.
Robotics systems
Solutions including dexterous telemanipulation, healthcare automation, service robots and micro-scale assembly platforms. Expertise in AI, algorithm development, sensors and vision.
Diagnostics and medical devices
Remote sensing systems including biological sensor development, microfluidic devices, optical remote sensing, trace gas sensing, sensor modeling and phenomenology.
National security
Addressing national security challenges through expertise in optics, materials, sensors and solid-state devices. Includes cyberspace operations, chemical sensing and secure applied microsystems.
Our latest
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In the news
Elizabeth Fortescue: Translating quantum models into prototypes
Fortescue is using her mechanical engineering expertise to bring quantum concepts to reality for physicists.
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SRI-led team demonstrates a magnetic sensor that detects biomagnetic signals
The Atomic Magnetometer for Biological Imaging in Earth’s Native Terrain (AMBIIENT) analyzes signals that can diagnose some medical conditions.
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Celia Merzbacher testifies before House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Merzbacher, executive director of the SRI-managed Quantum Economic Development Consortium, spoke on the importance of quantum programs, workforce, and R&D.
Core competencies
Multi-spectral sensing
From DC to beyond daylight
Extend perception – detect, process and recognize signals across multiple domains
Expert modeling and simulation
From ocean currents to space weather
Accelerate design – use proprietary and commercial codes to predict, validate and optimize performance across diverse applications
Collaborative automation
From robots to cognitive receivers
Develop smart collaborative systems – software-defined controls adapt to the
Advanced engineering solutions
From medical devices to spacecraft
Build disruptive systems and machines – create unique materials, structures, circuits and software
“The government sponsors a lot of research but leaves intellectual property with us. It is SRI’s mandate, our requirement to not only make an impact on the people we’re working for, but also on the economy and the well-being of society.“
John Crowe
President, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
Spin-offs
Our teams excel at taking breakthrough technologies from discovery all the way through to the end user. Following is just a sample of the spin-off companies that got their start in our labs: Visit SRI Ventures
