personnel profile

Research Statement

Professor Cannon's current research is focused on free-flying space robotic systems, precision control of flexible manipulators, and multi-arm cooperating manipulation systems. He established Stanford's program in guidance and control and is co-founder of the Stanford Orbiting Gyro Test of General Relativity project that is engineering a gyro test of General Relativity in a satellite (accuracy < .001 arcsecond per year). His personal engineering accomplishments include a 31 knot hydrofoil sailboat, the E7 jet fighter automatic control system, and gyro and stable platform developments for the Navaho and Minuteman missiles, and the Nautilis and Skate submarines (first polar journeys).

Membership in National Academies

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Engineering