{"id":175051,"date":"2021-12-14T08:45:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?p=175051"},"modified":"2021-12-14T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:05:45","slug":"nbcmp_meet_phillips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/uncategorized\/nbcmp_meet_phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"NBCMP_Meet_Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe want to push the limits of the technology, because much of what\u2019s available now is big, heavy and clunky. We\u2019re trying to make robotics smaller and lighter.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Phillips<\/p>\n

\n

Brennan Phillips<\/h2>\n

\u2014Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n

Brennan Phillips designs and builds robots for use in deep-sea exploration. In collaboration with other engineering and oceanography faculty members on the Bay Campus and beyond, he\u2019s made advancements in soft robotic grippers for collecting fragile undersea creatures, for example. And he recently developed a miniature deep-sea camera system and the smallest fiber optic reel system for transmitting data and images\u2014all of which will make exploring the oceans more affordable and accessible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to push the limits of the technology, because much of what\u2019s available now is big, heavy and clunky. We\u2019re trying to make robotics smaller and lighter,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n

But it hasn\u2019t been easy. His collaborators and equipment are scattered around the campus, making it difficult for Phillips and his students to work efficiently. But with construction of the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on the horizon, that will soon change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re all in this building together, we\u2019ll see each other every day, our students will see each other every day, and that\u2019s going to propel our research and collaboration so much,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait for the new building because it will solve so many issues we currently face.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tanks will be bigger and deeper than what\u2019s currently available, power sources will be more convenient, and the lifting of gear into and out of the water will be easier. \u201cIf I wanted to build a big ROV system, the big question right now is where could we do that. This building is designed to support all kinds of projects, big and small,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe want to push the limits of the technology, because much of what\u2019s available now is big, heavy and clunky. We\u2019re trying to make robotics smaller and lighter.\u201d Brennan Phillips \u2014Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering Brennan Phillips designs and builds robots for use in deep-sea exploration. In collaboration with other engineering and oceanography faculty members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175078,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175051\/revisions\/175078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}