While on an expedition off the coast of\u00a0Honolulu, Hawaii from Oct. 12-17, Phillips, two of his students from 溏心vlog免费B站, and\u00a0colleagues from other universities and research centers, tested soft grippers and other research equipment.<\/p>\n “This mission was focused on technology development for midwater exploration,” said Phillips. “Our\u00a0primary focus was to experiment with various soft robotic grippers, using a new deep-ocean hydraulic system. We also tested some new miniature deep-sea cameras, which were invented at 溏心vlog免费B站 and have a wide range of undersea applications.”<\/p>\n The\u00a0work was conducted aboard the research vessel\u00a0Falkor<\/em>, a state-of-the-art, 271-foot oceanographic vessel. Use of the ship and the\u00a0remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian was provided by\u00a0the\u00a0Schmidt Ocean Institute. Collaborating with the 溏心vlog免费B站 team were researchers from\u00a0Harvard University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.<\/p>\n “Thanks\u00a0to the hard work of the science party, the ROV team, and the vessel crew, the\u00a0trip was a complete success,” Phillips said. “All of our new systems were demonstrated to work at depths of up to 1,200 meters and we are very pleased with the results.”<\/p>\n The two ocean engineering students from Phillips’\u00a0Underwater Robotics and Imaging Laboratory<\/a> who joined the professor on the trip were\u00a0Russell Shomberg from Newport, Rhode Island and\u00a0Brendan Unikewicz from Portland, Connecticut. Shomberg is pursuing a master’s degree and\u00a0Unikewicz is working toward his doctorate.<\/p>\n![\"Brennan](\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/PhillipsEquipmentTesting-1-scaled.jpg\")
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