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Phillip Curtis is a robotics and computer vision researcher whose work centers on 3D sensing, autonomous robotic systems, and intelligent perception. His research has made meaningful contributions to how robots perceive, map, and interact with their environments, tackling some of the field's most persistent challenges in range sensing, data registration, and object manipulation. Among his most influential contributions is his work on integrated robotic multi-modal range sensing systems, which addressed the significant limitations of laser range sensors in capturing comprehensive 3D surface representations of large environments — work that has accumulated over a dozen citations. Complementing this, his frequency-domain approach to 3D registration estimation offered a scalable, autonomous alternative to iterative and user-dependent techniques, earning recognition across the robotics community. Curtis has also advanced the field of deformable object manipulation, proposing visual monitoring of surface deformations to overcome the constraints of traditional force and tactile sensors, his most-cited work with 14 citations. His research on point cloud segmentation and selective depth acquisition further demonstrates a career-long commitment to making robotic perception more efficient and practical. Spanning nearly a decade of publications, Curtis's body of work reflects a rigorous and innovative approach to building smarter, more capable autonomous robotic systems.