About — Tyson Phillips

/// creative technologist ///

I’m a curiosity-driven designer, obsessive tinkerer, and dedicated mentor and leader. My lab (represented by the works on this website) derives technological solutions for media, art, and design applications.

Core Technologies:

Robotics
Game Engines
VR / AR / XR
Data Analytics
ML / RL / IL
Motion Capture
Parametric Design
Animation

Applications:

Film
Interactive Design
Experience Design
Simulation
Fabrication
Prototyping
Architecture

I've worked as an architect at Morris Adjmi Architects in New York City, the manager of a robotics laboratory at UCLA in Los Angeles, and the head of the R+D team at consumer robotics company Piaggio Fast Forward in Boston. Currently, I work as a contracted creative technologist out of San Francisco. As a contractor, I’ve found technical solutions for various projects at large companies such as Google and Foster + Partners, as well as smaller design offices, such as Jason Bruges Studio, Ozel Office, and JK3D.

Please send me an email for any requests: tyson@tkphillips.com
For a complete list of publications, see my ORCiD #0000-0003-1042-7262

In the process of my work, I have managed to contribute quite a bit to the field of technology in the form of patents, workshops, talks, and peer-reviewed publications. Please see the list below to reference some selections from those contributions.

Patents:

Robot with Obstacle Navigation (US2025181075A1)
Contactless Pushing of a Robot Capable of Autonomous Motion (US2025334967A1)
Unlisted Stealth Robot Behavior 01 (Pending)
Unlisted Stealth Robot Behavior 02 (Pending)

Select Publications:

Media Appearances

Nature-Inspired Robots - Future Tech Podcast
Piaggio’s Tech for Smart Mobility - CTRL+LISTEN Podcast
The Futrue of Autonomous Systems - Tech In Motion Panel

Workshops

VR as an Architecture Tool - UNLV 2019
AR as an Architecture Representation Tool - UNLV 2019