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Deep Sea Mining with Benjamin Pietro Filardo

NACROM

by Abate De Mey

18 January 2021

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Robohub Podcast · Deep Sea Mining

In this episode, Abate follows up with Benjamin Pietro Filardo, founder of Pliant Energy Systems and NACROM, the North American Consortium for Responsible Ocean Mining. Pietro talks about the deep sea mining industry, an untapped market with a massive potential for growth. Pietro discusses the current proposed solutions for deep sea mining which are environmentally destructive, and he offers an alternative solution using swarm robots which could mine the depths of the ocean while creating minimal disturbance to this mysterious habitat.

Benjamin “Pietro” Filardo
After several years in the architectural profession, Pietro founded Pliant Energy Systems to explore renewable energy concepts he first pondered while earning his first degree in marine biology and oceanography. With funding from four federal agencies he has broadened the application of these concepts into marine propulsion and a highly novel robotics platform.

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tags: Actuation, c-Exploration-Mining, cx-Exploration-Mining, podcast, robot, Service Professional Underwater, startup, Swarming

Abate De Mey Graduated with a Master of Science in Robotics at the University of Bristol in conjunction with the Bristol Robotics Lab.

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