Barnabas Gavin Cangan
Barnabas Gavin Cangan
Student / Programme Doctorate at D-MAVT
Additional information
Research area
Dexterous Manipulation
- State estimation and control of a dexterous robotic hand
- Online hand pose tracking and retargeting of human hand poses to robot hands
- Learning-based dexterous manipulation
- Task-specific pulley design generation for tendon-driven systems (RoboSoft 2024)
Model-based Sensing
- FEM model-based disturbance sensing in soft robots (IROS 2022)
- Multi-tap resistive sensing for proprioception in soft robots (RA-L/ICRA 2024)
- Vision-controlled 3D printing of functional soft-rigid hybrid systems (Nature)
- Proprioception in soft robots using capacitive touch sensing
Vision-based Reconstruction
- Online key point estimation of deformable robots (Adv. Intelligent Sys.)
- Vision-based rapid aerial grasping (IROS 2022)
Profile:
Roboticist specializing in sensor fusion, motion planning, computer vision, and machine learning. Demonstrated expertise in developing hardware prototypes and algorithms, with a solid foundation in systems engineering.
Academic experience:
- 2021–current PhD in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2017–2019 MS in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
- 2010–2014 BEng in Electrical Engineering, Anna University, India
Work experience:
- 2019–2021 Robotics Engineer at Dexai Robotics, Boston, MA, USA
- 2019-2019 Research Intern - Machine Learning at Biocomplexity Institute at Viginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
- 2019-2019 Engineering Intern at Viginia Tech Transportation Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA
- 2016–2017 Automotive Software Engineer, Bosch, Plymouth, MI, USA
- 2014–2016 Automotive Software Engineer, Bosch, Coimbatore, India