Scholar
Barnabas Gavin Cangan
Google Scholar ID: CJVIl-0AAAAJ
PhD candidate, ETH Zürich
Citations & Impact
Citations
207
H-index
6
i10-index
4
Publications
14
Co-authors
14
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- PhD Candidate at ETH Zürich Soft Robotics Lab (expected 2025)
- Founding Roboticist/Consultant at Mimic Robotics (Apr 2024–Present, part-time)
- Led or contributed to multiple research projects: Dexterous Hand Policy Learning, Soft Robot Proprioception, Markerless Aerial Grasping, Faive Hand Dexterity, Coupled Actuation for Tendon Robots
- Worked at Dexai Robotics on Alfred Sous-Chef kitchen automation system involving multi-robot motion planning and tool changing
- Participated in hackathons: LePuppet (emotional AI robot) and BRCKD.ai (voice-driven LEGO-building AI agent)
Background
- Humanist, roboticist, and PhD candidate at ETH Zürich
- Works at the intersection of sensing, control, and learning for dexterous manipulation using soft robots
- Focuses on giving robots human-like proprioception and feedback through modeling, machine learning, and creative engineering
- Has worked across academia, industry, and startups, including safety-critical software at Bosch and production code at Dexai
- Originally from Kanyakumari, India; has lived and worked in the U.S. and Switzerland
- Adopts the Feynman approach to learning: stay curious, ask simple questions, explain clearly, and admit 'I don't know' to seek answers
