ICRA 2026 RGMC — Top 8 Globally · Only Indian Team

Samay Jain. Robotics & Systems Engineer

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I build robotic systems that perceive, reason, and act in unstructured environments — from manipulation pipelines at IIT Gandhinagar to underwater ROVs and electric vehicles.

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ICRA 2026 TOP 8 / ROS · ROS2 / YOLO / Cartesian Impedance Control / Franka FR3 / ESP32 · STM32 / Underwater ROV / Hand-Eye Calibration / EBAJA AIR 6 / Manipulation / CORSMAL BENCHMARK / Python · C++ / PERCEPTION / KiCad · SolidWorks /
ICRA 2026 TOP 8 / ROS · ROS2 / YOLO / Cartesian Impedance Control / Franka FR3 / ESP32 · STM32 / Underwater ROV / Hand-Eye Calibration / EBAJA AIR 6 / Manipulation / CORSMAL BENCHMARK / Python · C++ / PERCEPTION / KiCad · SolidWorks /

Systems Engineer.
Research Driven.

I'm a second-year Electrical Engineering student at PDPU, Gandhinagar — currently embedded in IIT Gandhinagar's Robotics Lab working on manipulation, perception, and control.

My work sits at the intersection of computer vision, control theory, and embedded systems — building complete robotic systems from sensor to actuator, not just isolated algorithms.

In 2026, I qualified with the IITGN Robotics Lab as one of the top 9 teams globally — and the only Indian team — for the Human-to-Robot Handovers track at IEEE ICRA 2026 in Vienna. The challenge: real-time estimation of unknown object properties during dynamic handovers using vision alone.

Outside the lab, I lead electrical systems for a national-level electric ATV team and contribute to a grant-funded underwater ROV project in collaboration with IIT Guwahati.

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STATUS
● ACTIVE
DEGREE
B.Tech EE · PDPU · 2nd yr
RESEARCH
IITGN Robotics Lab
COLLAB
IIT Guwahati · ROV
ICRA 2026
Top 8 · Only India
LOCATION
Gandhinagar, GJ
STACK
ROS · YOLO · C++ · Python
FOCUS
Manipulation · CV · Control
Top 0
ICRA 2026 Globally
AIR 0
eBAJA Cost Event
0m
ROV Depth Rating
0%
ATT&CK Pipeline Efficiency
Manipulation / PERCEPTION PIPELINES / Closed-Loop Control / GRASPING / Power Electronics / METHANE DETECTION / Teleoperation / DEEP LEARNING / NLP / FK · IK · JACOBIANS / Motion Planning /
Manipulation / PERCEPTION PIPELINES / Closed-Loop Control / GRASPING / Power Electronics / METHANE DETECTION / Teleoperation / DEEP LEARNING / NLP / FK · IK · JACOBIANS / Motion Planning /

Research & Work.

FLAGSHIP · IEEE ICRA 2026 VIENNA
Human-to-Robot Handovers — RGMC

11th Robotic Grasping & Manipulation Competition. Vision-only real-time estimation of unknown container properties (mass, stiffness, fill) during dynamic handovers. No markers. No prior models. Qualified via CORSMAL Benchmark protocol executed remotely in laboratory conditions.

Top 9
Teams Globally
Only
Indian Team
Franka FR3
Platform
CORSMAL
Benchmark
Jan 2026 – Present
Robotics Research Intern
IIT Gandhinagar · Robotics Lab
ROS/ROS2YOLOImpedance ControlFranka FR3Hand-Eye Calib
  • YOLO-based fruit segregation pipeline with hand-eye calibration on OrangeWood arm
  • Modular ROS nodes for perception, motion planning, and closed-loop pick-and-place
  • Cartesian impedance control for compliant grasping of deformable objects
  • Qualified ICRA 2026 RGMC — sole Indian team, Top 9 globally
2026 – Ongoing
ROV Development — Grant-Funded Research
PDPU + IIT Guwahati · Underwater Robotics
Underwater RoboticsTeleoperationMethane DetectionTethered ROV
  • Tethered ROV rated for 100m depth with live camera feed and real-time teleoperation
  • Designed for underwater methane detection and geo-positional marking
  • 2-year grant-funded project — PDPU prof in collaboration with IIT Guwahati
Aug 2024 – Present
Electrical Head
Team Sovereign · eBAJA SAEINDIA
STM32ESP32Power ElectronicsKiCad
  • Full vehicle electronics — HV/LV distribution, DC/DC conversion, protection circuitry
  • STM32/ESP32 subsystems for safety interlocks, remote diagnostics, sensor interfacing
  • All India Rank 6 · Cost Event — cost-optimised design strategy
Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
Hackathon Finalist — Team Leader
Hack IITK · IIT Kanpur
PythonNLPVirusTotal APIMITRE ATT&CK
  • MITRE ATT&CK report extractor — automated TTPs, IOCs, malware extraction from PDFs
  • VirusTotal API for real-time IOC classification — ~60% efficiency gain
  • National top-finalists with fully functional prototype

What I've Built.

01 · IN PROGRESS
Tethered ROV — Underwater Methane Detection

100m-depth ROV with live camera and teleoperation for methane detection and geo-marking. Grant-funded 2-year research — PDPU + IIT Guwahati.

EmbeddedTeleoperationPower SystemsSensors
02 · IN PROGRESS
Robotic Fruit Segregation

YOLO vision pipeline with Cartesian impedance control for compliant pick-and-place. Closed-loop perception–control system built with ROS on OrangeWood arm.

ROSYOLOPythonC++
03 · COMPLETED
BLDC Drift Car

RC drift car with BLDC motor and servo steering. 200m wireless range via ESP32 + ESP-NOW with real-time control algorithms.

ESP32C++BLDCESP-NOW
04 · COMPLETED
MITRE ATT&CK Extractor

Automated threat intelligence pipeline — extracts TTPs, IOCs, malware names from unstructured PDFs. VirusTotal API integration. ~60% efficiency gain.

PythonNLPRegexVirusTotal
05 · COMPLETED
Climate Prediction Workflow

n8n automation workflow integrating climate APIs with AI agents for real-time calamity prediction and actionable insight generation.

n8nAPIsAI Agents
06 · COMPLETED
eBAJA Electrical System

Complete vehicle electronics — HV/LV power, DC/DC conversion, safety interlocks, remote diagnostics for national-level electric ATV. AIR 6 Cost Event.

STM32ESP32KiCadSolidWorks

Technical Stack.

Robotics & Control
ROS / ROS2Impedance ControlHand-Eye CalibrationMotion PlanningFK / IKJacobiansDynamixelGazebo
Computer Vision
YOLOOpenCVCamera CalibrationDeep LearningImage Classification
Embedded
ESP32STM32ArduinoRaspberry PiESP-NOW
Languages
PythonC++CHTML / CSS
Tools
KiCadSolidWorksGitn8n
Cloud & Security
AWSGCPCisco CCNANmapWiresharkMetasploit

Let's Build Something.

Open to research collaborations, robotics internships, and conversations about real-world systems.

Whether you're a research lab, a startup working on manipulation or autonomous systems, or a professor looking for a driven undergrad — reach out.

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$ status
→ open to opportunities
$ location
→ Gandhinagar, Gujarat
$ mode
→ research · intern · collab