Daniel Pawlak

MSc in Robotics

I design and build practical robotics and sensing systems. Comfortable across Python, C++, ROS, and full-stack when needed.

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Work Experience

ABI Research

Technology Research Intern

Sep 2024 — May 2025

Built and maintained market-data Excel spreadsheets with formulas, pivots, and SQL queries for analysis and reporting.
Collaborated across robotics and wearables teams; created presentation material to communicate forecasts and trends.

Outlier (Remote)

AI Writing Evaluator (Freelance)

May 2024 — Current

Curated high-quality datasets for training and validating AI models
Ensured data accuracy and quality against client metrics
Collaborated asynchronously with teams using Slack

Education

King's College London

MSc Robotics — Sep 2024 – Sep 2025

Thesis: Design and Manufacture of Complex-Shaped Optical Tactile Sensor
Group Project: Bio-Inspired Space Debris Removal Grasper

Queen Mary University of London

BEng Robotics Engineering — First Class — Sep 2021 – Jun 2024

Final Dissertation Grade: 91%
Final Year Project: Bespoke Tactile Sensing for a Myoelectric Hand Prosthesis

Woodhouse College, Barnet

A Levels — Maths (A), Physics (B), Computer Science (C) — Sep 2019 – Jun 2021

My Projects

Space Grasper

Developed a Space Grasper for ADR in space using tactile sensors with URDF files for simulations.

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My Grasper

Grasper devloped in Solidworks with future plans to deploy in ROS 2 Simulations.

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Optical Tactile Sensor

Complex shaped optical tactile sensor using an endoscopic camera looking into a moulded soft elastomer with inner markers in the shape of a fingertip not commonly approached in the field.

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Magnetic Tactile Sensor

Touch feedback sensor built using 3D printed housing, a KY-035 hall sensor and silicon deformable membrane with a magnet moulded directly onto the sensor.

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Awards & Highlights

Presented at Youth Robotics Conference

KCL Project - Event at St Paul’s Girls’ School • Jun 2025

Presented the space grasper at a conference targeted at the youth as it was picked out to be the best group project in the cohort.

SEMS Best Robotics Project Certificate

QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science • Mar 2025

Highest graded project for development of a magnetic tactile sensor

Best Project — QMUL Industrial Liaison Forum

QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science • Mar 2024

Myoelectric prosthetic with soft tactile sensor for haptic feedback