Zican Wang

Zican Wang is a Scientific Staff member and Ph.D. candidate at the Chair of Media Technology within the School of Computation, Information and Technology at Technical University of Munich (TUM). He joined TUM in 2021 after completing his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Robotics Laboratory at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he had previously earned dual B.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.

Wang's research focuses on haptic teleoperation systems, control algorithms, network communication, and related technologies including digital twins and perceptual signal quality assessment. His work specifically targets the optimization and assessment of control methods and quality of experience in teleoperation over time-delayed networks. He employs data processing, machine learning, robotics, and virtual reality as assistive tools for his primary research objectives. Wang's publications demonstrate expertise in haptic dataset augmentation, teleoperation control systems, and subjective experience prediction.

His recent publications reveal a strong emphasis on practical applications of haptic technology in robotics, with particular attention to variable impedance control, human stiffness estimation, and GAN-based approaches for haptic data processing. Wang frequently collaborates with Professor Eckehard Steinbach and colleagues including Dong Yang, Xiao Xu, and Basak Gülecyüz on projects related to the Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI).

• IEEE Sensors Journal publication (2024) on haptic sensor-aided variable impedance control
• Multiple IROS and RO-MAN conference papers (2022-2023) on haptic dataset augmentation and teleoperation optimization

Wang also supervises student research, including a project on GAN-based subjective haptic signal quality assessment database augmentation. His work contributes to TUM's research in haptic communication, video communication, and human activity understanding as part of broader projects including the Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI) and DFG-funded research on Teleoperation over 5G.