James Tigue
Senior Staff Research Engineer at Boston Dynamics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJames Tigue is a roboticist and simulation software engineer with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) who applies physics-based, photorealistic simulation to advance human-robot systems—from surgical biomechanics and wearable exoskeletons to humanoid teleoperation and manipulation. With experience leading simulation and analysis teams at Sarcos and now contributing to Isaac Lab collaborations at The AI Institute and ETH/Nvidia, he bridges research and product development across controls, learning, and dynamic validation. He has hands-on expertise in multibody dynamics, system identification, synthetic data generation, and high-fidelity toolchains (MATLAB/Simulink, MuJoCo, Gazebo, Isaac Sim), and has secured and supported NSF/NIH-funded biomechanics research. Based in Cambridge, MA, James combines academic rigor with industry delivery and a knack for translating cadaver and experimental biomechanics into validated simulation models—making him a pragmatic partner for hard human-robot interaction problems.
2 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering at University of IdahoThe University of Utah
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Github Skills (2)
nvidia-isaac10
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Github contributions (5)
jtigue-bdai/IsaacLab
Apr 2025 - Dec 2025
Unified framework for robot learning built on NVIDIA Isaac Sim
Contributions:81 pushes, 15 branches in 8 months
burgern/IsaacLab
Jul 2025 - Sep 2025
Unified framework for robot learning built on NVIDIA Isaac Sim
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 month
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