Alessandro Albini received his PhD in 2020 at the University of Genoa, Italy. His research interests are related to artificial robot skin technologies and their applications to human-robot interaction and robot control. During his PhD, he worked on methods to process and classify large area tactile data and on the development of tactile feedback based control laws for robots.
He joined the Soft Robotics Lab as a Post Doctoral Researcher in September 2020. He is currently working on robotic tactile perception under the supervision of Professor Perla Maiolino.
Recent Publications
Estimating Scene Flow in Robot Surroundings with Distributed Miniaturized Time-of-Flight Sensors
Sander J, Caroleo G, Albini A & Maiolino P (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{estimatingscene-2025/4,
title={Estimating Scene Flow in Robot Surroundings with Distributed Miniaturized Time-of-Flight Sensors},
author={Sander J, Caroleo G, Albini A & Maiolino P},
year = "2025"
}
Tiny Lidars for Manipulator Self-Awareness: Sensor Characterization and Initial Localization Experiments
Caroleo G, Albini A, De Martini D, Barfoot TD & Maiolino P (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{tinylidarsforma-2025/3,
title={Tiny Lidars for Manipulator Self-Awareness: Sensor Characterization and Initial Localization Experiments},
author={Caroleo G, Albini A, De Martini D, Barfoot TD & Maiolino P},
year = "2025"
}
Compliant Beaded-String Jamming For Variable Stiffness Anthropomorphic Fingers
Westermann M, Pontin M, Costi L, Albini A & Maiolino P (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{compliantbeaded-2025/2,
title={Compliant Beaded-String Jamming For Variable Stiffness Anthropomorphic Fingers},
author={Westermann M, Pontin M, Costi L, Albini A & Maiolino P},
year = "2025"
}
JAMMit! Monolithic 3D-Printing of a Bead Jamming Soft Pneumatic Arm
Yao Y, Westermann M, Pontin M, Albini A & Maiolino P (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{jammitmonolithi-2025/2,
title={JAMMit! Monolithic 3D-Printing of a Bead Jamming Soft Pneumatic Arm},
author={Yao Y, Westermann M, Pontin M, Albini A & Maiolino P},
year = "2025"
}
Soft Robot Localization Using Distributed Miniaturized Time-of-Flight Sensors
Caroleo G, Albini A & Maiolino P (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{softrobotlocali-2025/2,
title={Soft Robot Localization Using Distributed Miniaturized Time-of-Flight Sensors},
author={Caroleo G, Albini A & Maiolino P},
year = "2025"
}
A proxy-tactile reactive control for robots moving in clutter
Caroleo G, Giovinazzo F, Albini A, Grella F, Cannata G et al. (2025), 733-739
BibTeX
@inproceedings{aproxytactilere-2025/1,
title={A proxy-tactile reactive control for robots moving in clutter},
author={Caroleo G, Giovinazzo F, Albini A, Grella F, Cannata G et al.},
booktitle={2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
pages={733-739},
year = "2025"
}
TactGen: tactile sensory data generation via zero-shot sim-to-real transfer
Zhong S, Albini A, Maiolino P & Posner I (2024), IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 41, 1316-1328
BibTeX
@article{tactgentactiles-2024/12,
title={TactGen: tactile sensory data generation via zero-shot sim-to-real transfer},
author={Zhong S, Albini A, Maiolino P & Posner I},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Robotics},
volume={41},
pages={1316-1328},
publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
year = "2024"
}
Touch-to-Touch Translation -- Learning the Mapping Between Heterogeneous Tactile Sensing Technologies
Grella F, Albini A, Cannata G & Maiolino P (2024)
BibTeX
@misc{touchtotouchtra-2024/11,
title={Touch-to-Touch Translation -- Learning the Mapping Between Heterogeneous Tactile Sensing Technologies},
author={Grella F, Albini A, Cannata G & Maiolino P},
year = "2024"
}
The design of a sensorized laryngoscope training system for pediatric intubation
Hou N, He L, Albini A, Halamek L & Maiolino P (2024), 00, 2414-2420
BibTeX
@inproceedings{thedesignofasen-2024/10,
title={The design of a sensorized laryngoscope training system for pediatric intubation},
author={Hou N, He L, Albini A, Halamek L & Maiolino P},
booktitle={2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
pages={2414-2420},
year = "2024"
}
TacLink-Integrated Robot Arm toward Safe Human-Robot Interaction
Luu QK, Albini A, Maiolino P & Ho VA (2024), 00, 12356-12362
BibTeX
@inproceedings{taclinkintegrat-2024/10,
title={TacLink-Integrated Robot Arm toward Safe Human-Robot Interaction},
author={Luu QK, Albini A, Maiolino P & Ho VA},
booktitle={2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
pages={12356-12362},
year = "2024"
}
