Alessandro Albini
Papers
25
Total Citations
345
H-Index
10
About
Alessandro Albini is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of tactile sensing, soft robotics, and human-robot interaction. His research focuses on developing intelligent robotic systems that can perceive and respond to physical contact with the sophistication and safety needed for real-world collaboration with humans. Albini's most influential contribution — a 3D-printed soft robotic hand with integrated distributed tactile sensing (88 citations) — exemplifies his signature approach: embedding rich sensory feedback directly into compliant robotic structures to enable dexterous, safe manipulation. This theme extends across his portfolio, from tactile-driven robot arm control in cluttered environments (32 citations) to proprioceptive soft robotic arms and fabric classification through robotic touch. His early work on recognizing human hand contact from robotic skin data (40 citations) laid important groundwork for safer physical human-robot collaboration, a challenge he continues to address through frameworks integrating high-payload robots with advanced sensing hardware. Albini has also contributed to manufacturing innovation, co-authoring a comprehensive atlas on inkjet-printed large-area tactile sensors (20 citations) and investigating magnetorheological elastomer-based valves for soft actuators. With over 270 cumulative citations, his research is shaping how robots sense, adapt to, and safely interact with the physical world.
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- 4An Atlas for the Inkjet Printing of Large-Area Tactile Sensors20 citations · 2022
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- 10A Modular Soft Robotic Arm with Embedded Tactile Sensors for Proprioception12 citations · 2022