Albin Bajrami

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Industrial Robotics Facility (INBOT) of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), where I develop control methods for complex robotic systems. My current work focuses on tendon-driven continuum robots for the manipulation of soft and deformable objects.

My main research interest is the development of hybrid robotic control architectures that combine classical and model-based methods with reinforcement learning. The aim is to retain the structure, interpretability and reliability of established control techniques while using learning to improve adaptability and robustness against modelling errors, nonlinear dynamics and changing operating conditions.

I hold a PhD in Robotics and Intelligent Machines (DRIM), completed within the Italian doctoral programme of national interest coordinated by the University of Genoa, with research activities carried out at Università Politecnica delle Marche. My background combines industrial and mechanical engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence and hands-on experimental work.

I approach research as an engineer: models and algorithms must ultimately work on the real system. I am comfortable moving from mechanical design and assembly to control implementation, sensing, experimental validation and practical troubleshooting in the lab.