Mihajlo Stevanović

Paris region, France

Open to research internships · spring 2027 · get in touch

I'm interested in how robots can learn control from data rather than having it hand-tuned, through imitation and reinforcement learning, and world models that let them plan.

NowMSc MVA, ENS Paris-Saclay · French Government Scholar (BGF)
ResearchIL/RL policies for cable insertion in the Intrinsic AI for Industry Challenge, ETF Robotics Lab
ThesisACT vs. Diffusion Policy on 30k demos: lateral error is the main obstacle; more data cut it 3.5× (41.2 → 11.8 mm)
World modelsAction-conditioned video diffusion on BAIR robot data: the arm moves in the commanded direction 84.8% of the time
ControlModel-predictive control for intercepting a thrown ping-pong ball with a Franka Panda (in progress)
BackgroundBSc Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade · GPA 9.11/10

imitation learning
reinforcement learning
RL fine-tuning
world models
planning
contact-rich manipulation
sim-to-real

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news

Sep 28, 2026	Started classes in the MVA master’s at ENS Paris-Saclay as a French Government (BGF) scholar.
Aug 16, 2026	At PSIML 2026 (Aug 5–16) I built an action-conditioned video world model for robot manipulation.
Jul 15, 2026	Graduated with a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade (GPA 9.11/10). Thesis: limits of imitation learning for high-precision insertion.

selected publications

ETRAN

Creating a virtual environment to bridge the gap between simulation and reality in robot assembly tasks

D. Seničić, F. Bečanović, D. Janković, L. Veličković, M. Stevanović, and K. Jovanović

In Proceedings of the LXX ETRAN Conference, Jun 2026

In Serbian

Bib HTML

@inproceedings{senicic2026virtual,
  title = {Creating a virtual environment to bridge the gap between simulation and reality in robot assembly tasks},
  author = {Seničić, D. and Bečanović, F. and Janković, D. and Veličković, L. and Stevanović, M. and Jovanović, K.},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the LXX ETRAN Conference},
  address = {Srebrno jezero, Serbia},
  pages = {173--177},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  isbn = {978-86-6200-075-0},
  note = {In Serbian},
}