• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering Science, March 1991
  Tokyo Institute of Technology , JAPAN
  
• M. Eng., Mechanical Engineering Science, March 1987
  Tokyo Institute of Technology , JAPAN
  
• As a government-sending student who study aboard, September 1984
  Southeast University , CHINA
  
• B. Eng., Mechanical Engineering, July 1984
  Hebei University of Technology , CHINA

Professional Career

• Professor, Department of Robotics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, from April 2008 to present
• Chair, Division of Mechanical Systems, Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, from 2012.3 to 2013.3
• Director, Program of Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, from 2012.3 to 2013.3
• Head, Department of Robotics, Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, from 2012.3 to 2013.3
• Director, International Center at Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC), Ritsumeikan University, from April 2006 to March 2011
• Professor, Organization for Promotion of the COE Program, Ritsumeikan University, from October 2005 to March 2008
• Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, Ibaraki University, from July 1996 to September 2005
• Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, Ibaraki University, from July 1993 to June 1996
• Visiting Scholar, College of Engineering, University of California, USA, from April 1992 to March 1993
• Research Engineer, Research Division, Komatsu Ltd., from April 1991 to March 1992

Research Interests

Mechanism and Control of Redundant Robots

Development of Tendon-driven Robots

Analysis of Snake Movement and Development of Environment-adapted Snake-like Robots

Autonomous Control of Quadruped Robots,

Developement of Rescue Robots,

Developement of a In-pipe Robot,

Developement of a Rover Robot System,

Motion planning for robot manipulators,

Cooperation control of multi-robots,

others

Professional Activities

• A Fellow of the JSME (the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers), a Senior Member of the IEEE (Robotics and Automation Society, Industrial Electronics Society), and Member of the RSJ (the Robotics Society of Japan) and the SICE (the Japan Society of Instrument and Control Engineers)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transction on Robotics (2003.12 - 2007.11)
• Committee/Board Member, International Journal of Advanced Robotics of RSJ (2007.4 -)
• International Member, The 1st Editorial Board of CAAI (Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence) Transaction on Intelligent Systems (2007.1 -)
• Board Member, Journal of Robot Technique and Application (2005.5 -)
• Award Committee, Division of Robotics and Mechatronics (R&M), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (2011.4 - 2013.3)
• Council Member, the the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) (2008.4 - 2010.3)
• Chair of Technical Committee, Division of Robotics and Mechatronics (R&M), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (2008.4 - 2009.3)
• Memeber of Membership Committee, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (2008.4 - 2009.3)
• Vice Chair of Technical Committee, Division of Robotics and Mechatronics (R&M), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (2007.4 - 2008.3)
• International Affairs Committee, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineer of Japan (2006.4 - 2009.3)
• Technical Committee on Rescue Systems, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineer of Japan (2006.4 - 2007.3)
• Council Member, Division of Robotics and Mechatronics (R&M), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) (2005.4 - 2007.3)
• Editorial Board, Journal of RSJ (1996.4 - 1998.3)
• Reviewer Board, Trans. and Int. J. of JSME (1996.4 - 1998.3, 2001.4 - 2002.3, 2008.04 -)

• Associate Editor, 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2012)
• Workshops/Tutorials Chairs, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI2012)
• International Program Committee, 10th Int. IFAC Symp. on Robot Control (SYROCO2012)
• Program Committee, 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2012)
• Organized Session Co-Chairs, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA2012)
• Associate Editor, 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012)
• Organizing Committee, 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2011)
• Associate Editor, 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2011)
• Associate Editor and Awards Chairs, 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2011)
• General Chair, 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2010)
• Associate Editor, 2010 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2010)
• Program Committee, 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2010)
• Program Committee, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA2010)
• Associate Editor, 2010 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2010)
• Program Co-Chairs, 5th Int. Conf. on Advanced Mechatronics (ICAM2010)
• Executives, SI International 2009
• Organizing Committee Chair and Program Committee, 2009 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2009)
• Exhibition Chairs, 2009 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2009)
• Associate Editor, 2009 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2009)
• International Advisory Board of International Program Committee, ICCAS-SICE International Joint Conference 2009 (ICCAS-SICE2009)
• Program Committee, 2009 IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2009)
• Program Committee, 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR2009)
• Program Committee, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA2009)
• Program Committee, 24th Robotics Symposia
• International Program Committee, 9th Int. IFAC Symp. on Robot Control (SYROCO2009)
• Associate Editor, 2009 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009)
• Program Committee, 9th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS2008)
• International Steer Committee, The International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned System 2008 (ISIUS2008)
• Publicity Co-Chairs and Program Committee, 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM2008)
• Associate Editor, 2008 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2008)
• International Relation Co-Chairs, 2007 Int. Conf. on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS2007)
• Tutorial/Workshop Chairs and Program Committee, 2007 IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2007)
• Associate Editor, 2007 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2007)
• Organizing Committee Chair and Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2006)
• Special/Organized Sessions Co-chair and Program Committee, 2006 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2006)
• Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. on Information Acquisition (ICIA2006)
• Award Committee Co-Chair and Program Committee, 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2006)
• Program Committee, The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA2006)
• Special/Organized Sessions Co-chair and Program Committee, 2005 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS2005)
• Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2005)
• Steering Committee Chair and Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2005)
• International Program Committee, SICE Annual Conference 2005
• Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Int. Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR2005)
• Program Committee, 2005 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2005)
• Exhibition Co-chairs and Program Committee, 2004 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots & Sys. (IROS2004)
• Publicity Co-Chair and Program Committee, 2004 Int. Conf. on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICIMA2004)
• International Program Committee, SICE Annual Conference 2004
• General Chair, 2004 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2004, ``first ROBIO'')
• Steering Committee, ICAM'04 (The 4th International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics)
• International Program Committee, SICE Annual Conference 2003
• Area Program Co-Chair ``Robotics'', RISSP2003 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Systems and
  Signal Processing)
• Program Committee, 2003 IEEE Intelligent Automation Conference
• International Program Committee, 2001 Int. Conf. on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS2001)
• Technical Program Committee, 2001 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots & Sys. (IROS2001)
• Program Co-Chair, Int. Workshop on Bio-Robot and Teleoperation (IWBT2001)
• Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA2001)
• Technical Program Committee, Int. Conf. on Information Society in the 21st Century: Emerging Technology and New Chanllenges (IS2000)
• Technical Program Committee, 1994 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots & Sys. (IROS '94)
• Reviewer for Couple of Journals and Conferences (IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, J. of Robotic Systems, Int. J. of Robotica, Int. J. of Robotics Research, Int. J. of Advanced Robotics, International Conference of ICRA, IROS, et al.)

• Speaker, ICIA2009 (2009 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation) Workshop "Advanced Mechatronics and Automation" (June 25, 2009, Macau, China)
• Organizer & Speaker, IEEE ROBIO2008 Workshop "Workshop on Biomimetics: New Trends and Future Aspects in The Next Decade" (February 22, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand)
• Keynote speach, 3rd Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing Technology (October 10-13, 2008, Shenyang, China)
• Keynote speach, International Symposium on Intelligent Unmanned System 2008 (October 14-17, 2008, Nanjing, China)
• Plenary Speech, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Integration Technology (ICIT2007, March 21-23, Shenzhen, China)
• Invited Talk, Harbin Institute of Technology (2008.6.26)
• Invited Talk, IEEE HK Section RACS (Robotics & Automation, Control Systems) Joint Chapter and Chinese University of Hong Kong (2006.12.28)
• Invited Talk, Harbin Institute of Technology (2006.12.22)
• Invited Talk, The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Indutry (2006.11.13)
• Invited Talk, 863 and NSFC Joint Workshop on Service Robots and Intelligent Systems (2005.1.21-22)
• others ......

Social Activities

• Director, Shiga Intercultural Association for Globalization (SIA), 2006-2011
• Director, Shiga Headquarters of the United Nations Association of Japan, 2006-2011
• External Examiner, MS Student of Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004
• External Examiner, Ph.D. Student of Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, 2009
• First opponent in the evaluation committee of a Ph.D. Student in Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2011.3.9

Academic Achievements

• Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), 2011.4
• Medal of IEEE Kansai section, 2011.2
• "Hundred Talent Program" Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001
• Best Paper Award, China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) (http://english.cast.org.cn/), 2007.12
• Best Paper Award, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (http://www.cjmenet.com.cn/index.aspx), 2007.11
• Finalist for Best Conference Paper Award, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2009.12
• Toshio Fukuda Best Paper Award Finalist in Mechatronics, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, 2009.9
• Finalist of Best Automation Paper Award, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, 2009.6
• Best Conference Paper Award Finalist, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2007.12
• Excellent Ph.D. Supervisor Award, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007.2
• Best Paper Award in Robotics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2005.6
• Finalist for C. H. Ho Best Paper in Biomimetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2005.6
• Pioneer Research Award, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005.1
• Best paper award, Counselor of Education, the Embassy of PRC, 1997.12
• Best paper award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineer, 1992.7

• Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013--2016
• Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2009--2011
• Research Project of the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), 2006--2007
• Research Project of the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), 2002--2003
• Research Project of the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), 2001--2002
• Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2004--2006
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Encourragement of Young Scientist from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, JAPAN, 2009--2011
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Scientific Research B(2)) from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of JAPAN, 2003--2006
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Encourragement of Young Scientist from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, JAPAN, 2001--2002
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Encourragement of Young Scientist from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, JAPAN, 1998--1999
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Encourragement of Young Scientist from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, JAPAN, 1996
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Intelligent Robot" (in Public Subscription) from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, JAPAN, 1995
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Encourragement of Young Scientist from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, 1995
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Encourragement of Young Scientist from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, JAPAN, 1994
• Special Project for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in Urban Areas ``Development of Advanced Robots and Information Systems for Disaster Response'' (Theme Leader), 2002-2006

• Professor, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy ofSciences, 2000.4 --
• Ziqiang Professor, Shanghai University; 2011.12--
• Adjunct Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, 2004.7--2005.9
• Advisory Professor of School of Mechanical Eng., Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, 1996.10--
• Adjunct Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, 1999.10--2007.12
• Oversea's Partner of the China 111 Project, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2007.1--
• Assessor, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2006, 2009
• Assessor, Research Grant Proposals for the Research Grants Councilof Hong Kong, 2003.1--
• Assessor, Independent expert for the accessment of Experiment proposals submitted in response to Call 1 of the FP7 Project ECHORD of EU (Evaluator and Rapporteur), 2010.1--