Kazuhiro Kosuge is a professor in the department of Robotics at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. He received his collegiate education from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, leaving with his Ph.D in control engineering in 1988. During his education, Kosuge worked in research, first with Denso Corporation, an automobile parts manufacturer, and later as an associate at his alma mater. In 1995, Kosuge continued his career in academia, becoming a Research Professor in the field of Robotics at Tohoku University. Over the past thirty years, Kosuge received numerous awards for his publications and achievements in research over the years, most notably for his work on the Dancer Robot Project. Kosuge has also been a key member of the IEEE Robotics community and most recently served as Junior Past President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.