Yoshiyuki Sankai
| Yoshiyuki Sankai | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Ibaraki, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tsukuba |
| Occupation | Founder, president and CEO, Cyberdyne |
| Known for | HAL |
| Net worth | $1.28 billion (December 2015)[1] |
Yoshiyuki Sankai is a Japanese billionaire businessman and academic, the founder, president and CEO of the cyborg-robot maker Cyberdyne; and professor of the Graduate School of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Tsukuba.
Early life
Sankai has a doctorate in engineering from the University of Tsukuba.[1]
Career
Cyberdyne headquarters
Sankai is professor of the Graduate School of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Tsukuba.[2] He is also visiting professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, US.[2]
Sankai led the University of Tsukuba and Cyberdyne team that developed the HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) powered exoskeleton.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Yoshiyuki Sankai". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai". Stanford. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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