Yoshiyuki Sankai
Yoshiyuki Sankai (born 1958/1959) 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.
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| Born | 1958/1959 (age 61–62)[1] |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | University of Tsukuba |
| Occupation | Founder, president and CEO, Cyberdyne |
| Known for | HAL |
| Net worth | $1.03 billion (June 2018)[1] |
Early life
Sankai has a doctorate in engineering from the University of Tsukuba.[1]
Career
Cyberdyne headquarters
Sankai is a professor of the Graduate School of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Tsukuba.[2] He is also a 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
- "Forbes profile: Yoshiyuki Sankai". Forbes. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- "Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai". Stanford. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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