Koichi Suzumori was born in 1959. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Yokohama National University, Japan in 1982, 1984, and 1990, respectively. He previously worked for Toshiba R&D Center from 1984 to 2001 and for Micromachine Center, Tokyo from 1999 to 2001. He has been a professor of Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Okayama University, Japan since 2001. He has also been a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology since 2014. He is mainly engaging in the research fields of new actuators and their applications. He has received many awards such as the JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper in 1999, the RSJ Best Paper Award in 2000, and the JSAEM Best Book Award in 2006. He is a fellow member of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.