AHMAD ATHIF MOHD FAUDZI received the B. Eng. in Computer Engineering and the M. Eng. in Mechatronics and Automatic Control from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia, and the Dr. Eng. in System Integration from Okayama University, Japan, in 2004, 2006, and 2010, respectively. He is a research fellow of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO) and a professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is mainly engaged in the research fields of soft actuators, inspection robotics and bioinspired robotics.