Bronisław Andrzej Kolator was born in Szkody (Poland) in 1952. He graduated from the Agricultural and Technical University in Olsztyn (Poland) in 1983, receiving the M.Sc. degree in construction and operation of machines. In 1999, he received the Ph.D. degree in technical sciences from Military Institute of Armored and Automotive Technology in Sulejówek and in 2011 he received the habilitation from University of Technology and Nature in Bydgoszcz. Since 1977, he has been with the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. His main research interests are focused on construction and operation of wheeled vehicles and machines with mechatronic systems.