Xisheng Feng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, received a B.Eng degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 1965. He is currently a research professor and doctoral supervisor at Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. As a Pioneer of underwater robots in China, he began to design and develop underwater vehicles in 1982. He was the Main Designer of the HR-01 in 1985, which was the first 200-meter remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in China. He was in charge of China’s first 1000-meter autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in 1994. He was the Deputy General Designer (Technical Director) of China’s first 6000-meter AUV, CR-01, in1995, which won the Special Award in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The research, development, and application of the untethered underwater robots project won the First-Class Prize of The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award. In 1999, he was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. His current research interests include marine robotics, ROV and AUV, acoustic image processing, brain-computer interfaces, and intelligent control.