Prof. Dr. Yongsheng Ou received his B.Sc. degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1995, his M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998, and his Ph.D. degree in automation and computer-aided engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Control Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. His research interests include developing service robotic systems, intelligent control, and robot navigation.