Kazuhiro Kosuge received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in control engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1978, 1980, and 1988 respectively. From 1980 through 1982, he was a Research Staff in the Production Engineering Department, DENSO Co., Ltd. From 1982 through 1990, he was a Research Associate in the Department of Control Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology. From 1989 to 1990, he was a visiting research scientist at, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1990 to 1995, He was an Associate Professor at Nagoya University.

In 1995, he joined Tohoku University, where he served as a Professor, Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Engineering from 1995 to 2003, a Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, from 2003 to 2016, and a Professor, Department of Robotics from 2016 to 2021. From 2018 to 2021, he was a Tohoku University Distinguished Professor. For more than 35 years, he has been conducting research on robotics and its applications in the real world. He has published over 390 technical papers. Over 70 of his patents have been transferred to industry.

He served as Science Advisor, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (2010-2014), Senior Program Officer, Japan Society of Promotion of Science (2007-2010), Selected Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency (2005-2012). He was 2020 IEEE Vice President for Technical Activities. He served as IEEE Division X Director for 2015-2016, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society President for 2010-2011.

He is IEEE Fellow, JSME Fellow (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers), SICE Fellow (Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan), RSJ Fellow (Robotics Society of Japan), JSAE Fellow (Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan), a member of IEEE Eta Kappa Nu and a member of Engineering of Academy, Japan. He was a 2018 recipient of Medal of Honor, Medal with Purple Ribbon, which is awarded with the name of Emperor of Japan, from the Government of Japan. He received IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, in 2021.

He also received Young Researcher’s Award, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, in 1979, Nakamura Prize for IROS’97 Best Paper, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, in 1998, Academic Achievement Award, Robotics and Mechatronics Division, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, in 1999, Best Paper Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, in 2002, Excellent Paper Award, FANAC FA and Robot Foundation, in 2003, Achievement Award, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers/System Integration Section, in 2004, Best Paper Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, in 2005, Best Paper Award, Robotics Society of Japan, in 2005, Excellent Paper Award, FANUC FA and Robot Foundation, in 2006, The Industrial Robot Innovation Award, the 9^thInternational Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR), in 2006, Achievement Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers/Robotics Mechatronics Division, in 2007, Good Design Award, Japan Institute of Design Promotion, in 2008, Conference Best Paper Award, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, in 2009, Honorary Professor, Obuda University, Hungary, in 2013, IROS Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies, in 2013, Technical Committee Contribution Award, Society of Automotive Engineers Japan, in 2013, and Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professor in Science and Technology, The University of Hong Kong, in 2016.