Hiroshi Takemura received his B.S. degree in engineering from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan in 1999. He then went to Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan where he received his M.S. (2001) and Ph.D. (2003) degree in information engineering. During October 2003 - March 2004 and January 2005 - May 2005, he was employed as a lecturer (PT) at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan. During April 2004 - December 2004, he went to the University of Karlsruhe, Germany as a guest lecturer in Industrial Applications of Information & Microsystems. In 2005, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include robotics, medical devices, biomechanics, gait analysis and human modeling.