**Tao Liu**

Tao Liu achieved an M. Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2003, and a Doctorate degree in Engineering at Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan, in 2006. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Japan, from 2009 to 2013. He is currently a Professor of the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China.

Dr Liu is also the inventor of one Japan patent concerning wearable sensors for gait analysis, which have been commercialized. He was a recipient of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Encouragement Prize (2010). In 2013, he was awarded the Chinese Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts. His current research interests include wearable sensor systems, rehabilitation robots, biomechanics, and human motion analysis.
