Yoshiyuki Sankai has progressed from being an assistant professor in University of Tsukuba and a visiting professor at Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Currently, he is a professor and Executive Research Director at the Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba; the President and CEO of CYBERDYNE, INC. (established as a university venture in 2004, and is listed with the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange from 2014); and a Program Manager of the Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies (ImPACT) program initiated by the Cabinet Office in Japan. He is a fellow of the RSJ and SICE. He is also a member of Global Future Council of the World Economic Forum and a Center Partner of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of World Economic Forum.