Oussama Khatib received his PhD from Sup’Aero, Toulouse, France, in 1980. He is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on methodologies and technologies in human-centered robotics, haptic interactions, artificial intelligence, human motion synthesis and animation. He is President of the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR) and an IEEE Fellow.

He is Editor of the Springer STAR and SPAR series, and Springer Handbook of Robotics. He is recipient of the IEEE Robotics and Automation, Pioneering Award, the George Saridis Leadership Award, the Distinguished Service Award, the Japan Robot Association (JARA) Award, the Rudolf Kalman Award, and the IEEE Technical Field Award. Professor Khatib is Knight of the National Order of Merit and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Magnus Egerstedt is the Dean of Engineering in the Samueli School of Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining UCI, Egerstedt was on the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology, serving as the Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director for Georgia Tech's Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. He received the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, the B.A. degree in Philosophy from Stockholm University, and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Harvard University.

Dr. Egerstedt conducts research in the areas of control theory and robotics, with particular focus on control and coordination of multi-robot systems. Magnus Egerstedt is a Fellow of IEEE and IFAC, and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He has received a number of teaching and research awards, including the Ragazzini Award, the O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award, and the Alumni of the Year Award from the Royal Institute of Technology.

Yoshihiko Nakamura is Professor and Chair of Robotics Department, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is CEO of a startup company, Kinescopic, Inc. He received Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Kyoto University. He held faculty positions at Kyoto University, University of California Santa Barbara and University of Tokyo before joining MBZUAI in 2024. He is Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo. Prof. Nakamura's fields of research are humanoid robotics, biomechanics, human digital twin and their computational algorithms.

He received King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Transactions Paper Award, IEEE Transaction of Robotics and Automation in 2001 and 2002. He is also a recipient of JSME Medal for Distinguished Engineers in 2019, Pioneer Award of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2021 and Tateisi Prize Achievement Award in 2022. He is Foreign Member of Academy of Engineering Science of Serbia, TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor of Technische Universität München, Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Robotics Society of Japan and World Academy of Art and Science.