Ken Endo

Ken ENDO received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Keio University in Japan. In 2005, he started to work on human biomechanics and development of transtibial prosthesis as a Ph.D student at the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, receiving his Ph.D in 2012. During that period, he also served as an instructor at MIT’s D-lab, teaching a course about developing orthopedic devices for developing countries. Currently, he works on augmentation of human physical abilities through robotic technology as a senior　researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. With a colleague, he founded Xiborg, a company that aims to bring the “delight of locomotion for all people,” and serves as CEO. He was chosen as one of the world’s most outstanding innovators under the age of 35 by Technology Review in 2012, and selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014.