Jose Victorio Salazar Luces

Jose Victorio Salazar Luces (Member, IEEE) received the bachelor’s degree in systems engineering with a minor in computer science from the Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela, in 2010, the master’s degree in bioengineering and the Ph.D. degree in robotics from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 2015 and 2018, respectively. He is an Assistant Professor with the Smart Robots Design Laboratory, Tohoku University. He has published several papers in top-tier journals and conferences. His research interests include haptics and assistive robotics. Dr. Luces is a member of professional organizations, including the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). He was a recipient of the JSME Young Engineers Award in 2019. He was awarded the MEXT scholarship in 2013 for his master’s and Ph.D. degrees.