Homayoon Kazerooni is a roboticist and professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.Dr. Kazerooni is the director of the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory and also the Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Ekso Bionics. The Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory is also affectionately known as “KAZ LAB”.Dr. Kazerooni’s work focuses on the control of human-machine systems specific to lower human extremities. After developing BLEEX, ExoHiker, and ExoClimber – three super-light, load-carrying exoskeletons – Berkeley Bionics.