This volume is an outgrowth of the workshop "Applications of Advanced Control
Theory to Robotics and Automation, organized in honor of the 70th birthdays of
Petar V. Kokotovic and Salvatore (Turi) Nicosia. Both Petar and Turi have
carried out distinguished work in the control community and have long been
recognized as mentors, experts, and pioneers in the field of automatic control,
covering many topics in control theory and several different applications. The
variety of their research is reflected in this book, which includes
contributions from leading experts in the field ranging from mathematics to
laboratory experiments. Main topics covered include: * State Estimation and
Identification: observer designs for