The essence of this work is the control of electromechanical systems such as manipulators
electric machines and power converters. The common thread that links together the results
presented here is the passivity property which is at present in numerous electrical and
mechanical systems and which has great relevance in control engineering at this time. Amongst
other topics the authors cover: Euler-Lagrange Systems Mechanical Systems Generalised AC
Motors Induction Motor Control Robots with AC Drives and Perspectives and Open Problems. The
authors have extensive experience of research and application in the field of control of
electromechanical systems which they have summarised here in this self-contained volume. While
written in a strictly mathematical way it is also elementary and will be accessible to a
wide-ranging audience including graduate students as well as practitioners and researchers in
this field.
