Dr. Vincent Duindam
University of California
Department Electrical Engineering &
Computer Science
Cory Hall
Berkeley CA 94720
USA
E-mail: v.duindam@ieee.org
Dr. Alessandro Macchelli
D.E.I.S. - University of Bologna
Viale Risorgimento 2
40136 Bologna
Italy
E-mail: a macchelli@unibo.it
Prof. Dr. Ir. Stefano Stramigioli
Control Engineering Laboratory
Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of EEMCS
IMPACT Institute
de Veldmaat 10
7522NM Enschede
The Netherlands
E-mail S.Stramigioli@ieee.org
Prof. Herman Bruyninckx
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Department Mechanical Engineering
Celestijnenlaan 300 B
3001 Leuven (HEVERLEE)
Belgium
E-mail: herman.bruyninckx@
mech.kuleuven.be
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