International Workshop on Recent Developments in Robotics and Control

Recent Developments in Robotics and Control was held on November 5–6, 2012, at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) in honor of Mark Spong’s 60th birthday. Colleagues, friends, and current and former students gathered to recognize Mark’s fundamental research contributions, educational impact, and leadership in the twin fields of robotics and control. The workshop attendees were welcomed by Provost Hobson Wildenthal, who remarked on the accelerated prominence of the engineering program at UT Dallas under Mark’s tenure as dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. The workshop consisted of eight sessions over two days in various topics in robotics and control. These sessions were chaired by Harris McClamroch, Matt Mason, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Geir Dullerud, Martin Buss, Ian Hiskens, Stefano Stramigioli, and