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in dextrous manipulation), the stabilization of dynamic models of nonholo-
nomic systems, and the adaptive stabilization of nonholonomic systems with
unknown parameters. Finally, the important problem of trajectory tracking for
nonholonomic systems has not been discussed at all. We believe that the list
of reference (although by no means complete) provides adequate pointers to
investigate and study the above issues.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The present chapter is the result of collaborative works with D.S. Laila,
M.C. Laiou, F. Mazenc, C. Prieur, E. Valtolina, and W. Schaufelberger.

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