1 Introduction.- 2 Euler-Lagrange systems.- 3 Set-point regulation.- 4 Trajectory tracking control.- 5 Adaptive disturbance attenuation: Friction compensation.- 6 Modeling of switched DC-to-DC power converters.- 7 Passivity-based control of DC-to-DC power converters.- 8 Nested-loop passivity-based control: An illustrative example.- 9 Generalized AC motor.- 10 Voltage-fed induction motors.- 11 Current-fed induction motors.- 12 Feedback interconnected systems: Robots with AC drives.- 13 Other applications and current research.- A Dissipativity and passivity.- 1 Circuit example.- 3 Passivity and finite-gain stability.- 4 Feedback systems.- 5 Internal stability and passivity.- 6 The Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov lemma.- B Derivation of the Euler-Lagrange equations.- 1 Generalized coordinates and velocities.- 2 Hamilton’s principle.- 3 From Hamilton’s principle to the EL equations.- 4 EL equations for non-conservative systems.- 5 List of generalized variables.- 6 Hamiltonian formulation.- C Background material.- D Proofs.- 3 The BP transformation.- 3.1 Proof of Proposition 9.20.- 3.2 A Lemma on the BP Transformation.- 4 Proof of Eqs. (10.41) and (10.77).- 4.1 A theorem on positivity of a block matrix.- 4.2 Proof of Eq. (10.77).- 4.3 Proof of Eq. (10.41).- 5 Derivation of Eqs. (10.55) and (10.56).- 5.1 Derivation of Eq. (10.55).- 5.2 Derivation of Eq. (10.56).- 6 Boundedness of all signals for indirect FOC.- 6.1 Proof of Proposition 11.10.