“…A stabilizing controller is then obtained following an energy-based Lyapunov approach, which exploits the physical properties of the mechanical system. Intuitively speaking, the energybased Lyapunov control shapes, using a feedback loop, the potential, and kinetic energies of the controlled system to ensure a motion guaranteeing the control objective see, e.g., 8,12,13 . Moreover, this approach requires the total energy of the system to be a nonincreasing function.…”