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Ewoud Vos is a control systems researcher whose work focuses on the coordinated motion of multi-robot systems, with a particular emphasis on formation control for nonholonomic wheeled robots. His key research areas include port-Hamiltonian framework-based control design, disturbance rejection, and velocity tracking for networked robotic systems. Vos’s most significant contribution is the development of an integrated formation control and velocity tracking approach for groups of nonholonomic wheeled robots, published in a 2015 technical note that has garnered 32 citations. This work, along with his 2016 paper on disturbance rejection in formation keeping (27 citations), demonstrates his ability to address practical challenges such as matched input disturbances while maintaining rigorous theoretical foundations. His 2014 paper on formation control within the port-Hamiltonian framework (22 citations) further solidified his reputation in this niche. Vos’s research is notable for its clear physical interpretation of control laws through the port-Hamiltonian formalism, making complex multi-agent coordination problems more tractable. His cumulative work, with over 90 citations across his most-cited papers, has advanced the state of the art in cooperative control of mobile robots, particularly in scenarios requiring robustness to disturbances.