Robots take many different forms, but they can generally be described as physical systems capable of carrying out a set of complex tasks in their environments. Examples include agricultural robots, autonomous mobile robots, automated guided vehicles, industrial robots or even surgical robots. Recent years, these fields have seen tremendous growth. Both industry and academia are in pressing need of qualified personnel with deep knowledge in automotive systems, control systems, machine learning, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, computation theory and a variety of other advanced topics.