Distributed nonlinear trajectory optimization for multi-robot motion planning

L Ferranti, L Lyons, RR Negenborn… - … on Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a method for multi-robot coordination based on a novel distributed
nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) formulation for trajectory optimization and its …

Incorporating control barrier functions in distributed model predictive control for multi-robot coordinated control

C Jiang, Y Guo - IEEE Transactions on Control of Network …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multirobot motion planning and control has been investigated for decades and is still an
active research area due to the growing demand for both performance optimality and safety …

Coordination of multiple vessels via distributed nonlinear model predictive control

L Ferranti, RR Negenborn, T Keviczky… - 2018 European …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a method for multi-robot trajectory planning and coordination based on
nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). In contrast to centralized approaches, we …

RLSS: real-time, decentralized, cooperative, networkless multi-robot trajectory planning using linear spatial separations

B Şenbaşlar, W Hönig, N Ayanian - Autonomous Robots, 2023 - Springer
Trajectory planning for multiple robots in shared environments is a challenging problem
especially when there is limited communication available or no central entity. In this article …

Distributed time‐varying optimization control for multirobot systems with collision avoidance by hierarchical approach

B Wu, Z Peng, G Wen, T Huang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, a distributed time‐varying optimization problem for multirobot systems with
collision avoidance is studied. A hierarchical control framework is employed to simplify the …

Communication-based decentralized cooperative object transportation using nonlinear model predictive control

CK Verginis, A Nikou… - 2018 European control …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the problem of cooperative transportation of an object rigidly grasped
by N robotic agents. We propose a decentralized Nonlinear Model Predictive Control …

Optimization-based maneuver automata for cooperative trajectory planning of autonomous vehicles

J Eilbrecht, O Stursberg - 2018 European Control Conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a major challenge in the field of trajectory planning for autonomous on-road
vehicles is addressed: to calculate trajectories efficiently and reliably. The proposed method …

A distributed multi-robot coordination algorithm for navigation in tight environments

R Firoozi, L Ferranti, X Zhang, S Nejadnik… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
This work presents a distributed method for multi-robot coordination based on nonlinear
model predictive control (NMPC) and dual decomposition. Our approach allows the robots to …

Decentralized mpc based obstacle avoidance for multi-robot target tracking scenarios

R Tallamraju, S Rajappa, MJ Black… - … on Safety, Security …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we consider the problem of decentralized multi-robot target tracking and
obstacle avoidance in dynamic environments. Each robot executes a local motion planning …

Distributed MPC for multi-vehicle systems moving in formation

R Van Parys, G Pipeleers - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
This work presents a novel distributed model predictive control (DMPC) strategy for
controlling multi-vehicle systems moving in formation. The vehicles' motion trajectories are …