Predictive control of aerial swarms in cluttered environments

E Soria, F Schiano, D Floreano - Nature Machine Intelligence, 2021 - nature.com
Classical models of aerial swarms often describe global coordinated motion as the
combination of local interactions that happen at the individual level. Mathematically, these …

MPC-based distributed formation control of multiple quadcopters with obstacle avoidance and connectivity maintenance

S Vargas, HM Becerra, JB Hayet - Control Engineering Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a distributed model predictive control (MPC) scheme based on consensus
theory is proposed for the formation control of a group of quadcopters. The MPC scheme …

An innovative tri-rotor drone and associated distributed aerial drone swarm control

J Hu, A Lanzon - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel unmanned aerial vehicle platform based on a three rotor
configuration, which can achieve the highest level of maneuverability in all 6 dimensions (ie …

Nonlinear MPC for collision-free and deadlock-free navigation of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots

AS Lafmejani, S Berman - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present an online nonlinear Model Predictive Control (MPC) method for
collision-free, deadlock-free navigation by multiple autonomous nonholonomic Wheeled …

Cooperative distributed MPC via decentralized real-time optimization: Implementation results for robot formations

G Stomberg, H Ebel, T Faulwasser… - Control Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Distributed model predictive control (DMPC) is a flexible and scalable feedback control
method applicable to a wide range of systems. While the stability analysis of DMPC is quite …

A swarm-based distributed model predictive control scheme for autonomous vehicle formations in uncertain environments

A Bono, G Fedele, G Franze - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a novel distributed model predictive control architecture is proposed for the
coordination and control of multivehicle formations moving within uncertain environments …

A Tutorial on Distributed Optimization for Cooperative Robotics: from Setups and Algorithms to Toolboxes and Research Directions

A Testa, G Carnevale, G Notarstefano - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04257, 2023 - arxiv.org
Several interesting problems in multi-robot systems can be cast in the framework of
distributed optimization. Examples include multi-robot task allocation, vehicle routing, target …

Resolving large-scale control and optimization through network structure analysis and decomposition: A tutorial review

W Tang, A Allman, I Mitrai… - 2023 American Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decomposition is a fundamental principle of resolving complexity by scale, which is utilized
in a variety of decomposition-based algorithms for control and optimization. In this paper, we …

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 …

Event‐triggered model predictive control for multi‐vehicle systems with collision avoidance and obstacle avoidance

H Yang, Q Li, Z Zuo, H Zhao - International Journal of Robust …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, event‐triggered model predictive control is used for simultaneous tracking and
formation of a multi‐vehicle system with collision avoidance and obstacle avoidance. An …