A survey of multi-agent systems on distributed formation control

Y Liu, J Liu, Z He, Z Li, Q Zhang, Z Ding - Unmanned Systems, 2024 - World Scientific
Multi-agent formation control is an important part of distributed perception and cooperation,
which is convenient to complete various complex tasks and would be a key research …

Distance-based formation control for fixed-wing UAVs with input constraints: A low gain method

J Yan, Y Yu, X Wang - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the nonlinear and asymmetric input constraints of the fixed-wing UAVs, it is a
challenging task to design controllers for the fixed-wing UAV formation control. Distance …

Integrated nonholonomic multi-robot consensus tracking formation using neural-network-optimized distributed model predictive control strategy

H Xiao, CLP Chen, G Lai, D Yu, Y Zhang - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
For constructing a distributed consensus formation scheme for the two-wheel mobile robots
with directed communication topology and nonholonomic constraints, in this work, an …

Formation control of nonholonomic unmanned ground vehicles via unscented Kalman filter-based sensor fusion approach

Z Liu, Y Li, Y Wu, S He - ISA transactions, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the formation control of nonholonomic unmanned ground vehicles
via unscented Kalman filter-based sensor fusion approach. According to the kinematic …

The multi-AUV time-varying formation reconfiguration control based on rigid-graph theory and affine transformation

W Pang, D Zhu, C Liu, L Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies the time-varying formation reconfiguration control for multiple
underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with an Euler–Lagrange-like …

Affine formation maneuver control for multi-heterogeneous unmanned surface vessels in narrow channel environments

Y Liu, X Lin, C Zhang - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the affine formation maneuver control for multi-heterogeneous
unmanned surface vessels (USV), aiming to enable them to navigate through narrow …

Exponential consensus of multiple agents over dynamic network topology: Controllability, connectivity, and compactness

Q Ma, J Qin, BDO Anderson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the problem of securing exponentially fast consensus (exponential
consensus for short) for identical agents with finite dimensional linear system dynamics over …

Distributed coordinated path following using guiding vector fields

W Yao, HG de Marina, Z Sun… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is essential in many applications to impose a scalable coordinated motion control on a
large group of mobile robots, which is efficient in tasks requiring repetitive execution, such …

Robust anti-perturbation safety control of multi-heterogeneous unmanned vessels

Y Liu, X Lin, Y Liu, Z Su, C Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The identical nature of unmanned vessels in a homogeneous formation imposes limitations
on their adaptability to diverse task demands in complex environmental conditions or …

Distributed planar formation maneuvering of leader-follower networked systems via a barycentric coordinate-based approach

Y Xu, DL Luo, HB Duan - Science China Technological Sciences, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a distributed planar leader-follower formation maneuver control strategy
for multi-agent systems with different agent dynamic models. This method is based on the …