Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges

K Garg, S Zhang, O So, C Dawson, C Fan - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024 - Elsevier
In this survey, we review the recent advances in control design methods for robotic multi-
agent systems (MAS), focusing on learning-based methods with safety considerations. We …

Scalable distributed controller synthesis for multi-agent systems using barrier functions and symbolic control

DS Sundarsingh, J Bhagiya, J Chatrola… - 2023 62nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a computationally efficient symbolic controller synthesis technique
for multi-agent systems. The paper focuses on synthesizing distributed controllers enforcing …

Robust Temporal Logic Task Planning for Multirobot Systems Under Permanent Robot Failures

B Cui, F Huang, S Li, X Yin - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate the multirobot task planning problem for intricate tasks specified by linear
temporal logic (LTL) formulae. While most studies on this topic assume flawless robot …

Synthesis of failure-robust plans for multi-robot systems under temporal logic specifications

F Huang, S Li, X Yin - 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, we address the multi-robot path planning problem for tasks specified by linear
temporal logic (LTL) formulae. Unlike existing studies, we take into account the possibility of …

Logic-based Knowledge Awareness for Autonomous Agents in Continuous Spaces

A Ghosh, M Salamati, S Soudjani - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.08754, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a step towards a formal controller design method for autonomous
agents based on knowledge awareness to improve decision-making. Our approach is to first …

Barrier Function-based Distributed Symbolic Controller for Multi-Agent Systems

DS Sundarsingh, R Das, A Saoud, P Jagtap - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Because of the scalability issues associated with the symbolic controller synthesis approach,
employing it in a multi-agent system (MAS) framework becomes difficult. In this paper, we …

Formal Controller Synthesis for Dynamical Systems: Decidability & Scalability

M Salamati - 2024 - kluedo.ub.rptu.de
In cyber-physical systems research an important challenge is the synthesis of reliable
controllers with respect to a general temporal specification. The synthesized controller must …

[PDF][PDF] An Introduction to the Optimal Trajectory Tracking Problem with Feedback Control Designs

Z Sun - uwaterloo.ca
Optimal control plays a significant role in many disciplines, including robotics, systems
biology, chemical engineering, and other fields. The core question of this topic is how to …