Formation control with size scaling via a complex Laplacian-based approach

Z Han, L Wang, Z Lin, R Zheng - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the control of formations of a leader-follower network, where the objective is to
steer a team of multiple mobile agents into a formation of variable size. We assume that the …

Distributed coordination in multi-agent systems: a graph Laplacian perspective

Z Han, Z Lin, M Fu, Z Chen - Frontiers of Information Technology & …, 2015 - Springer
This paper reviews some main results and progress in distributed multi-agent coordination
from a graph Laplacian perspective. Distributed multi-agent coordination has been a very …

Robust and efficient trajectory planning for formation flight in dense environments

L Quan, L Yin, T Zhang, M Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Formation flight has a vast potential for aerial robot swarms in various applications.
However, the existing methods lack the capability to achieve fully autonomous large-scale …

Distributed swarm trajectory optimization for formation flight in dense environments

L Quan, L Yin, C Xu, F Gao - 2022 International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For aerial swarms, navigation in a prescribed formation is widely practiced in various
scenarios. However, the associated planning strategies typically lack the capability of …

A novel observer-based formation for nonlinear multi-agent systems with time delay and intermittent communication

W Qin, Z Liu, Z Chen - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
In real world, the intrinsic dynamics of velocity for multi-agent systems is usually nonlinear
dynamic incorporated time delay. Moreover, each agent can only obtain the information of its …

Formation stabilization and resizing based on the control of inter‐agent distances

MC Park, K Jeong, HS Ahn - International Journal of Robust …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a control strategy that could steer the group of mobile agents in the plane to
achieve a specified formation. The control law could be implemented in a fully decentralized …

Multi-UAV Behavior-based Formation with Static and Dynamic Obstacles Avoidance via Reinforcement Learning

Y Xie, C Yu, H Zang, F Gao, W Tang, J Huang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Formation control of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is vital for practical
applications. This paper tackles the task of behavior-based UAV formation while avoiding …

Decentralized Asynchronous Formation Planning of Multirotor Aerial Vehicles in Dynamic Environments using Flexible Formation Graphs & Tight Trajectory Hulls

F Tanveer, MB Kadri - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Formation flight holds significant potential for various applications involving aerial robot
swarms. However, current methodologies lack the capability to autonomously execute large …

Consensus-based cooperative source localization of multi-agent systems with sampled range measurements

G Chai, C Lin, Z Lin, W Zhang - Unmanned Systems, 2014 - World Scientific
This paper deals with the cooperative source localization problem for a cluster of mobile
agents. The goal of each agent is to estimate the relative coordinate of a stationary source in …

Model Predictive Control with Reference Path Planning for Multi-UAV Formation Control System

YW Chen, ML Chiang, GR Kuo… - 2024 American …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a multi-UAV formation control system in obstacle-filled
environments. Our design consists of two key components, which are the formation path …