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Efficient Consensus-based Formation Control With Discrete-Time Broadcast Updates

Systems and Control 2019-03-20 v1

Abstract

This paper presents a consensus-based formation control strategy for autonomous agents moving in the plane with continuous-time single integrator dynamics. In order to save wireless resources (bandwidth, energy, etc), the designed controller exploits the superposition property of the wireless channel. A communication system, which is based on the Wireless Multiple Access Channel (WMAC) model and can deal with the presence of a fading channel is designed. Agents access the channel with simultaneous broadcasts at synchronous update times. A continuous-time controller with discrete-time updates is proposed. A proof of convergence is given and simulations are shown, demonstrating the effectiveness of the suggested approach.

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@article{arxiv.1903.07906,
  title  = {Efficient Consensus-based Formation Control With Discrete-Time Broadcast Updates},
  author = {Fabio Molinari and Joerg Raisch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07906},
  year   = {2019}
}

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