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Synchronization and Balancing around Simple Closed Polar Curves with Bounded Trajectories and Control Saturation

Systems and Control 2021-10-15 v1 Systems and Control

Abstract

The problem of synchronization and balancing around simple closed polar curves is addressed for unicycle-type multi-agent systems. Leveraging the concept of barrier Lyapunov function in conjunction with bounded Lyapunov-like curve-phase potential functions, we propose distributed feedback control laws and show that the agents asymptotically stabilize to the desired closed curve, their trajectories remain bounded within a compact set, and their turn-rates adhere to the saturation limits. We also characterize the explicit nature of the boundary of this trajectory-constraining set based on the magnitude of the safe distance of the exterior boundary from the desired curve. We further establish a connection between the perimeters and areas of the trajectory-constraining set with that of the desired curve. We obtain bounds on different quantities of interest in the post-design analysis and provide simulation results to illustrate the theoretical findings.

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@article{arxiv.2110.07248,
  title  = {Synchronization and Balancing around Simple Closed Polar Curves with Bounded Trajectories and Control Saturation},
  author = {Aditya Hegde and Anoop Jain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.07248},
  year   = {2021}
}