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The distributed coordination problem of multi-agent systems is addressed in this paper under the assumption of intermittent communication between agents in the presence of time-varying communication delays. Specifically, we consider the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Abdelkader Abdessameud , Ilia G. Polushin , Abdelhamid Tayebi

We study a multi-agent output regulation problem, where not all agents have access to the exosystem's dynamics. We propose a fully distributed controller that solves the problem for linear, heterogeneous, and uncertain agent dynamics as…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Satoshi Kawamura , Kai Cai , Masako Kishida

This paper addresses the challenges of distributed formation control in multiple mobile robots, introducing a novel approach that enhances real-world practicability. We first introduce a distributed estimator using a variable structure and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Zhe Xu , Tao Yan , Simon X. Yang , S. Andrew Gadsden , Mohammad Biglarbegian

This paper presents a novel methodology to enforce motion safety guarantees even in the event of a sudden loss of control capabilities by any agent within a multi-agent system. This passive safety methodology permits the replacement of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Tommaso Guffanti , Simone D'Amico

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a decentralized control protocol…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Geometric pattern formation is crucial in many tasks involving large-scale multi-agent systems. Examples include mobile agents performing surveillance, swarm of drones or robots, or smart transportation systems. Currently, most control…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Andrea Giusti , Gian Carlo Maffettone , Davide Fiore , Marco Coraggio , Mario di Bernardo

The aim of this work is to define a planner that enables robust legged locomotion for complex multi-agent systems consisting of several holonomically constrained quadrupeds. To this end, we employ a methodology based on behavioral systems…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Randall T Fawcett , Leila Amanzadeh , Jeeseop Kim , Aaron D Ames , Kaveh Akbari Hamed

This paper proposes a consensus controller for multi-agent systems that can guarantee the agents' safety. The controller, built with the idea of output prediction and the Newton-Raphson method, achieves consensus for a class of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-03 Kaicheng Niu , Chaouki Abdallah , Mohammad Hayajneh

An autonomous and resilient controller is proposed for leader-follower multi-agent systems under uncertainties and cyber-physical attacks. The leader is assumed non-autonomous with a nonzero control input, which allows changing the team…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Rohollah Moghadam , Hamidreza Modares

Multi-robot systems are essential for environmental monitoring, particularly for tracking spatial phenomena like pollution, soil minerals, and water salinity, and more. This study addresses the challenge of deploying a multi-robot team for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Federico Pratissoli , Mattia Mantovani , Amanda Prorok , Lorenzo Sabattini

A novel distributed algorithm is proposed for finite-time converging to a feasible consensus solution satisfying global optimality to a certain accuracy of the distributed robust convex optimization problem (DRCO) subject to bounded…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Xunhao Wu , Jun Fu

This paper addresses the problem of collaborative formation control for multi-agent systems with limited resources. We consider a team of robots tasked with achieving a desired formation from an arbitrary initial configuration. To reduce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Evangelos Psomiadis , Panagiotis Tsiotras

We introduce a class of distributed control policies for networks of discrete-time linear systems with polytopic additive disturbances. The objective is to restrict the network-level state and controls to user-specified polyhedral sets for…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-29 Sadra Sadraddini , Calin Belta

In this paper, we develop a novel dynamic distributed optimal safe consensus protocol to simultaneously achieve safety requirements and output optimal consensus. Specifically, we construct a distributed projection optimization algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Ji Ma , Shu Liang , Yiguang Hong

Coordinating multiple autonomous agents to reach a target region while avoiding collisions and maintaining communication connectivity is a core problem in multi-agent systems. In practice, agents have a limited communication range. Thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Shiyu Cheng , Luyao Niu , Bhaskar Ramasubramanian , Andrew Clark , Radha Poovendran

This paper addresses the fundamental problem of non-uniform area coverage in multi-agent systems, where different regions require varying levels of attention due to mission-dependent priorities. Existing uniform coverage strategies are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Sungjun Seo , Kooktae Lee

In this paper, we present a solution to a design problem of control strategies for multi-agent cooperative transport. Although existing learning-based methods assume that the number of agents is the same as that in the training environment,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Kazuki Shibata , Tomohiko Jimbo , Takamitsu Matsubara

This paper proposes a scalable distributed policy gradient method and proves its convergence to near-optimal solution in multi-agent linear quadratic networked systems. The agents engage within a specified network under local communication…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Yuzi Yan , Yuan Shen

This paper presents a novel coverage control algorithm for multi-agent systems, where each agent has no prior knowledge of the specific region to be covered. The proposed method enables agents to autonomously detect the target area and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-30 Jie Song , Yang Bai , Mikhail Svinin , Naoki Wakamiya

This paper is concerned with the deployment of multiple mobile robots in order to autonomously cover a region Q. The region to be covered is described using a density function which may not be apriori known. In this paper, we pose the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-06 Rihab Abdul Razak , Srikant Sukumar , Hoam Chung