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We present a decentralized control algorithm for a robotic swarm given the task of encapsulating static and moving targets in a bounded unknown environment. We consider minimalist robots without memory, explicit communication, or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Himani Sinhmar , Hadas Kress-Gazit

This is a complete version of the 6-page IEEE TAC technical note [1]. In this paper, we consider the distributed surrounding of a convex target set by a group of agents with switching communication graphs. We propose a distributed…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-10-21 Youcheng Lou , Yiguang Hong

Traditional methods plan feasible paths for multiple agents in the stochastic environment. However, the methods' iterations with the changes in the environment result in computation complexities, especially for the decentralized agents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Qizhen Wu , Kexin Liu , Lei Chen , Jinhu Lü

In this paper, we investigate the problem of joint searching and tracking of multiple mobile targets by a group of mobile agents. The targets appear and disappear at random times inside a surveillance region and their positions are random…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-06 Savvas Papaioannou , Panayiotis Kolios , Theocharis Theocharides , Christos G. Panayiotou , Marios M. Polycarpou

Suppose there is an adversarial UAV network being tracked by a radar. How can the radar determine whether the UAVs are coordinating, in some well-defined sense? How can the radar infer the objectives of the individual UAVs and the network…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-05 Luke Snow , Vikram Krishnamurthy

This paper addresses the distributed attitude synchronization problem of multiple spacecraft with unknown inertia matrices. Two distributed adaptive controllers are proposed for the cases with and without a virtual leader to which a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2011-09-20 Zhongkui Li , Zhisheng Duan

As the number of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating in low-altitude airspace continues to increase, non-cooperative targets pose growing challenges to low-altitude operations. To address this issue, this paper proposes a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Runhan Liu , Hui Ren , Wei Fan

In this paper a convergent, nearest-neighbor, control protocol is suggested for agents with nontrivial dynamics. The protocol guarantees convergence to a common point in space even if each agent is restricted to communicate with a single…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-07-05 Ahmad A. Masoud

Relative localization of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) denied environments is essential for emergency rescue and battlefield reconnaissance. Existing methods suffer from significant…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-05 Guangyu Lei , Yuqi Ping , Tianhao Liang , Huahao Ding , Tingting Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed in mission-critical applications such as target tracking, where they must simultaneously sense dynamic environments, ensure reliable communication, and achieve precise control. A key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-06 Zhiyu Chen , Ming-Min Zhao , Songfu Cai , Ming Lei , Min-Jian Zhao

Integrated Sensing And Communication (ISAC) is recognized as a key enabler for future 6th Generation (6G) networks, combining communication capabilities with pervasive sensing. In such systems, the estimation of the Doppler shift plays a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Zaman Bhalli , Michele Rossi , Joerg Widmer , Marco Canil

This paper develops a general framework for multi-agent control synthesis, which applies to a wide range of problems with convergence guarantees, including those with time-varying objective functions. The proposed framework achieves…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-04 Ruoyu Lin , Gennaro Notomista , Magnus Egerstedt

In this paper we are interested in the task of searching and tracking multiple moving targets in a bounded surveillance area with a group of autonomous mobile agents. More specifically, we assume that targets can appear and disappear at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-02 Savvas Papaioannou , Panayiotis Kolios , Theocharis Theocharides , Christos G. Panayiotou , Marios M. Polycarpou

This paper presents an input-constrained nonlinear guidance law to address the problem of intercepting a stationary target in contested environments with multiple defending agents. Contrary to prior approaches that rely on explicit…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Praveen Kumar Ranjan , Abhinav Sinha , Yongcan Cao

This paper presents two control algorithms enabling a UAV to circumnavigate an unknown target using range and range rate (i.e., the derivative of range) measurements. Given a prescribed orbit radius, both control algorithms (i) tend to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-08-29 Yongcan Cao , Jonathan Muse , David Casbeer , Derek Kingston

Circumnavigation control is useful in real-world applications such as entrapping a hostile target. In this paper, we consider a heterogeneous multi-robot system where robots have different physical properties, such as maximum movement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-05-18 Weijia Yao , Sha Luo , Huimin Lu , Junhao Xiao

This paper proposes a control algorithm for a UAV to circumnavigate an unknown target at a fixed radius when the location information of the UAV is unavailable. By assuming that the UAV has a constant velocity, the control algorithm makes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-25 Araz Hashemi , Yongcan Cao , David Casbeer , George Yin

Near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) enables object-level sensing from distance-dependent array responses, yet most existing near-field methods still rely on point-target models and realistic extended targets remain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-25 Zongyao Zhao , Zhaolin Wang , Lincong Han , Jing Jin , Yuanwei Liu , Kaibin Huang

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of 2nd order uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace, which is a subset of $R^3$ , with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This work presents a decentralized motion planning framework for addressing the task of multi-robot navigation using deep reinforcement learning. A custom simulator was developed in order to experimentally investigate the navigation problem…