Abstract:
This paper studies the formation control problem for a leader-follower network in 3D. The objective is to control the agents to form a globally rigid formation, for which...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper studies the formation control problem for a leader-follower network in 3D. The objective is to control the agents to form a globally rigid formation, for which the sensing graph is directed and switching while the communication graph is undirected and switching. Under such a setup, a barycentric coordinate based approach is proposed for the design of formation control laws ensuring global convergence. A necessary and sufficient graphical condition is obtained to guarantee that the followers converge to form a globally rigid formation together with the leaders. By this approach, the formation of the whole group, namely, the orientation, translation and formation scale, can be reconfigured by the leaders.
Published in: 2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
Date of Conference: 15-18 December 2015
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 11 February 2016
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