Title : 
Consensus algorithm of multi-agents in a non-rectangular bounded space
         
        
            Author : 
Dezheng Zhu ; Yu-Ping Tian
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Autom., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, we consider coordinated motion and cooperative control of multi-agents in a non-rectangular bounded space, and present a consensus algorithm for the agents with double-integrator dynamics. The traditional consensus algorithm for bounded space is only applied into rectangular bouncing boundaries, not suitable for non-rectangular space. Therefore, we introduce the concept of the mirror velocity and position matrix that not only can convert the discontinuous real velocity into the continuous mirror velocity, but also can expand a bounded space into an infinite space, and introduce the saturation control in order to limit the input signals. The velocity and position of multi-agents asymptotically converge to the same values, respectively. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed consensus algorithm is examined by numerical simulations.
         
        
            Keywords : 
convergence of numerical methods; distributed control; matrix algebra; mobile robots; motion control; multi-robot systems; consensus algorithm; continuous mirror velocity; coordinated motion; discontinuous real velocity; distributed cooperative control; double-integrator dynamics; input signals; multiagents; multiple autonomous agents; nonrectangular bounded space; numerical simulations; position matrix; rectangular bouncing boundaries; saturation control; Acceleration; Aerospace electronics; Educational institutions; Heuristic algorithms; Mirrors; Simulation; Vectors; Consensus; Input saturations; Multi-agents systems; Non-rectangular bounded space;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Control Conference (CCC), 2014 33rd Chinese
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Nanjing
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ChiCC.2014.6896782