Title :
Quadrotors motion coordination using consensus principle
Author :
Casadei, G. ; Furci, M. ; Naldi, R. ; Marconi, L.
Author_Institution :
C.A.SY. - DEI, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we investigate the problem of motion coordination of a class of multi-agent robotic systems. By means of consensus theory, we implement a decentralized control scheme which relies on the exchange of information between agents in order to obtain a coordinated motion trajectory. The key feature of this approach relies in the fact that consensus is applied to a set of exosystems (one for each agent), which can be thought of as local reference generators. By tracking the generated coordinated reference the desired formation and trajectory is achieved.
Keywords :
aircraft control; autonomous aerial vehicles; decentralised control; helicopters; motion control; multi-robot systems; trajectory control; agents information exchange; consensus principle; consensus theory; coordinated motion trajectory; decentralized control scheme; exosystems; generated coordinated reference tracking; local reference generators; multiagent robotic systems; quadrotors motion coordination; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Generators; Oscillators; Protocols; Tracking; Trajectory; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference (ACC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2015.7171929