摘要
A general method of controller design is developed for the purpose offormation keeping and reconfiguration of nonlinear systems with multiple subsystems, such as theformation of multiple aircraft, ground vehicles, or robot arms. The model consists of multiplenonlinear systems. Controllers are designed to keep the subsystems in a required formation and tocoordinate the subsystems in the presence of environmental changes. A step-by-step algorithm ofcontroller design is developed. Sufficient conditions for the stability of formation tracking areproved. Simulations and experiments are conducted to demonstrate some useful coordination strategiessuch as movement with a leader, simultaneous movement, series connection of formations, andhuman-machine interaction.
A general method of controller design is developed for the purpose offormation keeping and reconfiguration of nonlinear systems with multiple subsystems, such as theformation of multiple aircraft, ground vehicles, or robot arms. The model consists of multiplenonlinear systems. Controllers are designed to keep the subsystems in a required formation and tocoordinate the subsystems in the presence of environmental changes. A step-by-step algorithm ofcontroller design is developed. Sufficient conditions for the stability of formation tracking areproved. Simulations and experiments are conducted to demonstrate some useful coordination strategiessuch as movement with a leader, simultaneous movement, series connection of formations, andhuman-machine interaction.
基金
ThisworkwassupportedinpartbyNSFEIA(No.9911077),INI(No.0314120),andHNI(No.0334035).
