학술논문

Leaderless Time-To-Go Protocols for Same-Time Position Consensus
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern, Syst. Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Transactions on. 53(6):3795-3809 Jun, 2023
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Robotics and Control Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Protocols
Vehicle dynamics
Modulation
Topology
Multi-agent systems
Missiles
Games
Finite-time control
position consensus algorithms
second-order multiagent systems
time-to-go protocols
Language
ISSN
2168-2216
2168-2232
Abstract
We propose three time-to-go consensus protocols to effect the same-time position consensus of multiple agents (or vehicles) to a destination. We prove same-time position consensus to occur through the use of control generated using each of the three protocols viz max-time, min-time, and achievable-time protocols using a backstepping-inspired speed modulation approach for a system of double integrators. Next, we formulate sufficient conditions on the graph communication network topology for consensus to occur through each protocol and propose a tokenized algorithm to effect same-time consensus in systems with arbitrary connected graph communication topologies using the achievable-time protocol. Finally, we verify our conclusions through numerical simulations to further ascertain the relevance of these protocols to diverse scenarios.