Finite-time stabilisation of cyclic formations using bearing-only measurements

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DOI10.1080/00207179.2013.854439zbMATH Open1291.93259arXiv1303.2409OpenAlexW2034316458MaRDI QIDQ5494490FDOQ5494490


Authors: Shiyu Zhao, Feng Lin, Kemao Peng, Ben M. Chen, Tong Heng Lee Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 July 2014

Published in: International Journal of Control (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper studies decentralized formation control of multiple vehicles when each vehicle can only measure the local bearings of their neighbors by using bearing-only sensors. Since the inter-vehicle distance cannot be measured, the target formation involves no distance constraints. More specifically, the target formation considered in this paper is an angle-constrained circular formation, where each vehicle has exactly two neighbors and the angle at each vehicle subtended by its two neighbors is pre-specified. To stabilize the target formation, we propose a discontinuous control law that only requires the sign information of the angle errors. Due to the discontinuity of the proposed control law, the stability of the closed-loop system is analyzed by employing a locally Lipschitz Lyapunov function and nonsmooth analysis tools. We prove that the target formation is locally finite-time stable with collision avoidance guaranteed. The evolution of the vehicle positions in the plane is also characterized.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.2409




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