Brian D. O. Anderson

TL;DR: This paper generalizes the notion of persistence, which has been originally introduced for two-dimensional formations, to R^d for d>=3, to provide a theoretical framework for real world applications, which often are in three-dimensional space as opposed to the plane.

TL;DR: This work describes decentralized control laws which will stably restore the shape of a formation when the distances between nominated agent pairs become unequal to their prescribed values, and considers a particular practical problem of flying a group of three UAVs in an equilateral triangle.

TL;DR: In this article, a new approach is given for the design of adaptive robust control in the frequency domain, starting with an initial model of a stable plant and a robust stabilizing controller, the new (windsurfer) approach allows the bandwidth of the closed-loop system to be increased progressively through an iterative controlrelevant system identification and control design procedure.

TL;DR: An estimator to localize the target and a control law that forces the agent to move on a circular trajectory around the target such that both the estimator and the control system are exponentially stable are proposed.

TL;DR: This paper considers a formation of three point agents moving in the plane, where the agents have a cyclic ordering with each one required to maintain a nominated distance from its neighbour; further, each agent is allowed to determine its movement strategy using local knowledge only of the direction of its neighbour, and the current and desired distance fromits neighbour.