Distributed consensus control of nonlinear multi-agent systems with sensor uncertainty

This article focuses on the distributed consensus control problem for nonlinear multi-agent systems subject to sensor uncertainty. To be specific, we study nonlinear multi-agent systems of lower or upper triangular structure with unknown growth rate and sensor uncertainty. A new time-varying gain ap...

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Main Authors: Li, Hanfeng, Xie, Lihua, Zhang, Xianfu, Pan, Weihao
Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164658
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:This article focuses on the distributed consensus control problem for nonlinear multi-agent systems subject to sensor uncertainty. To be specific, we study nonlinear multi-agent systems of lower or upper triangular structure with unknown growth rate and sensor uncertainty. A new time-varying gain approach is proposed to construct observers as well as distributed output-feedback controllers. By selecting suitable design parameters, the leader-follower consensus of nonlinear multi-agent systems is achieved. Different from the existing results, a time-varying function in a logarithmic form is introduced to deal with unknown growth rate. Moreover, a monotonically increasing time-varying function is constructed to cope with uncertain sensor sensitivity. Two simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed distributed consensus control algorithms.