An overview of recent progress in the study of distributed multi-agent coordination

Y Cao, W Yu, W Ren, G Chen - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews some main results and progress in distributed multi-agent coordination,
focusing on papers published in major control systems and robotics journals since 2006 …

Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots: a review

AJ Ijspeert - Neural networks, 2008 - Elsevier
The problem of controlling locomotion is an area in which neuroscience and robotics can
fruitfully interact. In this article, I will review research carried out on locomotor central pattern …

[LIVRO][B] Distributed coordination of multi-agent networks: emergent problems, models, and issues

W Ren, Y Cao - 2010 - books.google.com
Multi-agent systems have numerous civilian, homeland security, and military applications;
however, for all these applications, communication bandwidth, sensing range, power …

An internal model principle is necessary and sufficient for linear output synchronization

P Wieland, R Sepulchre, F Allgöwer - Automatica, 2011 - Elsevier
Output synchronization of a network of heterogeneous linear state–space models under time-
varying and directed interconnection structures is investigated. It is shown that, assuming …

Global phase and magnitude synchronization of coupled oscillators with application to the control of grid-forming power inverters

M Colombino, D Groß, JS Brouillon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we explore a new approach to synchronization of coupled oscillators. In
contrast to the celebrated Kuramoto model, we do not work in polar coordinates and do not …

Synchronization of parallel single-phase inverters with virtual oscillator control

BB Johnson, SV Dhople, AO Hamadeh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method to synchronize and control a system of parallel single-phase inverters without
communication is presented. Inspired by the phenomenon of synchronization in networks of …

Synchronization in networks of identical linear systems

L Scardovi, R Sepulchre - 2008 47th IEEE Conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper investigates the synchronization of a network of identical linear time-invariant
state-space models under a possibly time-varying and directed interconnection structure …

[LIVRO][B] Passivity-based control and estimation in networked robotics

T Hatanaka, N Chopra, M Fujita, MW Spong - 2015 - Springer
Passivity is an input–output property of dynamical systems. The concept generalizes
physical systems that cannot store more energy than the energy supplied from outside the …

Synchronization of networks of nonidentical Euler-Lagrange systems with uncertain parameters and communication delays

E Nuno, R Ortega, L Basanez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the problem of synchronizing networks of nonidentical, nonlinear
dynamical systems described by Euler-Lagrange equations, which are assumed fully …

A differential Lyapunov framework for contraction analysis

F Forni, R Sepulchre - IEEE transactions on automatic control, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lyapunov's second theorem is an essential tool for stability analysis of differential equations.
The paper provides an analog theorem for incremental stability analysis by lifting the …