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A Distributed NSB Algorithm for Formation Path Following

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Josef Matouš *
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Kristin Y. Pettersen
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Damiano Varagnolo
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Claudio Paliotta
DOI:10.1109/TCST.2024.3443703delete
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This article presents a distributed null-space-based behavioral (NSB) algorithm for the formation path-following problem of vehicles moving in three dimensions. The algorithm is applied to fleets of underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The algorithm combines null-space-based control with consensus methods. First, we present a continuous-time version of the algorithm and prove its stability using Lyapunov analysis. Then, we present a discrete-time event-triggered version that, compared to similar formation path-following methods, can achieve the same steady state-error performance with fewer inter-vehicle transmissions. The effectiveness of both the continuous-time and the discrete-time algorithm is verified in numerical simulations. Furthermore, the discrete-time version is tested in experiments.
Keywords:
Task analysis
Collision avoidance
Numerical simulation
Vectors
Stability criteria
Numerical stability
Underwater vehicles
Stability of nonlinear systems
underwater vehicle control

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IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology cover
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