Moving Target Surrounding Control of Linear Multiagent Systems With Input Saturation

Formation control finds broad applications in numerous fields, such as cooperative detection, surveillance, transportation, and disaster rescue. In this article, aiming at hunting a moving target, a two-stage surrounding control algorithm is proposed for linear multiagent systems subject to input saturations. An adaptive distributed observer is developed for each agent to reconstruct the target's position. With the assistance of the algebraic graph theory and low gain feedback technique, distributed controllers are designed to drive the agents to encircle the moving target with a fixed radius and evenly distributed phase angles. Finally, both numerical simulations and experiments are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm.

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This article proposes a two-stage surrounding control algorithm for hunting a moving target. By utilizing algebraic graph theory and low gain feedback technique, distributed controllers are designed to effectively drive multiple agents to encircle the moving target. The effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm is validated through numerical simulations and experiments.