Adaptive hierarchical formation control for uncertain Euler–Lagrange systems using distributed inverse dynamics

Journal Article (2018)
Author(s)

Muhammad Ridho Rosa (Student TU Delft)

S Baldi (Southeast University, TU Delft - Team Bart De Schutter)

X. Wang (System Engineering Research Institute, Beijing, TU Delft - Team Bart De Schutter)

Maolong LV (TU Delft - Team Bart De Schutter)

Wenwu Yu (Southeast University)

Research Group
Team Bart De Schutter
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcon.2018.11.001
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Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Research Group
Team Bart De Schutter
Volume number
48 ( July 2019)
Pages (from-to)
52-65

Abstract

This paper establishes a novel adaptive hierarchical formation control method for uncertain heterogeneous nonlinear agents described by Euler–Lagrange (EL) dynamics. Formation control is framed as a synchronization problem where a distributed model reference adaptive control is used to synchronize the EL systems. The idea behind the proposed adaptive formation algorithm is that each agent must converge to the model defined by its hierarchically superior neighbors. Using a distributed inverse dynamics structure, we prove that distributed nonlinear matching conditions between connected agents hold, so that matching gains exist to make the entire formation converge to same homogeneous dynamics: to compensate for the presence of uncertainties, estimation laws are devised for such matching gains, leading to adaptive synchronization. An appropriately designed distributed Lyapunov function is used to derive asymptotic convergence of the synchronization error. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology is supported by simulations of a formation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

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