Sampling control on collaborative flocking motion of discrete-time system with time-delays

Sampling control of multi-rate for flocking motion is researched in this paper. For discrete-time multi-agent systems with communication delays, a distributed sampling control protocol applying individual local information is proposed. Basing on Lyapunov stability theory, a energy function is designed, and collaborative flocking motion of multi-agent systems is studied. Finally, simulation examples show the effectiveness of the proposed multi-rate sampling protocol.