Impulsive consensus problem of second-order multi-agent systems with switching topologies

The paper proposes an impulsive consensus protocol to solve the consensus problem of the second-order multi-agent systems with fixed and switching topologies. Some sufficient conditions are obtained for the states of follower agents converging to the state of leader asymptotically. Two numerical simulations are also given to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis.

► The topology is directed and switching.
► Using impulsive method achieves the consensus of multi-agent system.
► Impulsive consensus for multi-agent systems with switching topologies.