| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 752446 | Systems & Control Letters | 2011 | 8 Pages |
This paper addresses collective rotating motions of second-order multi-agent systems in three-dimensional space (3D). Two distributed control protocols are proposed and sufficient conditions are derived under which all agents rotate around a common point with a specified formation structure. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.
► Collective rotation motions in 3D are studied, which can be applied to formation flight of satellites and circular mobile sensor networks. ► Two distributed control protocols are given to make all agents move around a common point with a desired formation structure. ► The protocols are robust to parameter changes and the desired formation can be arbitrarily set except for some singular points.
