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Swarm formation control utilizing elliptical surfaces and limiting functions.

Laura E Barnes¹, Mary Anne Fields, Kimon P Valavanis

¹Automation and Robotics Research Institute, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA.

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

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This study introduces a novel artificial potential field method for controlling unmanned vehicle swarms. The approach ensures precise formation control and spacing for efficient swarm navigation.

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Area of Science:

Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Control Systems

Background:

Coordinated control of multi-agent systems is crucial for complex tasks.
Existing methods often struggle with scalability and dynamic adjustments.
Unmanned vehicle swarms require robust formation control strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a computationally efficient and scalable strategy for organizing unmanned vehicle swarms into desired formations.
To enable precise control over swarm geometry, individual member spacing, and overall movement.
To demonstrate the method's applicability across various swarm sizes and system types.

Main Methods:

Utilizing artificial potential fields generated from normal and sigmoid functions to define swarm movement surfaces.
Implementing nonlinear limiting functions to enforce constraints on control variables for tighter swarm behavior.
Combining potential and limiting functions for comprehensive control of formation, orientation, and collective movement.
Parameter selection based on desired formation and user-defined constraints.

Main Results:

Simulations demonstrated successful formation control for swarms of 10 and 40 robots in circle, ellipse, and wedge formations.
Experimental results validated the approach on a swarm of four custom-built unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs).
The method proved computationally efficient and scalable for heterogeneous and decentralized swarm models.

Conclusions:

The proposed artificial potential field strategy effectively organizes unmanned vehicle swarms into specified formations.
The approach offers robust control over swarm geometry, spacing, and collective motion.
This method is computationally efficient, scalable, and experimentally validated for real-world applications.