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Control Systems Engineering
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Robotics

Background:

Multi-agent systems (MAS) are crucial for distributed tasks.
Switched dynamics in MAS introduce complexity, combining continuous-time and discrete-time behaviors.
Achieving consensus in such systems is a key challenge for coordinated behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate consensus control for second-order multi-agent systems with switched dynamics.
To propose and analyze linear control protocols for achieving consensus.
To derive conditions for consensus under different control strategies.

Main Methods:

Development of two distinct linear control protocols for consensus.
Analysis of control strategies involving separate continuous-time and discrete-time control inputs.
Investigating a unified sampled-data control input for both subsystems.
Derivation of necessary and sufficient conditions for consensus.

Main Results:

Established conditions for achieving consensus using separate control inputs for continuous-time and discrete-time subsystems.
Obtained similar consensus conditions for a unified sampled-data control strategy.
Validated theoretical findings through simulation examples.

Conclusions:

The proposed linear control protocols effectively achieve consensus in second-order multi-agent systems with switched dynamics.
Both separate and unified control input strategies can ensure system consensus under specific conditions.
The study provides a theoretical framework and practical verification for consensus control in complex switched systems.