Distributed Control of Robotic Networks

MiniTutorial at 2009 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems

Distributed Control and Coordination Algorithms
Snowbird, Utah, May 17, 2009

Speakers

Francesco Bullo, University of California, San Barbara
Jorge Cortés, University of California, San Diego

Rationale

The minitutorial consists of two parts. First, we provide a present a coherent introduction to distributed algorithms, briefly covering results in graph theory, synchronous networks, and averaging algorithms. We also put forth a model for robotic networks that helps formalize and analyze coordination algorithms. In the second part, we present various algorithms for coordination tasks such as rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, deployment, and boundary estimation. A freely-available online manuscript (with corresponding tutorial slides) is available at http:coordinationbook.info.

Structure

The invited mini-tutorial amounts to a 2-hour lecture [PDF]