Perception-latency aware distributed target tracking
arXiv:2401.13602 · doi:10.1016/j.inffus.2023.101857
Abstract
This work is devoted to the problem of distributed target tracking when a team of robots detect the target through a variable perception-latency mechanism. A reference for the robots to track is constructed in terms of a desired formation around the estimation of the target position. However, it is noted that due to the perception-latency, classical estimation techniques have smoothness issues which prevent asymptotic stability for the formation control. We propose a near-optimal smooth-output estimator which circumvents this issue. Moreover, local estimations are fused using novel dynamic consensus techniques. The advantages of the proposal as well as a comparison with a non-smooth optimal alternative are discussed through simulation examples.
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