9 papers
Multi-robot obstacle-aware shepherding of non-cohesive target agents
Cinzia Tomaselli, Stefano Covone, Andreagiovanni Reina +1
This paper presents a novel control strategy for multi-agent shepherding of non-cohesive targets in obstacle-rich environments. Unlike previous approaches that assume cohesive floc…
Leader-Follower Density Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Interacting Followers: Feasibility and Convergence Analysis
Beniamino Di Lorenzo, Gian Carlo Maffettone, Mario di Bernardo
We address density control problems for large-scale multi-agent systems in leader-follower settings, where a group of controllable leaders must steer a population of followers towa…
Complex-Valued Kuramoto Networks: A Unified Control-Theoretic Framework
Lorenzo Giordano, Josep M. Olm, Mario di Bernardo
Synchronization in networks of coupled oscillators is classically studied via the Kuramoto model, whose intrinsic nonlinearity limits analytical tractability and complicates contro…
Multi-Scale Control of Large Agent Populations: From Density Dynamics to Individual Actuation
Mario di Bernardo
We review a body of recent work by the author and collaborators on controlling the spatial organisation of large agent populations across multiple scales. A central theme is the sy…
Multicellular Feedback Control Strategies in Synthetic Microbial Consortia: From Embedded to Distributed Control
Mario di Bernardo
Living organisms rely on endogenous feedback mechanisms to maintain homeostasis in the presence of uncertainty and environmental fluctuations. An emerging challenge at the interfac…
Robust Macroscopic Density Control of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems
Gian Carlo Maffettone, Davide Salzano, Mario di Bernardo
Modern applications, such as orchestrating the collective behavior of robotic swarms or traffic flows, require the coordination of large groups of agents evolving in unstructured e…