A hybrid systems framework for multi agent task planning and control

In this paper, we investigate the coordination of a multi-agent system to achieve a high level plan. In, particular, we assume that this planning is decomposed in a sequence of simple control objectives. The coordination is carried out through event-based communications between the agents, and distributed control laws are synthesized to achieve each control objective according to a time-constraint. All the elements (planning, motion, and communication) are integrated in a hybrid systems framework, which also allows to conclude about the achievement of the high level plan.

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