Finite-time rendezvous algorithms for mobile autonomous agents

This paper focuses on finite-time rendezvous problems. Here finite-time rendezvous refers to agreement on states in finite time within certain communication range. Using semistability theory for discontinuous dynamical systems, we develop a framework for designing finite-time semistable rendezvous protocols for multiagent dynamical systems. Specifically, we present distributed switching static and dynamic output feedback controller architectures for multiagent rendezvous.

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