Cooperative Control of Unmanned Vehicle Formations

We review the enabling theory for the decentralized and cooperative control of formations of unmanned, autonomous vehicles. The decentralized and cooperative formation control approach combines recent results from dynamical system theory, control theory, and algebraic graph theory. The stability of vehicle formations is discussed, and the applicability of the technology concept to a variety of applications is demonstrated.

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