Distributed Control of Robotic Networks

Francesco Bullo Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara Jorge Cortés Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, San Diego Sonia Martínez Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, San Diego

Objectives of the book

1. present a coherent introduction to distributed algorithms, covering results in graph theory, synchronous networks, and averaging algorithms

2. provide a self-contained exposition of relevant geometric models and geometric optimization problems

3. put forth a model for robotic networks that helps formalize and analyze coordination algorithms

4. present various algorithms for coordination tasks such as rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, deployment, and boundary estimation

@Book{FB-JC-SM:08,
  author =    {F. Bullo and J. Cort\'es and S. Mart{\'\i}nez},
  title =     {Distributed Control of Robotic Networks},
  publisher = {Princeton University Press},
  series =    {Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics},
  address =   {Princeton, NJ},
  year =      2008,
  month =     sep,
  note =      {Manuscript under contract. Electronically available at http://coordinationbook.info}
}