Multi-Robot Systems

Bin-Bin Hu obtained the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2022. From August 2022 to August 2024, he was Research Fellow with the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Currently, he is Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in the robotics and automatic control fields, including IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, etc. He was the recipient of the excellent doctoral dissertation award of the Chinese Association of Automation in 2023. His research interests include control of networked systems, multi-robot systems, and autonomous navigation.Hai-Tao Zhang received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. During January to December 2007, he was Postdoctoral Researcher with the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.  Currently, he is Full Professor with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. His research interests include swarming intelligence, model predictive control, and unmanned system cooperation control. He is a Cheung Kong Young Scholar. He is/was an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics-Systems, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II and Asian Journal of Control.

• Introduction to Coordinated Multi-Robot Fencing Control.- Distributed Fencing Control via Neighboring Angle Repulsion.- Distributed Fencing Control Via Input-To-State Stability.- Distributed Fencing Control via Ouput Regulation Theory.- Distributed Fencing Control via Long-Term Task Execution.- Coordinated Multiple-Target Fencing Control and Collision Avoidance.- Coordinated Multiple-Scattered-Targets Fencing via Flexible Subgrouping and Ordering.- Bearing-Only Fencing via Persistent-Exciting Condition.- Summary and Future Work.