Distributed leaderless consensus algorithms for networked Euler–Lagrange systems

Abstract

This article proposes and analyses distributed, leaderless, model-independent consensus algorithms for networked Euler–Lagrange systems. We propose a fundamental consensus algorithm, a consensus algorithm accounting for actuator saturation, and a consensus algorithm accounting for unavailability of measurements of generalised coordinate derivatives, for systems modelled by Euler–Lagrange equations. Due to the fact that the closed-loop interconnected Euler–Lagrange equations using these algorithms are non-autonomous, Matrosov's theorem is used for convergence analysis. It is shown that consensus is reached on the generalised coordinates and their derivatives of the networked Euler–Lagrange systems as long as the undirected communication topology is connected. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

Keywords:

• consensus
• synchronisation
• leaderless coordination
• Euler–Lagrange system

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (ECCS-0748287).