Robust Consensus Analysis and Design under Relative State Constraints or Uncertainties

This paper proposes a new approach to analyze and design distributed robust consensus control protocols for general linear leaderless multi-agent systems (MASs) in presence of relative-state constraints or uncertainties. First, we show that the MAS robust consensus under relative-state constraints or uncertainties is equivalent to the robust stability under state constraints or uncertainties of a transformed MAS. Next, the transformed MAS under state constraints or uncertainties is reformulated as a network of Lur'e systems. By employing S-procedure, Lyapunov theory, and Lasalle's invariance principle, a sufficient condition for robust consensus and the design of robust consensus controller gain are derived from solutions of a distributed LMI convex problem. Finally, numerical examples are introduced to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical approach.Comment: submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Contro