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Continuous-Time Control Synthesis for Multiple Quadrotors under Signal Temporal Logic Specifications

Published: May 12, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2505.07240v1

By: Yating Yuan

Potential Business Impact:

Drones fly safely together, following rules.

Business Areas:
Embedded Systems Hardware, Science and Engineering, Software

Ensuring continuous-time control of multiple quadrotors in constrained environments under signal temporal logic (STL) specifications is challenging due to nonlinear dynamics, safety constraints, and disturbances. This letter proposes a two-stage framework to address this challenge. First, exponentially decaying tracking error bounds are derived with multidimensional geometric control gains obtained via differential evolution. These bounds are less conservative, while the resulting tracking errors exhibit smaller oscillations and improved transient performance. Second, leveraging the time-varying bounds, a mixed-integer convex programming (MICP) formulation generates piecewise B\'ezier reference trajectories that satisfy STL and velocity limits, while ensuring inter-agent safety through convex-hull properties. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach enables formally verifiable multi-agent coordination in constrained environments, with provable tracking guarantees under bounded disturbances.

Country of Origin
🇨🇦 Canada

Page Count
12 pages

Category
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science:
Systems and Control