Impulsive Formation Control of Nonlinear Leader-Following Multi-agent Systems with Input Saturation*

Leader-following formation analysis problem for a second-order nonlinear multi-agent system(MAS) with input saturation is investigated in this paper. And the impulsive formation control algorithm is introduced in the designed protocol which only works at the impulse times. Owing to the real-world limited communication channels, input saturation is considered in the impulsive controller. Furthermore, based on Lyapunov stability theories, Kronecker properties, eigenvalue and so on, some sufficient conditions that guarantee the leader-following consensus of MAS are obtained. Lastly, several simulations are worked out to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the theoretical results.