SUMMARY

Prompted by the advent of small embedded processors and sensors, advanced communication systems, and the miniaturization of electro-mechanical devices, considerable effort is now being devoted to the deployment of groups of networked autonomous vehicles cooperating in a number of challenging scenarios.

This workshop focuses on the theme of Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles, with applications to underwater vehicles, surface craft, wheeled mobile robots, and aircraft. The workshop is motivated by new developments in the area, especially those related to guidance and navigation, trajectory-tracking, path-following, and cooperative control and navigation in the presence of stringent communications constraints.

The workshop brings together leading researchers, who will give tutorial presentations on these exciting and challenging topics as well as issues related to Networked Control, enhancing the visibility of the area and attracting attention to new and emerging topics that warrant further research. The program will consist of presentations rooted in solid theory, some of which pave the way for practical applications involving multiple air, land, and marine autonomous vehicles.