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.