Mohammad A. Dehghani - Department of Electrical Engineering Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad B. Menhaj - Department of Electrical Engineering Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Meysam Azimi - Department of Electrical Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Behshahr, Iran

This paper deals with the leader-follower formation control problem while measurement constraints are considered for the follower onboard sensor. From a practical point of view, the case when unmanned vehicles are subject to limited sensing and communication is of particular interest. In this work based on the state-space representation of the leader-follower relative kinematics, the formation is realized by employing a state feedback. Then, by considering the limited field of view in the measurement sensor, a soft-switching supervisory control strategy is proposed. This paper is distinct with respect to the existing studies in the sensor measurements specifications, the leader-follower system formulation and proposed control strategy for visibility maintenance problem. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control structure.

leader-follower; formation control; supervisory control; TSK system; visibility maintenance