Bio-inspired Distributed Multi-robot Encirclement Control

The main research topic will be on distributed multi-robot coordination control. In particular, the focus is on one of the challenging but interesting distributed formation control problems: the encirclement control, where a group of robots gather in a circular formation and encircle around a target object. This problem could be more complicated and challenging when it is extended to the modeling of the animal behavior, i.e. the foraging behavior of a group of dolphins.
This research project aims to put forward new control laws, solve scientific problems and provide inspiration in the field of distributed multi-robot encirclement control by reproducing/simulating the four stages of prey herding by spinner dolphins.