Distributed output regulation of uncertain and switching multi-agent systems via internal model design

In this paper, the distributed robust output regulation problem of linear multi-agent systems (MAS) is considered. The driving force from the active leaders or the environmental disturbances is formulated as an input of an exogenous system (or exosystem) of the considered multi-agent networks. A systematic distributed design approach is proposed to handle output regulation via dynamic output feedback with the help of canonical internal model (IM). With common solutions of regulator equations and Lyapunov functions, the distributed robust output regulation with switching interconnection topology is designed to achieve collective aims.