Leader–follower flocking based on distributed event‐triggered hybrid control

Summary In this paper, we proposed a new hybrid control algorithm to achieve leader–follower flocking in multi‐agent systems. In the algorithm, the position is transmitted continuously, whereas the velocity is utilized discretely, which is governed by a distributed event‐triggered mechanism, and the neighbors' velocity is not required to detect the event‐triggered condition for each agent. It is shown that stable flocking is achieved asymptotically while the connectivity of networks is preserved. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the theoretical results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.