@conference {2011a-FraRobSecSonBue, title = {A Passivity-Based Decentralized Approach for the Bilateral Teleoperation of a Group of UAVs with Switching Topology}, booktitle = {2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation}, year = {2011}, month = {05/2011}, pages = {898-905}, address = {Shanghai, China}, abstract = {In this paper, a novel distributed control strategy for teleoperating a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is proposed. Using passivity based techniques, we allow the behavior of the UAVs to be as flexible as possible with arbitrary split and join decisions while guaranteeing stability of the system. Furthermore, the overall teleoperation system is also made passive and, therefore, characterized by a stable behavior both in free motion and when interacting with unknown {passive} obstacles. The performance of the system is validated through semi-experiments.}, keywords = {Bilateral Shared Control of Mobile Robots, Decentralized control, Distributed algorithms, Force feedback, Haptics, Motion control of multiple robots, Multi-robot systems, Teleoperation}, attachments = {https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2011a-FraRobSecSonBue-preprint.pdf , https://homepages.laas.fr/afranchi/robotics/sites/default/files/2011a-FraRobSecSonBue-low_qlty.mp4}, author = {Antonio Franchi and Paolo Robuffo Giordano and Cristian Secchi and Hyoung Il Son and Heinrich H. B{\"u}lthoff} }