Synchronisability of Autonomous Agents by Networked Control

The task of synchronisation of autonomous agents can be solved by a networked controller that steers the agents towards a common trajectory. This paper proves a condition for the synchronism that makes it possible to decompose the design task into two steps. First, the stability region of the agents are to be determined, for which in the second step a networked controller should be found. The main result is a necessary and sufficient condition for the agents to possess the synchronisability property. The results are illustrated by its application to a string of vehicles.