Abstract
This paper studies the distributed leader-following consensus control problems of position-constrained multiple Euler-Lagrange Systems (ELSs) with unknown control directions. The objective of our discussion is to develop a consensus protocol despite the existence of position constraints and unknown control directions in each agent. Most of the existing works related to state constraints are for single systems and rare results are concerned about multi-agent systems. With the help of the barrier Lyapunov function, Nussbaum gain adjusting technique, and adaptive control methodology, a novel leader-following consensus algorithm is successfully designed to make sure the convergence to zero of the consensus errors and the boundedness of the signals in the closed-loop system. Moreover, the position constraints for each agent are never violated for all time during the control process. The effectiveness of the main result is illustrated by a practical mechanical system.
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