IFAC 2026 Invited Track

About the Track

Distributed coordination of multi-agent systems has widespread applications in engineering, including search and rescue, cooperative ground transport, and satellite formations. This track focuses on recent advances in formation control, distributed localization, and rigidity theory—including new frameworks like bearing, angle, and sign rigidity.

We aim to bring together researchers to present recent achievements and open problems related to nonlinear control laws, local/global formation trade-offs, and multi-agent systems with diverse sensing capabilities.

Invited Session Identification Code: g46yu

Organizers

Liangming Chen – Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhiyong Sun – Peking University
Daniel Zelazo – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Charalampos Bechlioulis – University of Patras
Louis Theran – University of St. Andrews

Topics of Interest

Rigidity theory and its extensions (distance, bearing, angle, sign rigidity)
Formation control with nonlinear distributed laws
Distributed localization and estimation algorithms
Global vs. local control trade-offs
Applications in autonomous vehicles and satellites

Call for Contributions

We invite high-quality submissions aligned with the scope of this invited track. Accepted papers will be presented at the IFAC World Congress 2026 and included in the congress proceedings.

Please visit the IFAC 2026 official website for submission details, deadlines, and paper templates.

      To associate your paper with this invited session, enter the following identification code during submission:
      
      g46yu

Contact

For questions about this invited track, please contact:
Prof. Liangming Chen
chenlm6@sustech.edu.cn