Boda Ning

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Boda Ning is a leading researcher in multi-agent systems and cooperative control, with a focus on distributed sampled-data control, fixed-time and prescribed-time consensus, and multi-robot coordination. His major contributions include pioneering surveys on recent advances in distributed sampled-data cooperative control (383 citations) and fixed-time/prescribed-time consensus methodologies (306 citations), which provide control engineers with explicit settling-time estimates independent of initial conditions—a critical advancement for real-world applications. Ning’s work on collective behaviors of mobile robots beyond nearest-neighbor rules (233 citations) introduced acute angle test-based interaction for dispersion and flocking under switching topologies. He also developed prescribed finite-time consensus tracking for nonholonomic chained-form dynamics (225 citations) and fixed-time leader-following consensus for wheeled mobile robots (143 citations), addressing practical challenges in directed communication graphs and control gain uncertainty. His research spans theoretical foundations to applications in wireless robotic networks, cable-driven parallel robots, and disaster response deployment strategies. With over 1,300 total citations, Ning’s work bridges rigorous control theory and real-world multi-robot systems, making him a key figure in advancing autonomous coordination.

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1. 1
   A survey on recent advances in distributed sampled-data cooperative control of multi-agent systems

   383 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Fixed-Time and Prescribed-Time Consensus Control of Multiagent Systems and Its Applications: A Survey of Recent Trends and Methodologies

   306 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Collective Behaviors of Mobile Robots Beyond the Nearest Neighbor Rules With Switching Topology

   233 citations · 2017
4. 4
   Prescribed Finite-Time Consensus Tracking for Multiagent Systems With Nonholonomic Chained-Form Dynamics

   225 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Fixed-Time Leader-Following Consensus for Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots

   143 citations · 2019
6. 6
   Cooperative Control of Multirobot Systems Subject to Control Gain Uncertainty

   35 citations · 2022
7. 7
   Two-Stage Deployment Strategy for Wireless Robotic Networks via a Class of Interaction Models

   20 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Robust trajectory tracking control for cable-driven parallel robots with model uncertainty

   15 citations · 2023
9. 9
   Distributed fixed-time cooperative tracking control for multi-robot systems

   7 citations · 2017
10. 10
    Connectivity control and performance optimization in Wireless Robotic Networks: Issues, approaches and a new framework

    3 citations · 2014

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