Abstract: We analyse the fixed-time consensus problem for multi-agent systems with leaderfollower mode. Based on a follower’s observation structure for the leader’s information, it is proved that the estimation errors can be converged to zero at a fixed time. From this stability and a sliding mode structure, we derive a control input of followers, which provides a critical support for fixed-time consensus. The simulation results demonstrate that this control approach does conduce to the implementation of the fixed-time synchronization.

Key words: Leader-follower synchronization, Fixed-time stability, Multi-agent Systems