This paper proposes Distributed Model Predictive Covariance Steering (DMPCS), a novel method for safe multi-robot control under uncertainty. The scope of our approach is to blend covariance steering theory, distributed optimization and model predictive control (MPC) into a single methodology that is safe, scalable and decentralized. Initially, we pose a problem formulation that uses the Wasserstein distance to steer the state distributions of a multi-robot team to desired targets, and probabilistic constraints to ensure safety. We then transform this problem into a finite-dimensional optimization one by utilizing a disturbance feedback policy parametrization for covariance steering and a tractable approximation of the safety constraints. To solve the latter problem, we derive a decentralized consensus-based algorithm using the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). This method is then extended to a receding horizon form, which yields the proposed DMPCS algorithm. Simulation experiments on large-scale problems with up to hundreds of robots successfully demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of DMPCS. Its superior capability in achieving safety is also highlighted through a comparison against a standard stochastic MPC approach. A video with all simulation experiments is available in https://youtu.be/Hks-0BRozxA.

用于未知非线性系统的学习和合成稳定控制器是现实世界和工业应用的具有挑战性问题。 Koopman操作员理论允许通过直线系统和非线性控制系统的镜头通过线性系统和非线性控制系统的镜头来分析非线性系统。这些方法的关键思想，在于将非线性系统的坐标转换为Koopman可观察，这是允许原始系统（控制系统）作为更高尺寸线性（双线性控制）系统的坐标。然而，对于非线性控制系统，通过应用基于Koopman操作员的学习方法获得的双线性控制模型不一定是稳定的，因此，不保证稳定反馈控制的存在，这对于许多真实世界的应用来说是至关重要的。同时识别基于这些可稳定的Koopman的双线性控制系统以及相关的Koopman可观察到仍然是一个开放的问题。在本文中，我们提出了一个框架，以通过同时学习为基于Koopman的底层未知的非线性控制系统以及基于Koopman的控制Lyapunov函数（CLF）来识别和构造这些可稳定的双线性模型及其相关的可观察能力。双线性模型使用学习者和伪空。我们提出的方法从而为非线性控制系统具有未知动态的非线性控制系统提供了可证明的全球渐近稳定性的保证。提供了数值模拟，以验证我们提出的稳定反馈控制器为未知的非线性系统的效力。