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<p>This book presents a concise introduction to the latest advances in robust cooperative control design for multi-agent systems with input delay and external disturbances, especially from a prediction and observation perspective. The volume covers a wide range of applications, such as the trajectory tracking of quadrotors, formation flying of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and fixed-time formation of ground vehicles.</p><p>Robust cooperative control means that multi-agent systems are able to achieve specified control tasks while remaining robust in the face of both parametric and nonparametric model uncertainties. In addition, the authors cover a wide range of key issues in cooperative control, such as communication and input delays, parametric model uncertainties and external disturbances. Moving beyond the scope of existing works, a systematic prediction and observation approach to designing robust cooperative control laws is presented.</p><p>About the Authors</p><p>Chunyan Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology, China.<br><b>Zongyu Zuo</b> is a full Professor with the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, China.<br><b>Jianan Wang</b> is an Associate Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology, China.<br><b>Zhengtao Ding</b> is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of Manchester, U.K.</p>