UAVGENT: A Language-Guided Distributed Control Framework
Abstract
We study language-in-the-loop control for multi-drone systems that execute evolving, high-level missions while retaining formal robustness guarantees at the physical layer. We propose a three-layer architecture in which (i) a human operator issues natural-language instructions, (ii) an LLM-based supervisor periodically interprets, verifies, and corrects the commanded task in the context of the latest state and target estimates, and (iii) a distributed inner-loop controller tracks the resulting reference using only local relative information. We derive a theoretical guarantee that characterizes tracking performance under bounded disturbances and piecewise-smooth references with discrete jumps induced by LLM updates. Overall, our results illustrate how centralized language-based task reasoning can be combined with distributed feedback control to achieve complex behaviors with provable robustness and stability.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems
Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 18 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint