Computer-implemented method for controlling a multi-agent
system (10) with N autonomous agents (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), N ≥ 2, for n-dimensional navigation of the latter, wherein each agent (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) comprises an active
actuator device (14) and at least one inactive
actuator device (22) each for n-dimensional navigation of the agent (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), wherein the at least one inactive
actuator device (22) is configured redundantly to the active actuator device (14), wherein each agent (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) comprises a control switching device (24) for switching a control (26) from an actuator device (14, 22) to another actuator device (14, 22), wherein the multi-agent
system (10) is configured in a leader-follower formation (16) in which each agent (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) is to perform a respective desired movement using the active actuator device (14),wherein each agent (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) has a sensor device for tracking a respective actual motion, wherein the desired motion and the actual motion of the i-th agent (12), i = 1, ...,N, are defined by a motion-related quantity x, i , x i ∈ ℜ n be described.