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 predictive and observation perspective.

1. Introduction and Mathematical Background 2. Stabilization of Single Systems with Input Delay: Prediction and Observation 3. Robust Consensus Control for Uncertian Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Delay 4. H8 Consensus Control of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Delay 5. Consensus Control of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Delay 6. Consensus Disturbance Rejection for Lipschitz Nonlinear MASs with Input Delay: A Predictor Feedback Approach 7. Consensus Disturbance Rejection for Lipschitz Nonlinear MASs with Input Delay: A Predictive Observation Approach 8. Formation Control with Disturbance Rejection for a Class of Lipschitz Nonlinear Systems 9. Fixed-Time Formation Control of Input-Delayed Multi-Agent Systems: Design and Experiments 10. Cascade Structure Predictive Observer Design for Consensus Control with Applications to UAVs Formation Flying