Systematic design method of stabilization fuzzy controllers for pendulum systems

A systematic method to construct stabilization fuzzy controllers for a single pendulum system and a series-type double pendulum system is presented based on the single input rule modules (SIRMs) dynamically connected fuzzy inference model. The angle and angular velocity of each pendulum and the position and velocity of the cart are selected as the input items. Each input item is given with a SIRM and a dynamic importance degree. All the SIRMs have the same rule setting. The dynamic importance degrees use the absolute value(s) of the angle(s) of the pendulum(s) as the antecedent variable(s). The dynamic importance degrees are designed such that the upper pendulum angular control takes the highest priority and the cart position control takes the lowest priority when the upper pendulum is not balanced upright. The control priority orders are automatically adjusted according to control situations. The simulation results show that the proposed fuzzy controllers have high generalization ability to completely stabilize a wide range of single pendulum systems and series-type double pendulum systems in short time. By extending the architecture, a stabilization fuzzy controller for a series-type triple pendulum system is even possible. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.