Heuristic Global Optimization of an Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for the Inverted Pendulum System: Experimental Comparison

Abstract

In this paper an adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed to solve the trajectory tracking problem of the inverted pendulum on a cart system. The designed algorithm is featured by not using any knowledge of the dynamic model and incorporating a full-state feedback. The stability of the closed-loop system is proven via the Lyapunov theory, and boundedness of the solutions is guaranteed. The proposed controller is heuristically tuned and its performance is tested via simulation and real-time experimentation. For this reason, a tuning method is investigated via evolutionary algorithms: particle swarm optimization, firefly algorithm and differential evolution in order to optimize the performance and verify which technique produces better results. First, a model-based simulation is carried out to improve the parameter tuning of the fuzzy systems, and then the results are transferred to real-time experiments. The optimization procedure is presented as well as the experimental results, which are also discussed.