Extension of a Linear Controller Scheme to Non-Linear Systems and its Application on Inverted Pendulum

This paper presents the control and stabilization of the rotary inverted pendulum based on a general controller scheme. The proposed scheme has its foundation in classical control theory, and the importance of an integrator in disturbance rejection is emphasized. The system’s dynamics are obtained by the Euler Lagrange method and are approximated for small-angle as balancing the pendulum is the objective. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed control scheme can achieve the stabilization of a non-linear system. Also, the boundedness and convergence of the non-linear system with the controller subjected to the initial condition are validated.