Feedback linearization control of the IWP

Abstract

In this chapter, the motion control of the inertia wheel pendulum is analyzed while a twofold control task is performed. That is, the wheel tracks a time-varying desired trajectory while the pendulum is regulated at the upward inverted position, which is the unstable equilibrium of the unforced system. A new feedback linearization-based scheme is applied. The control algorithm is derived from the introduction of a new output function which depends on the full error state vector.