A stabilization of an inverted pendulum by a nonlinear control law

This paper presents a stabilization technique for unstable systems. An inverted pendulum, which is a typical unstable mechanical system, is considered and stabilized by a nonlinear control. The stabilization problem in this system is related to that in postural control of human being. In this paper, the variable structure control (VSC) is applied to the stabilization problem. Robustness by the VSC and that by a conventional linear feedback controller are compared.