Control Strategy Based on Iterative Method for Planar Pendubot

This paper presents a position control strategy based on the iterative method for a planar Pendubot. The control objective of the system is to move the end-point from any initial equilibrium point to a target equilibrium point. The presented method is based on the iterative steering, where a converging control law is applied repeatedly. In order to compute such a control law, the dynamic equations of the system are transformed via partial feedback linearization and nilpotent approximation. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate that the position control objective is realized by using this control strategy.