Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy scheme for real-time trajectory tracking of an underactuated robot

This paper presents an approach to achieve trajectory tracking for nonlinear systems. Combining the linear regulator theory with Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy methodology; an algorithm is described for the trajectory tracking. The main contribution of the paper includes a real-time application of this algorithm to a specific two-rigid-link underactuated robot, called the Pendubot.