Nonlinear internal model control: application of inverse model based fuzzy control

This paper investigates the possible applications of dynamical fuzzy systems to control nonlinear plants with asymptotically stable zero dynamics using a fuzzy nonlinear internal model control strategy. The developed strategy consists in including a dynamical Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model of the plant within the control structure. In this way, the controller design simply results in a fuzzy model inversion. In this framework, the originality of the presented work lies in the use of a dynamical fuzzy model and its inversion. In order to be able to implement the control structure, two crucial points have to be addressed in the considered fuzzy context, on the one hand the model representation and identification, on the other, the model inversion. As the fuzzy system can be viewed as a collection of elementary subsystems, its inversion is approached here in a local way, i.e., on the elementary subsystems capable to provide an inverse solution. In this case, the inversion of the global fuzzy system is thus tackled by inversion of some of its components. By doing so, exact inversion is obtained and offset-free performances are ensured. In order to guarantee a desired regulation behavior and robustness of stability of the control system, the fuzzy controller is connected in series with a robustness filter. The potential of the proposed method is demonstrated with simulation examples.