The problems of global stabilization of any prescribed energy level of the pendulum and the upright unstable equilibrium point of the pendulum are solved. The proposed stabilizing algorithm for the upright equilibrium position is based on a VSS-like modification of the energy-speed-gradient method. The qualitative description of the transient behaviour of the closed loop system is obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4039-4044
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the American Control Conference
Volume6
StatePublished - 1 Dec 1999
EventProceedings of the 1999 American Control Conference (99ACC) - San Diego, CA, USA
Duration: 2 Jun 19994 Jun 1999

    Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering

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