On designing fuzzy controllers for a class of nonlinear networked control systems

This paper is concerned with controller design for a class of nonlinear networked control systems. These systems are approximated by uncertain linear networked Takagi - Sugeno (T - S) models with both network-induced delay and data packet dropout. Sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of a fuzzy controllers. Then, an iterative algorithm for the controller design is proposed. A control problem of a flexible-joint robot arm system is studied to show the effectiveness of the iterative algorithm.