To avoid the laborious task of modifying control rule sets for fuzzy logic controllers, a novel model-based self-tuning strategy has been developed. The performance of this advanced fuzzy logic controller is measured and analyzed in a linguistic plane. An optimal performance trajectory functions as the control model. The self-tuning strategy improves the performance automatically until it converges to a predetermined optimal global criterion. The experimental results indicate that the actual performance trajectory of the advanced fuzzy controller with the self-tuning strategy has reached the optimal criterion.