A novel fuzzy preview controller based on look up tables is proposed for control design of a rotary inverted pendulum represented with integrated time delay in system matrices. The proposed control achieved control of all system states with predefined standard requirements. The advantage of preview control helps in conservation of energy as the control input acts upon after a lookup making the system robust even under the impact of custom designed system time delays that were incorporated into the system. The proposed method shows the influence of time delay can be countered effectively by integrating the delay into the system matrix and then using the novel fuzzy granular preview control.