This paper proposes an inverse compensation feed-forward control strategy for a vertical pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) system. Firstly, we conduct a preliminary experiment on the vertical PAM system, and on this basis, we analyze the motion characteristics of the system. Moreover, we clarify the control objective of this paper. Then, we establish a model that can describe the hysteresis characteristics of the system, and we further construct an inverse compensation feedforward controller by inversing this established model. Finally, we carry out some tracking control experiments based on the vertical PAM experimental platform to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed control strategy,