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Najah Yousfi Allagui¹, Farhan A Salem¹, Awad M Aljuaid¹

¹Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.

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This study introduces a novel fuzzy-PID control algorithm for intelligent navigation in nonholonomic mobile robots. The hybrid approach enhances trajectory tracking and target achievement, improving robot performance.

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Area of Science:

Robotics
Control Systems
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Mobile robot control presents challenges due to nonlinearity.
Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers are common in robotics.
Fuzzy control offers a robust alternative for industrial systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an intelligent navigation method for nonholonomic mobile robots.
To enhance trajectory tracking and target achievement.
To improve robot control performance using a hybrid approach.

Main Methods:

Designed a fuzzy-PID control algorithm with 2 inputs and 3 outputs.
Utilized system response, error, and error derivative to tune PID gains.
Introduced a tuning value 'A' to optimize response characteristics.

Main Results:

The hybrid fuzzy logic PID controllers ensured target achievement and trajectory tracking.
The algorithm effectively adjusted PID parameters (proportional, integral, derivative gains).
The tuning value 'A' reduced overshoot, oscillation, and integral absolute/squared errors (IAE/ISE).

Conclusions:

The proposed fuzzy-PID control method offers an effective solution for intelligent mobile robot navigation.
This hybrid approach improves robot control accuracy and stability.
The methodology was successfully modeled and tested on a differential drive mobile robot using Simulink/MATLAB.