Conventional versus Fuzzy Control : Performance Evaluation for Lightweight Cartesian Robot Arms

The Proportional-Integral-Derivative control scheme is widely used in industries. This paper investigates an alternative control paradigm for controlling lightweight Cartesian robot arms. Fuzzy PI control is used and validated experimentally by comparing performance with a conventional PID control algorithm. The results show the effectiveness of the fuzzy PI control. The fuzzy control shows superior performance in transient response over the conventional one.