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In this paper, advanced interval type-2 fuzzy sliding mode control (AIT2FSMC) for robot manipulator is proposed. The proposed AIT2FSMC is a combination of interval type-2 fuzzy system and sliding mode control. For resembling a feedback linearization (FL) control law, interval type-2 fuzzy system is designed. For compensating the approximation error between the FL control law and interval type-2 fuzzy system, sliding mode controller is designed, respectively. The tuning algorithms are derived in the sense of Lyapunov stability theorem. Two-link rigid robot manipulator with nonlinearity is used to test and the simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method that can control unknown system well., Competing Interests: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.

An advanced fuzzy potential field method for mobile robot obstacle avoidance is proposed. The potential field method primarily deals with the repulsive forces surrounding obstacles, while fuzzy control logic focuses on fuzzy rules that handle linguistic variables and describe the knowledge of experts. The design of a fuzzy controller--advanced fuzzy potential field method (AFPFM)--that models and enhances the conventional potential field method is proposed and discussed. This study also examines the rule-explosion problem of conventional fuzzy logic and assesses the performance of our proposed AFPFM through simulations carried out using a mobile robot.

An evolutionary design of Sugeno-type fuzzy systems for modelling humanoid robots is presented in this article, and issues related to the determination of the antecedent and consequent structures of the fuzzy model are addressed. In the design of the fuzzy model, determination of the type, the number of membership functions assigned to the input variables, the types of consequent equations for the fuzzy rules, the optimal number of input variables, and the dominant input variables among the input candidates are carried out using evolutionary algorithms. Using these algorithms, proper structures are evolved for the antecedent and the consequent of the Sugeno-type fuzzy model. Simulations are performed to show the effectiveness of the developed method when applied to a humanoid robot system with strong nonlinearities that have 10 input candidates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]