
Figure 1.
Robot Dog side view

Figure 2.
Robot Dog front view

Figure 3.
Control problem definition

Figure 4.
Effect of disturbances on the controller

Figure 5.
Controlling the robot with the server

Figure 6.
Possible robot trajectories

Figure 7.
Structure of the fuzzy PD controller (x axis)

Figure 8.
Surface of the controller for the velocity

Figure 9.
Input and outputs of the fuzzy PD controller (z axis)

Figure 10.
Control surface for the velocity for the z axis

Figure 11.
Test scenario for the experiments

Figure 12.
Fuzzy PD controller adjusting the position with respect to the ball in x axis

Figure 13.
Fuzzy PD controller performance in the 1 m distance case
Table 1.
Results for the experiments with 80 cm
| Track of 80 cm | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tests | PID | Fuzzy PD |
| 1 | 26.1 | 12.45 |
| 2 | 28.39 | 12.26 |
| 3 | 24.61 | 11.54 |
| 4 | 22.43 | 11.51 |
| 5 | 26.71 | 10.31 |
| 6 | 26.43 | 12.72 |
| 7 | 22.73 | 10.63 |
| 8 | 21.04 | 11.16 |
| 9 | 20.05 | 13.87 |
| 10 | 19.42 | 15.84 |
| 11 | 22.71 | 13.52 |
| 12 | 22.91 | 12.70 |
| 13 | 20.76 | 14.55 |
| 14 | 21.36 | 12.66 |
| 15 | 30.03 | 13.39 |
| 16 | 25.47 | 14.07 |
| 17 | 23.00 | 17.08 |
| 18 | 21.43 | 16.62 |
| 19 | 24.01 | 12.71 |
| 20 | 26.51 | 15.32 |
| 21 | 27.09 | 13.42 |
| 22 | 20.82 | 15.71 |
| 23 | 23.97 | 14.47 |
| 24 | 26.47 | 13.63 |
| 25 | 24.78 | 14.84 |
| 26 | 24.56 | 12.77 |
| 27 | 23.11 | 14.16 |
| 28 | 27.17 | 13.89 |
| 29 | 29.47 | 14.69 |
| 30 | 22.63 | 11.90 |
| s | 24.2056 | 13.4796 |
| 2.8009 | 1.6871 | |
Table 2.
Results for the experiments with 1 m
| Track of 1 m | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tests | Fuzzy PD | PID |
| 1 | 26.28 | NAO |
| 2 | 28.12 | NAO |
| 3 | 18.62 | NAO |
| 4 | 36.12 | NAO |
| 5 | 26.50 | NAO |
| 6 | 33.47 | NAO |
| 7 | 30.47 | NAO |
| 8 | 27.02 | NAO |
| 9 | 32.56 | NAO |
| 10 | 35.92 | NAO |
| 11 | 22.87 | NAO |
| 12 | 31.83 | NAO |
| 13 | 33.00 | NAO |
| 14 | 31.26 | NAO |
| 15 | 33.33 | NAO |
| 16 | 27.30 | NAO |
| 17 | 29.89 | NAO |
| 18 | 20.31 | NAO |
| 19 | 23.18 | NAO |
| 20 | 33.55 | NAO |
| 21 | 25.78 | NAO |
| 22 | 36.65 | NAO |
| 23 | 25.83 | NAO |
| 24 | 31.04 | NAO |
| 25 | 23.51 | NAO |
| 26 | 38.31 | NAO |
| 27 | 32.30 | NAO |
| 28 | 26.93 | NAO |
| 29 | 36.39 | NAO |
| 30 | 33.30 | NAO |
| 31 | 26.70 | NAO |
| 32 | 32.59 | NAO |
| 33 | 28.74 | NAO |
| 34 | 31.02 | NAO |
| 35 | 33.36 | NAO |
| 36 | 27.88 | NAO |
| 37 | 28.07 | NAO |
| 38 | 23.83 | NAO |
| 39 | 29.32 | NAO |
| 40 | 28.15 | NAO |
| 29.5325 | NAO | |
| s | 4.6036 | NAO |
