Single Wheeled Mobile Robot (SWMR) comprises of a robot chassis mounted on a single wheel and capable of performing 360° orientation rotation while maintaining its stable position. The objective is to control robot orientation and wheel motion at desired location. The single wheel makes the system more difficult to control as compared to double wheel robot. This paper presents the control of highly non-linear, multivariable and complex SWMR system using fuzzy and ANFIS controllers. The fuzzy

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... trollers were used to train the ANFIS controllers using gbell membership functions. A Matlab-Simulink model of the system was initially developed from mathematical equations derived using Newton's second law of motion. The simulation results are shown with the help of graphs and tables which proves the superiority of fuzzy technique over ANFIS approach. The results showed that fuzzy controllers were able to stabilize the SWMR system within 4.5 sec. The steady state error for both the controllers shows an excellent response. The maximum overshoot for chassis controller are within specified limits whereas it needs to be lowered for wheel controller. The performance parameters i.e. settling time, maximum overshoot and steady state error further highlights the effectiveness of both the controllers.