Scope of this analysis is to tune the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) parameters autonomously for controlling the moisture content in the paper industry by using Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. The GA and PSO based PID tuning results are compared with the Conventional based PID tuning to examine the performance of time domain specifications; hence, it is well-suited for marine application. The real time prototype model of paper machine is designed and controlled by using PIC microcontroller embedded with the programming in C language. This model is used to measure the moisture content level in the paper.