Fuzzy Based Controller Design for Antilock Braking System in Motorcycle

Automotive safety is of major concern in today's vehicles including Motorcycles. Since 1970's, Anti-lock braking systems (ABS) are introduced in almost every passenger car. ABS are mainly used in four wheelers. But for motorcycles, because of complexity in dynamics and major issues like availability of space, requirements of power, bulkiness it is more challenging. This paper deals with the implementation of Antilock Braking System (ABS) in motorcycle. The various controller-based ABS systems that are commercially used in passenger vehicles, trucks, Buses, etc. are studied for extension in to motorcycle [1][2][3][6]. The aim of this work is to design a Fuzzy based ABS controller for motorcycle in order to obtain required braking performance and to prevent wheel from getting locked in view of dimensions of Motor cycle wheel. The MATLAB/Simulink Environment is used to find the stopping distance andbraking torque analytically and a prototype hardware is developed to validate the results experimentally