Neuro-adaptive control method for antilock braking systems

The braking effectiveness of antilock braking system (ABS) could be degraded for rough road conditions (e.g., icy/snowy roads). In this work, a neuro-adaptive control design method is proposed for improving the performance of ABS. A neuro-adaptive unit is constructed to compensate external disturbances and uncertain dynamics due to road condition variation. This method does not involve analytical estimation of the upper bound on the reconstruction error and lumped uncertainties of the system, simplifying the design process and online computation. The performance of the developed control scheme is verified via simulation.