Realization of Anti-Lock Braking Strategy for Electric Scooters

This research studies a novel method of realizing a nonmechanical antilock braking system (ABS) controller for electric scooters (ESs) based on regenerative, kinetic, and short-circuit braking mechanisms. In which, a boundary layer speed control is proposed for a guarantee of the optimal slip ratio between tires and road surface. The antilock braking controller, combined with this controller, drives a low-side driving circuit to induce either an open-circuit or a short-circuit loop on the motor stator's coil to a load; it thus produces braking actions analogous to those in the conventional ABS control. The proposed ABS controller is practically realized. Improvement of the braking performance for the ABS action is further addressed via real-world experiments.