Homemade segway -- Pretty sweet

[macgeek]

http://www.youtube.com/v/hJUHlosN2Kk

Jonathan

[Sal]

I alway commend the students and garage techies at their Segway creations - I know I lack any of the skills necessary to even begin a project like that.

Thanks for sharing. I think this has got to be one of the most impressive Segway-like creations posted. The ones before have not been as "fluid" in their motion as this one.

It just makes me marvel all the more when I look at our machines, the miniturization and refinement in design. I know that INC had a ton of $$$$ backing them, but it is still remarkable.

-Sal

[Cody2526]

Heard someone else made one, using $2500 worth in parts, but it lacked any sort of safety, probably also power-assist, and like the one in the video, was pretty much an ugly metal contraption in looks.

[bystander]

Heard someone else made one, using $2500 worth in parts, but it lacked any sort of safety, probably also power-assist, and like the one in the video, was pretty much an ugly metal contraption in looks.Thinking of this?
http://www.tlb.org/scooter2.html

[Cody2526]

no, it was another site. I think the other one explained exactly how he built it.

[bystander]

no, it was another site. I think the other one explained exactly how he built it.How about this one:
http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html

This is his "gen1" page, where he explains more about it.

By the way, at the bottom of this page, there are over a dozen links to balancing scooter related items. Perhaps the page you are thinking of is there?

[dgbint]

Interesting stuff.

As an Electrical Engineer, with some pretty interesting completed designs under my belt, it's a fair comment to say 'less than 10% of the work is achieving the obvious, the rest is in achieving the not so obvious'.

In other words the vast majority of the work, is getting the product reliable, manufacturable, serviceable, robust, safe under various operating conditions etc etc.

So it's reasonable to call these 'products' balancing scooters but it ain't fair to call them a Segway PT.

It's a bit like a few lads putting together a kids go-kart and calling it a Ferrari.
It sort of is, but it really aint.

That's my 2c worth.

Michael

[GadgetmanKen]

Do you have any more information about who this is and how he designed it to work? It seems its similar to Trevor Blackwells, doesn't it? Alot sloppier tho with all those wires everywhere. Seems it works pretty much the same way.