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Old 11-28-2009, 04:32 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by KSagal View Post
How would you know if you used the redundant safety features of your segway? If it worked, then the failure of the first system would have seamlessly been supplanted by the back up feature, and you would continue to glide along, never the wiser...

If that back-up feature did not work, then you would know by the face plant...
Actually, in every case I can think of, you'd know by getting a safety shutdown.

Battery, motor winding, controller board, rate gyro, tilt sensor...
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Obviously, we can't have infinite voltage, or the universe would tear itself to shreds, and we wouldn't be discussing Segways.
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