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Old 09-02-2018, 02:29 PM   #4
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There was no need for Ninebot to reverse engineer a Seg. Stabilizing an inverted pendulum is a standard project for controls engineers. The genius of Dean Kamen was in applying the concept to a two-wheeled “personal transporter”. There was also a lot of great hardware and software engineering in turning the concept into a reasonably reliable product. Nevertheless, many examples exist of home made “segways”, and these were certainly not reverse engineered.

Any independent tech would be hamstrung by not having Segway diagnostic tools, not to mention the fact that almost all the more serious diagnostics and repairs were/are performed at the Factory in New Hampshire. I think there have never been a lot of repair technicians at the factory, so you have a small group of skilled people, at best.
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