Competition? I think not...

Sal · 12-05-2005, 04:39 PM

http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadget...ess-140977.php

-Sal

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citivolus · 12-05-2005, 08:44 PM

It would make a nice remote hand truck or even a trailer for a Seg.

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Sal · 12-05-2005, 08:59 PM

For the technically gifted on these forums, how about making a self-balancing "trailer" for the Segway which follows your red tail stripe? So there would be nothing physically attached to the glider, but will follow you, etc. like a normal trailer?

I'd try and make a smaller version if I had some Lego Mindstorms, and their optical sensors! :-)

-Sal

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MagiMike · 12-05-2005, 10:33 PM

A personal mobility platform for only 100,000 yen WOW

KSagal · 12-06-2005, 01:03 AM

My company just bought another that had the technology of the "Mailmobile"

That device was/is as machine that can follow a stripe on the ground (Painted on) that is clear to the eye, but had a magnetic resonance that the sensor's of the machine could read...

It is one of those automated carts that drives itself around a large plant or factory, or even and office building. It travels along, but has sensors that stop it from running into people or things...

I contemplated having a device drag behind the seg on a wire, with the proper encoding. That way, any where I went my little trailer was sure to go...

Unfortunatly, the mailmobile, though smart enough to interact with elevators, is about three quarter's the size of a Mini Cooper...

Karl Ian Sagal

Each road you travel should be just a bit better for having had you pass.

JohnM · 12-06-2005, 01:08 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by salkulkarni

For the technically gifted on these forums, how about making a self-balancing "trailer" for the Segway which follows your red tail stripe? So there would be nothing physically attached to the glider, but will follow you, etc. like a normal trailer?

I'd try and make a smaller version if I had some Lego Mindstorms, and their optical sensors! :-)

Something like this? http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/mo..._relay_web.mpg

JohnM
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12-05-2005, 04:39 PM	#1
Sal Enjoys a well balanced glide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,422	Competition? I think not... http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadget...ess-140977.php -Sal ___________ I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays Segway Chat Member since July 2003 Segway Owner since August 2003

12-05-2005, 08:44 PM	#2
citivolus Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: , RI, . Posts: 562	It would make a nice remote hand truck or even a trailer for a Seg. -- swiftly flying

12-05-2005, 08:59 PM	#3
Sal Enjoys a well balanced glide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,422	For the technically gifted on these forums, how about making a self-balancing "trailer" for the Segway which follows your red tail stripe? So there would be nothing physically attached to the glider, but will follow you, etc. like a normal trailer? I'd try and make a smaller version if I had some Lego Mindstorms, and their optical sensors! :-) -Sal ___________ I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays Segway Chat Member since July 2003 Segway Owner since August 2003

12-05-2005, 10:33 PM	#4
MagiMike Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston, TX, USA. Posts: 701	A personal mobility platform for only 100,000 yen WOW

12-06-2005, 01:03 AM	#5
KSagal Glides a lot, talks more... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pelham, NH, USA. Posts: 10,356	My company just bought another that had the technology of the "Mailmobile" That device was/is as machine that can follow a stripe on the ground (Painted on) that is clear to the eye, but had a magnetic resonance that the sensor's of the machine could read... It is one of those automated carts that drives itself around a large plant or factory, or even and office building. It travels along, but has sensors that stop it from running into people or things... I contemplated having a device drag behind the seg on a wire, with the proper encoding. That way, any where I went my little trailer was sure to go... Unfortunatly, the mailmobile, though smart enough to interact with elevators, is about three quarter's the size of a Mini Cooper... Karl Ian Sagal Each road you travel should be just a bit better for having had you pass.

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