Linux-Controlled Segway Robot

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 13, 2003 @07:19AM from the idle-rich-adjust-the-throttle dept.

ptorrone writes "It was just a matter of time until the Segway technology would be used as a robotics platform. University of Southern California Robotics Lab's Segway RMP (Robotic Mobility Platform) has a lot of great information if you're looking to convert a Segway to a robot. On the site there are videos as well as instruction on how to build your own." Update: 07/13 21:30 GMT by T : Dr. Andrew Howard writes with an important clarification about the project: "This is *not* a standard Segway HT that we have converted to robotics applications. Rather, this is a customized, limited production unit that has been specially modified by the manufacturer. The web-site does *not* show how to convert an existing Segway HT into a robotic platform."

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Maybe because... by botzi · 2003-07-13 07:26 · Score: 1, Informative

....it's ten times cheaper than the RC??
see, why you'll use a Linux segway, that's the real question....

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Re:Why did they do the videos as AVI? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-13 07:54 · Score: 1, Informative

VideoLan Client played them fine for me. DivX is much more efficient than MPEG; the real question is why they didn't use MP4.
Why bother by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-13 08:19 · Score: 1, Informative

What idiot modded this insightful? This is a much better option.