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Build Your Own Segway

Posted by michael on from the poetry-in-motion dept.

bugbear writes "Robot hacker Trevor Blackwell explains how to build your own Segway-style balancing scooter. He says it's not that hard (but he already knows how to build walking robots)."

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  1. It's patented by sterno · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most of the technology that makes the Segway work is patented. So sure you can likely build yourself one without pissing anybody off, but don't plan to start a business making them for another decade or two.

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  2. Big wheels by LauraW · · Score: 3, Informative

    Er, probably. (Scroll down a bit.)