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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. safety? by iamhassi · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "In the fairly likely event of the software crashing, a wire coming loose, a component failing, or the batteries running low, the wheels will lock and the entire kinetic energy of the system will be used to accelerate my head toward the ground. "

    I'LL TAKE TWO!

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    my karma will be here long after I'm gone
  2. argh by mantera · · Score: 0, Redundant


    whoa dude... that is the ugliest robot i had ever seen. It's totally the kinda robot you don't wanna encounter in a dark alley somewhere.