31-08-2017, 03:35 PM
The Segway was introduced in 2001 by Dean Kamen. It is a two-wheeled, balanced and battery-powered electronic vehicle that maintains its own balance and that of its passenger. It is equipped with a T-shaped stationary control shaft mounted on a platform mounted on two parallel wheels. Segways are driven upright and driven according to the dynamics of the human body: leaning forward to move forward, stopping to stop, and leaning back to reverse. The device has no brakes or accelerator, but has a handle to make turns. It is the only vehicle capable of turning in place, just like a person, because its wheels have the ability to rotate in opposite directions. For two-wheeled robots with balance, stability is vital as they can not remain upright (balanced) effortlessly. An inverted pendulum, as the name implies, is a pendulum that has its mass above its pivot point and not below as traditional pendulums. A self-balancing robot, such as a Segway, is an extended version of an inverted pendulum. This article describes the design and construction of Segway using gyroscopic sensors, Arduino-UnoR3 development boards and electric battery motors. The design we have come with the cost of Segway about 30,000 compared to the original Segway, which costs about 3 lakhs plus taxes, so the product cost effective.