How does the Segway work?

How does the Segway work?

The Segway PT works just like the human body: when we walk, we first lean forward and then take a step, regaining our balance. If we lean back, we take a step back to stabilize ourselves.

The Segway works just like the human body: when we walk, we first lean forward and then take a step, regaining our balance. If we lean back, we take a step back to stabilize ourselves. With a Segway, when leaning forwards or backwards, the machine rolls the wheels in the direction in which the user has leaned, to place them below their center of gravity. We call this proprietary technology dynamic stabilization. The turn is produced with the Leeanster handlebar moving it to the right or to the left, and being able to turn in a radius of 360ยบ on its own axis (zero turning radius).


With a Segway PT, when leaning forwards or backwards, the machine rolls the wheels in the direction in which the user has leaned, to place them below their center of gravity.

This is the basis of the movement of the Segway PT and for this reason it is so natural and intuitive to operate.

Dynamic Stabilization Technology

Segway's Smart MotionTM technology – or dynamic stabilization technology – is why the Segway PT can balance on its two wheels and move by tilting the user's body.

This technology consists of an intelligent network of sensors, hoverboard seat, mechanical components and control systems, whose main function is to keep the Segway PT in the proper plane and control forward or backward movement and braking. During the use of the Segway PT, five gyroscopes and two inclination sensors detect changes in the terrain and the position of the user's body at a rate of 100 times per second, providing precise information for the correct response of the device.

The LeanSteer Handlebar

The Segway PT's left/right turn and lateral stability are controlled by using the LeanSteer handlebar and leaning your body to one side or the other, keeping it in line with the handlebar. In this way, the lateral movement is also natural and intuitive, by using the inclination of the body to turn and to maintain verticality on terrain with a lateral inclination.



WHAT HAPPENS IF A FAILURE OCCURS WITH THE REDUNDANT SYSTEM

The system is designed so that the two control units run the system together and at the same time, so that if one of the two systems detects a fault in one of its components, it allows the other system to activate an emergency stop.

If the emergency stop is activated, the system stops the Segway and alerts the user through vibration and an acoustic alarm, giving the user 10 seconds to

Get off the device in a controlled and safe way.

WHAT HAPPENS IF A FAILURE OCCURS IN A DEVICE WITHOUT A REDUNDANT SYSTEM

The stabilization and propulsion systems of self-balancing personal transports depend on the correct functioning of all its components. In the event of

A failure, segway cart, since there is no auxiliary component that assumes the function of the failed element, the device will not be able to maintain said function.

In the event of a hypothetical failure in a device without a redundant system, the most likely result would be a sudden stop and loss of balance of the machine, which would drop

The user suddenly, with the consequent risk of injury.

 

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