MOTOshop.UA has become an official Segway dealer in Ukraine

 

Segway, Inc. is a global leader in creating electric personal transportation devices. Today, Segway Inc. focuses on producing safe, unique equipment that redefines the essence of personal transport for both private and commercial use. Segway Inc. collaborates with commercial and governmental organizations to realize the benefits of eco-friendly personal transportation, enabling increased productivity and efficient use of existing infrastructure. Together with our users, we help government leaders lay the foundation for adopting these new technologies and safety measures, wisely integrating them into society. For our investors and dealers, we create new opportunities for successful businesses with exciting pathways to the future.

We continue to direct our efforts in research and development to create versatile, maneuverable short-range devices that utilize patented dynamic stabilization technology and advanced alternative energy systems.

Segway RU is the official representative of the Segway, Inc. factory in Bedford, USA, and a distributor of Segways in the Russian Federation. Since 1995, our company’s specialists have been engaged in importing and promoting niche, lesser-known products in Russia, the sale of which is typically associated with presenting their creation concept and the unique space and opportunities they bring to human life. We call them «smart machines» because they are designed to provide people with what they need, even before they can articulate that need. Our machines enter human life to ensure a qualitative balance between mastering space and time, freedom, and peace of mind. Our «smart machines» transport people from the world of mundane functioning to a world of personal experiences, changing their lifestyle and perspective on how they work, rest, and live. We have accumulated vast experience in the operation and servicing of «smart machines.» The Segway PT, or simply Segway, is among them.

Young but Bold

Despite the relatively short global sales experience of Segways, just over 7 years, this experience is rapidly and intensively growing and spreading among members of an exclusive club – official Segway distributors in various countries. “Segway Ru” maintains constant and lively contact with them. As a result of such communication and our understanding of local specifics, a synergistic effect is created, which ultimately ensures the success of «Segway PT» in Russia.

Our mission is to move you forward! We are proud to have the opportunity to tell people, companies, and government organizations about the benefits and qualitative advantages of Segways for their lives and activities. We will be happy to hear your thoughts and comments, gladly answer a wide range of questions about Segway operation, and assist with service-related issues.

 

SEGWAY TOP TECH
The essence of our developments lies not in taking existing technologies and attaching batteries to them. No, we create systems, not individual modules. This is an entirely new approach based on expertise in fields such as:


Dynamic Stabilization
This is a somewhat trendy name for the technology that ensures a state of balance. This is our proprietary development, which allows us to achieve advantages such as exceptional maneuverability (truly a zero turning radius), a small footprint, and the provision of a fantastic and unique riding experience.

Electric Drive
Besides being environmentally friendly and highly efficient, the electric drive also allows for fine-tuning each wheel (for turning and smoothing the ride) and provides precise, computer-controlled movement and braking.

 

 

Smart Battery Usage
Segway Inc., one of the world’s largest buyers of high-capacity batteries, has been at the forefront of developing lithium-ion batteries for vehicles. We know a great deal about advanced achievements in orientation and signal recognition within the device and apply this knowledge to use energy more efficiently, ensuring a longer battery life. Add regenerative braking capability (recharging during deceleration), and you get truly smart battery technology utilization.

  

 

Advanced Sensing
If you feel anything while standing on a Segway’s platform, it’s the sensation that it almost reads your thoughts. It’s not magic! It’s the interaction of traction, energy, inertial recognition, and a remarkably intuitive user interface that brings an involuntary smile to your face during motion. We hope one day you’ll have the chance to experience this and, instead of dull boredom or thoughts of when it will end, you’ll feel joy from your daily commute.

 

 

Signal-Based Control
Mechanical control is a thing of the past. We use the latest developments in sensor technologies to ensure safe control through redundant systems that manage acceleration, braking, steering, and other functions.

  

 

Intuitive User Interfaces
You’ll understand it when you feel it. At the core of our device control approach lies minimalism and a natural connection between human and machine. Our innovative sensing and recognition technologies allow us to see beyond traditional motion control, which hasn’t seen significant changes since the introduction of the automatic transmission.

 

Digital Dashboard
Access all necessary system information through connected devices. Speed, battery level, and other data are transmitted via wireless connection to a device that fits in your hand and can also be mounted on the «dashboard.»

  



THE FOUNDATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT WORKS
 
The Technology is Rooted in Science

When Dean Kamen first showcased the Segway PT on the American TV channel «ABC» in the program «Good Morning America,» he introduced it as «the world’s first self-balancing human transporter.» When you see the machine in motion, you’ll understand what he meant. Unlike a car, the Segway has only two wheels, yet it manages to stay upright on its own.

To move forward or backward, the user simply leans slightly forward or backward. To turn left or right, the user turns the «LeanSteer» steering column left or right.

How Dynamic Stabilization Works
The most remarkable thing about the Segway is its ability to balance on its own. This key feature is at the heart of its operation. To understand how this system works, it’s best to use the model on which Dean Kamen based the Segway’s design: the human body.

  


If you lean forward significantly while standing, you’re unlikely to fall face-first. Your brain senses the loss of balance because the fluid in your inner ear shifts. Your brain commands you to step forward to prevent the fall. If you keep leaning forward, your brain directs your legs to keep moving forward to maintain your upright position. Instead of falling, you walk forward step by step.

The Segway does the same, except it has wheels instead of legs, a motor instead of muscles, a set of microprocessors instead of a brain, and a set of gyroscopic sensors and tilt sensors instead of an inner ear. Just like your brain, the Segway knows when you lean forward. To keep you balanced, it rotates the wheels at the speed needed to move forward. Segway Inc. calls this ability dynamic stabilization and has patented this unique process that allows the Segway to balance on just two wheels.

Brains and Brawn

The Segway PT is controlled by an intelligent system of sensors, mechanical components, a drive system, and control systems. The moment you step onto the Segway’s platform, five miniature gyroscopic sensors and two accelerometers detect changes in terrain and your body’s position 100 times per second – faster than the human brain can process.

  


The Segway uses specialized solid-state angular rate sensors made with silicon. This type of gyroscopic sensor detects rotation using the Coriolis effect on a very small scale.

Simply put, the Coriolis effect causes an apparent change in the path of one moving object relative to another rotating object. For example, an airplane flying in a straight trajectory appears to follow a curved path due to the Earth’s rotation beneath it.

The Segway uses five gyroscopic sensors, although only three are needed for operation: to detect your body’s lean forward or backward (called “pitch”), left or right (“roll”), and to determine turning left or right (“yaw”). The additional sensors serve as backups, ensuring greater machine reliability. All this information about your body’s position and steering, along with data from tilt sensors, feeds into the device’s brain.

The brains and brawn consist of two identical, redundant sets of microprocessor control boards, batteries, and motor windings that work together and share the load generated by wheel movement. The Segway carries several additional microprocessors. The machine requires such computational power because it must make precise adjustments and corrections quickly to stay balanced. If one control board (or its associated battery, motor winding, or wiring) fails, the other set takes over all functions, giving the system enough time to notify the user of the issue and come to a smooth stop.

The brains and brawn consist of two identical, redundant sets of microprocessor control boards, batteries, and motor windings that work together and share the load generated by wheel movement. The Segway requires such computational power because it must make precise adjustments and corrections quickly to stay balanced. If one control board (or its associated battery, motor winding, or wiring) fails, the other set takes over all functions, giving the system enough time to notify the user of the issue and come to a smooth stop.

  

Microprocessors run complex software that controls the Segway. This software monitors all balance-related data from the gyroscopic sensors and adjusts the motor speed in response. The electric motors, powered by a pair of lithium-ion batteries, can rotate each wheel independently at variable speeds.

  


When the Segway leans forward, the motors rotate both wheels forward to prevent it from tipping over. When it leans backward, the motors rotate both wheels in reverse. When the user turns the «LeanSteer» steering column left or right, the motors spin one wheel faster than the other, or at low speeds, rotate the wheels in opposite directions to turn the Segway. During motion, the Segway precisely executes the required turning radius, balancing your lean with the centripetal acceleration generated by the turn.

PRODUCTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

All our products incorporate elements of our digital signal transmission architecture to provide a unique experience of intuitive, electric, personal mobility that cannot be found elsewhere.

Segway PT

The Segway PT (Personal Transporter) represents the next generation of eco-friendly personal mobility devices and offers advantages over the first generation of our machines. The Segway PT makes any trip even more intuitive and efficient than before.

 

Segway RMP Robotic Mobile Platforms
    
Segway Robotic Mobile Platforms (Segway RMP) leverage the technical and engineering excellence demonstrated in the Segway PT, bringing it to the field of robotics with enhanced reliability, durability, and robustness. The Segway RMP is an exceptionally reliable transport platform, adaptable to specific tasks, designed for moving heavy specialized loads in tight spaces across various terrains.

  

Segway Inc. Developments

Segway Inc. leverages its advantage in existing technologies and expertise to develop innovative concepts aimed at solving many of today’s urban mobility challenges. Existing as prototypes today, these developments showcase the potential of technologies available now that can be implemented relatively quickly.

           

Recently, Segway Inc. announced its P.U.M.A. project and unveiled a prototype developed in collaboration with “General Motors” (GM). This prototype highlights the significance of existing dynamic stabilization and electric traction technologies in addressing the growing challenges of urban congestion and environmental concerns.