Segway Made A Robot That Connects To Your Two-Wheeled Scooter
Another day, another autonomous two-wheeled robot. Segway, the maker of two wheeled riding machines, has released something called the Segway Robot. This little robotic head connects to a standard Segway and adds an Intel RealSense RGB-D camera, speech recognition, and self-driving capabilities all powered by an onboard computer. It will also have an SDK so you can program your robot to do things like interact with people and, with arms, pick up object.
The robot fits on the new Ninebot Segway base released when Ninebot bought the company in April. This base is self-balancing just like the old Segways and it allows the little robot to scoot around with reckless abandon.
The robot is a joint partnership between Intel and Ninebot. A developer version will launch in 2016 followed by a commercial version.
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Segway
- Founded 2001
- Overview The Segway personal transporter is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen. It is produced by Segway Inc. of New Hampshire. The name "Segway" is a homophone of "segue" (a smooth transition, literally Italian for "follows").
- Location Bedford, NH
- Categories Electric Vehicle, Robotics, Manufacturing
- Website http://www.segway.com
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Ninebot
- Founded 2012
- Overview Ninebot Inc. was officially founded in 2012 by a group of robotics engineers interested in developing new technology for use in environmental protection and artificial intelligence. The engineers attended the 2009 China-Korea-Japan Robot Seminar to present their designs for the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used for research at Zhongshan Station in Antartica. With an R&D team, the engineers combined …
- Location Beijing, 22
- Categories Robotics, Transportation, Manufacturing
- Founders Lufeng Gao
- Website http://ninebot.com
- Full profile for Ninebot
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Intel
- Founded 1968
- Overview Intel designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. The company operates through PC client, data center, Internet of Things, mobile and communications groups; software and services; and all other segments. Its platforms are used in various computing applications comprising notebooks, desktops, servers, tablets, smartphones, wireless and wired connectivity products, …
- Location Santa Clara, CA
- Categories Semiconductor, Hardware, Software, Manufacturing
- Website http://www.intel.com/
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