[MattK]

I agree, so far in most games it would not have been practicle. Sure it would be a awsome post season project but I dont see a way it could be very good in any of the FIRST games we have played.

From someone who now has a segway for the entire summer I would say the motors in the kits are not powerfull enough to provide balance to a human. Sure you might be able to get it to stand up-right and maybe move back and forth a bit, but the motors in the segway are 2hp each! Thats a LOT of power, and trust me you need it. If you are going to have any kind of speed limiter or something of that nature you will need good batteries and strong motors. The FIRST kits just dont provide that.

Also, the segway has 5 gyros- Most likely your machine will only have one. I have noticed that from time to time the gyros in the segway get a bit confused or "dizzy" and make the machine tilt at weird angles. With 1 gyro my guess would be that it would have much more of a chance to get "dizzy"

Short answer= Yes its possible, but if you value your face I would not ride a "segway from FIRST kit" segway all that heavily.