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Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676
2. A Segway pulling a cart.
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Good call!
I found this picture while browsing segwaychat.com a while back. It looks like it could work as a robot cart, without any major additional modifications (although standoff pipes or something similar in nature to elevate the robot wheels, so as to prevent the bot from sliding off the cart, would probably need to be added).
Okay, I know it says in the Segway User Manual to never pull 'trailers' behind the Segway, but there's certainly been a large amount of people who have safely done just that. The only problem I can foresee being a major problem is that I'd be worried about going down a ramp - like in Atlanta - and having the robot cart coast into the back of the Segway.... But if you're on flat ground and you keep it to slow, controllable speeds (as in the Black Key range), you should be fine.
I've pulled 228's robot cart (robot and six batteries onboard) through the halls of our high school school while on my Segway, by using my left hand to turn the Segway and my right hand to pull the cart. So I can vouch for the fact that Segways are powerful enough to pull a loaded cart. 