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Re: Segway announces new Robotic Mobility Platforms

I'm glad someone else thought those were familiar. After we used the wheels, we made a few modifications like drilling holes in all the rollers for weight, making our own hubs that had significantly less material in them, and putting groves in the rollers so that we had better traction as we climbed the wicked steep ramp (06).

Heres a picture of them:
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Re: Segway announces new Robotic Mobility Platforms

Heh. This is old news to our team.

I saw this platform back in February when practicing in the Segway facility.
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