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Re: Legway <-> Segway ??
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:11:38 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Joe Strout wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Øyvind Steinnes wrote:
> > Can anybody make it clear for me; what came first?
> > The Legway or the Segway ?
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> It seems pretty clear to me that the Segway came first. For one thing, if the
> Legway had come first, it wouldn't have been named the Legway -- it would have
> been named the LEGO Balancing Robot or some such.
I doubt that would have really been the name, but, I also doubt it would have been Legway... :)
I suspect it would have been something like "Stand around", seeing as when the
bot is working it's best, it just stands there.
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> And a very cool job it is, too -- very neat. I wonder whether anybody has done
> something similar using the 8-inch wheels from the Destroyer Droid kit?
The wheels in the Hailfire droid don't get very good traction on a hard floor,
and I don't think the Legway would work very well on carpet.
However, I did just come up with another project that could use some of those
wheels, so I may get a few more...
Steve
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| (...) It seems pretty clear to me that the Segway came first. For one thing, if the Legway had come first, it wouldn't have been named the Legway -- it would have been named the LEGO Balancing Robot or some such. Clearly the point of this model (and (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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