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Arduway: LEGO and Arduino make a Segway
MAKE Magazine: hacks —
Trive wrote in about the robochild of a quite unorthodox LEGO/Arduino marriage:
It's a self-balacing robot inspired to the well-known Segway. Its brain is Arduino and that's why it's called "Arduway". Arduino is mounted on a hand-soldered board which connects it to two LEGO NXT motors and an Epson gyroscope.
Aduino Poet, the robot's creator and a student at the Politecnico of Milan, started a library called Arduino2Lego which aims to provide a simple API for the Arduino to talk to standard NXT sensors and motors. Currently, it looks like it only has ...
DIY: Mini Segway
GEARFUSE —
Think you can ride a Segway ? Sure, it might look easy - until you fall. For those not skilled in the ways of a normal-sized Segway, perhaps a mini Segway would be more to your liking. This DIY project found on the Arduino.cc forums was posted by user Arduino.poet whose created this mini-Segway which has no practical purpose but does show his passion for hardware and the Arduino. Why else would he be the self-proclaimed Arduino poet? Using some LEGO pieces and an Ardunio , this Segway is capable of self-balanced movement at a speed that could be deemed too fast. Just kidding, this thing is slow as molasses. Arduino.poet ...
Make your own mini-Segway with an Arduino
Tech Digest —
This one fits firmly into the hobbyist category, but a bloke on a set of message boards has managed to create a little mini-Segway using parts worth about thirty quid or so. All it consists of is some Lego and an ...
DIY Mini-Segway Shows Dean Kamen Isn't All That Clever [Diy Segway]
Gizmodo —
OK, OK... so Dean Kamen actually dreamed up the Segway in the first place and other amazing things, so he's pretty clever. But then so is the guy who's put together this Arduway out of an Arduino controller board and some Lego Mindstorms motors. It senses its position with a gyro, and balances pretty much like the real thing, only smaller. Maybe good for giving your pet mouse some 21st Century transport? If you're impressed and want to try it out then there's a DIY guide and the software available. Clever stuff. [Project page via Hackaday]
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