Sunday, 3. August 2008
Topic: GINGER - on August 3, 2008 at 12:42:54 PM CEST
Toyota Announces Segway Killer: The Winglet Personal Transporter
Only a year after taking control of Sony's robotics business, Toyota has come up with a vertical, mechanized scooter (or personal transporter, in future-speak) intended to help people move about in public areas.
Called the Winglet because of its fleet nature, it is the first gadget to duplicate the celebrated, and often mocked, navigation system of Dean Kamen's Segway Transporter: self-balancing through gyroscopic sensors detecting the gentle directional tilts of a rider.
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