The Segway RMP 200 is a powerful, highly maneuverable, two-wheeled mobile robot platform with advanced dynamic stabilization that allows it to remain balanced, even while carrying a heavy payload. The size, reliability, and mobile characteristics of the RMP 200 have made it a popular choice among mobile robot researchers who are using it to study topics such as path planning, obstacle avoidance, leader-follower pairs, human-robot interaction, and even robot soccer.
We would like to thank you for your attendance at the 2011 AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America Expo. We appreciate your visit to our booth to learn how Segway Inc.’s unmanned ground vehicle solutions can support your specific needs.
With over 450+ exhibitors and 6,500+ attendees, this is the Unmanned Systems show to be at! There are representatives from over 30+ countries, which will have many indoor demonstration areas for air, ground and maritime vehicles. In addition, there will be over 150 technical, workshop, panel, and poster presentations.
Visit Segway Robotics at booth 1612
Click on the images below to learn more about Segway RMP models.
RMP 400 Omni
RMP 50 Omni
RMP 200
RMP 400
Segway RMP robot platforms incorporate Segway’s patented propulsion system technologies to provide UGVs with unmatched speed, power, and durability. Designed for easy integration by developers and integrators, Segway RMPs are available in both two and four wheeled configurations.
To learn more about Segway Robotics or request a quote on one of Segway’s unmanned ground systems, please visit: http://rmp.segway.com/
U.S. Marines training for Middle East combat will have a newer, smarter enemy target to shoot at in the fall. They will be using targets built atop on both the Segway RMP200 and RMP400. Australian-based Marathon Robotics recently sold their robot practice targets to the United States Marines. Watch the video below for more information.
For more information on the full line of Segway’s robotic platforms, click here.
Segway Inc. joins Senator Shaheen while she welcomed more than 20 New Hampshire businesses to Washington, DC to showcase the state’s unique offerings at the second annual Experience New Hampshire reception. Check out the video blow of Senator Shaheen at the event. There is a great interview with a Segway Inc. representative!
Marathon Targets (http://www.marathon-targets.com/) successfully demonstrated their smart target system during a live fire demonstration at Quantico Marine Base. Marathon’s systems are developed on both the Segway RMP200 and RMP400. To view a short video of the demonstration, click here.
For more information on the full line of Segway’s robotic platforms, please visit http://rmp.segway.com/.
Segway ground robot platforms are the ideal starting point for applications used in research and development at universities. Segway’s RMPs are designed with simplicity in mind, which means that universities will have the freedom to choose and integrate the best hardware for their specific application.
They have designed the PhillieBot, which is a one armed, three-wheeled robot built atop a Segway RMP 200. The PhillieBot has recently thrown the opening pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies game. To learn more about the PhillieBot, check out the video below.
For more info about research and development opportunities please contact us or request a quote. For more information about the PhillieBot, click here.
The URUS project is focused on designing a network of mobile robots that interact with human beings and the environment. The project integrates cooperating urban robots, intelligent sensors, intelligent devices, and communications. Team members include the Institut de Robótica i Informática Industria (IRI), Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), and others.
HERB is a mobile manipulation platform built on a Segway RMP by Intel Research Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. HERB can perform real-world tasks, such as opening refrigerator and cabinet doors, finding and collecting coffee mugs, and throwing away trash. HERB is powered by ROS and a variety of open-source libraries, including several developed by CMU researchers, like OpenRAVE and GATMO
For more info on HERB, read this article at eweek.com
Segway Inc. will supply its RMP mobile robot platforms to Marathon Robotics as part of a $50 Million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).
Marathon Robotics has spent the last 8 year perfecting an integrated system of target practice mobile robots that will revolutionize the quality and effectiveness of live-fire training. The Segway RMP continues to be their preferred mobile robot platform due to its speed, agility, and robustness.
For more information, please see the Marathon Robotics press release
The RoboCup@Home competition judges navigation, mapping, object recognition, and human-robot interaction in realistic, home-like environments. RoboCup@Home is the largest international annual competition for autonomous service robots.
The MDS (mobile, dextrous, social) robot combines mobile manipulation with verbal capabilities as well as facial expressions. Built on a Segway RMP 200 base platform, the MDS robot features laser and infrared rangefinders, color CCDs, microphones, and 7DOF hands. According to Xitome’s website, the RMP “provides a small footprint and ultimate maneuverability”. MDS is now available for purchase from Xitome.
The MDS ”Ocatvia” in the video below belongs to the US Navy. Developed to improve robot interactions with humans, the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI) outfitted Octavia with a Fast Linear Optical Appearance Tracker (FLOAT) system, Head Gesture Recognizer, Set Theoretic Anatomical Tracker (STAT), a VLAD Recognizer, and a “modified cognitive architecture” called ACT-R/E.
The Oxford Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) researches many aspects of mobile autonomy with an emphasis on perception and understanding large work spaces. To facilitate this work, the MRG developed an RMP based “Segbot” named “Lisa” that features two SICK LMS 291 laser scanners, a Ladybug camera, and a Bumblebee stereo camera.
The Player Project (formerly the Player/Stage Project) creates free, open source robot control interface software that is widely used in robotics education and research.
Instructions on how to install and compile Player 2.1.x for a Segway RMP are available here, thanks to Régis Vincent at SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center.
A Segway RMP recently took the stage at IREX 2009 (International Robot Exhibition).
Onlookers listened closely as a representative from Segway Japan, Ltd. explained the balancing, mobile robot solution they developed by starting with an RMP 200.
A team of students at Aalborg University used a Segway RMP for their Trajectory Planning and Control Project to develop an “autonomous robot, with fast dynamics, capable of traversing cluttered environments while avoiding humans and obstacles.” The larger objective is to improve human-robot interaction.
Congratulations to Tadokoro Laboratory at TOHOKU University
for successfully completing the Tsukuba Challenge ’09!
Otherwise known as the “Real World Robot Challenge”, this annual event in Tsukuba Japan requires robots to autonomously navigate a 1km (0.6mi) long course that they have not previously encountered. Along the way, the robots must avoid everyday obstacles such as pedestrians and bicycles. See below for photos of the Tadokoro Team and their RMP 200.
