A

SYNOPSIS
ON

SEGWAY
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
FOR THE AWARD OF THE
DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Submitted by
Ashwini Kumar
Shubham Garg
Vikas Saini

1813538
1813535
1813523

Under the guidance of

Er. Shanti Parkash

(2013 2017)

Haryana Engineering College

Jagadhri
(Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

INTRODUCTION
The Segway PT

is a two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery-powered electrivehicle

invented by Dean Kamen. It is produced by Segway Inc. of New Hampshire. The

name Segway is derived from the word segue, meaning smooth transition. PT is an
abbreviation for personal transporter. Segways perform best in areas with adequate
sidewalks, curb cuts at intersections, and ramps. They are used in some theme parks by
visitors and employees. Dean Kamen, the machine's inventor, held especially high hopes
for the Segway. In an interview with Time Magazine, he claimed that his machine "will
be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy."Although the Segway hasn't quite
lived up to its hype, it's most definitely an amazing machine. In this article, we'll find out
what sets the Segway apart from earlier vehicles, and we'll see why its inventor thought it
could change the world.Unlike a car, the Segway only has two wheels -- it looks
something like an ordinary hand truck -- yet it manages to stay upright by itself.
To move forward or backward on the Segway, the rider just leans slightly forward or
backward. To turn left or right, the rider turns the right handlebar forward or backward.If
you stand up and lean forward, so that you are out of balance, you probably won't fall on
your face. Your brain knows you are out of balance, because fluid in your inner ear shifts,
so it triggers you to put your leg forward and stop the fall. If you keep leaning forward,
your brain will keep putting your legs forward to keep you upright. Instead of falling, you
walk forward, one step at a time.The Segway does pretty much the same thing, except it
has

wheels

instead

of

legs,

a motor instead

of

muscles,

collection

of microprocessors instead of a brain and a set of sophisticated tilt sensors instead of an

inner-ear balancing system. Like your brain, the Segway knows when you are leaning
forward. To maintain balance, it turns the wheels at just the right speed, so you move
forward. The rider controls forward and backward movement by leaning the Segway
relative to the combined center of mass of the rider and Segway, by holding the control
bar closer to or farther from their body. The Segway detects the change in the balance
point, and adjusts the speed at which it is balancing the rider accordingly. On older
models, steering is controlled by a twist grip on the left handlebar, which simply varies

the speeds between the two motors, rotating the Segway PT (a decrease in the speed of
the left wheel would turn the Segway PT to the left). Newer models enable the use of
tilting the handle bar to steer. . The speculation created an unexpected advance buzz
about the product that was, at times, hyperbolic. Steve Jobs was quoted as saying that it
was "as big a deal as the PC", though later sources quoted him as saying when first
introduced to the product that its design "sucked". John Doerr speculated that it would be
more important than the Internet

Technology
The dynamics of the Segway PT are similar to a classic control problem, the inverted
pendulum. The Segway PT (PT is an initialism for personal transporter while the old
suffix HT was an initialism for human transporter) has electric motors powered
by Valence Technology phosphate-based lithium-ion batteries, which can be charged
from household current. It balances with the help of dual computers that run proprietary
software,

two tilt

sensors,

and

five gyroscopic

sensors developed

by BAE

Systems' Advanced Technology Centre. The servo drive motors rotate the wheels
forwards or backwards as needed for balance or propulsion. The rider controls forward
and backward movement by leaning the Segway relative to the combined center of mass
of the rider and Segway, by holding the control bar closer to or farther from their body.
The Segway detects the change in the balance point, and adjusts the speed at which it is
balancing the rider accordingly. On older models, steering is controlled by a twist grip on
the left handlebar, which simply varies the speeds between the two motors, rotating the
Segway PT (a decrease in the speed of the left wheel would turn the Segway PT to the
left). Newer models enable the use of tilting the handle bar to steer.

Components used:
The following components are used in our project:
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Wheel
Motor
Battery
Sprocket Gear
Frame
Wooden board
Sprocket Pinion
Castor wheel
Chain Drive

CONCLUSION
At last we summarise that , our project is based on the personal transpoter by using
battery and motor .In it two wheels are used generally .
Hence we concluded that , project is quite economical as we can use it on a small
distance traveler and it is environment friendly. Our project involves lots of technical
subjects as mentioned earlier Its being a good experience to feel both theoretically and
practically