Basic Rider Optimization Training for the Segway
HT
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Instructor Guide and Participant Workbook
Rev 3.5i - January 2004
© Segway LLC 2002
P/N 1707100001aa
Rider Detection Demonstration – i and p Series
Demonstrate
Rider Detection with an i or p Series Segway HT:
1. Put the Segway HT into Balance Mode.
2. Do not step on.
3. Roll the Segway HT forward a few feet at normal walking speed– until you hear and feel the
Stick Shake Warning.
4. Continue a few more until the Segway HT switches to Power Assist Mode.
5. Show participants the Power Assist Mode display, so they don’t think the Segway HT has
shut down.
6. Let the Segway HT gently fall to the ground while guiding it.
7. Put the Segway HT into Balance Mode again.
8. Do not step on.
9. Move the Segway HT very slowly to show the speed at which it will NOT give the Stick Shake
Warning.
10. Show the proper way to use riderless Balance Mode to pull the Segway HT up stairs or guide
it down stairs.
Show
the participants that there are three ways to stop the Segway HT from giving the Stick Shake
Warning prior to the Segway HT switching to Power Assist Mode:
1. Roll the Segway HT back to the initial place where the Rider Detect Sensors were
disengaged.
2. Tap the Mode Button to put the Segway HT into Power Assist Mode
3. Tap a Rider Detect Sensor with your foot, to re-enable Balance Mode. (Not a preferred
method.)
Emphasize
that the ability of the Segway HT to detect the presence or absence of a rider is a safety
feature designed to stop the Segway HT from forward motion with no rider on the Platform.
Direct
each participant to experience this behavior by moving the Segway HT forward she feels the
Stick Shake Warning, and sees the Segway HT transition to Power Assist Mode.
Instruct
the each participant to put the Segway HT into Balance Mode, and move it forward until the
Segway HT gives the Stick Shake Warning feet. Ask participants to practice the two preferred
methods to stop the Segway HT from stick shaking.
Explain
the theory behind this behavior: The Segway HT must correctly assess when a rider is on the
Segway HT in order to make a decision about whether to keep the Segway HT dynamically
balancing. Being wrong in either case is undesirable because:
•
If the rider is on the Segway HT
, the Segway HT should remain dynamically balancing
(because you need to remain upright).
•
If the rider is off the Segway HT
, the Segway HT should not remain dynamically balancing
when the Segway HT moves, because there is no reason for it to stay upright and it could
continue to move forward into a crowd or into the street.
Rider Detection Demonstration – e Series
You can show the participants Rider Detection behavior with an e Series model, however, the e
Series will not continue to move forward like the i and p Series models because of the E-Stand
feature. The Handlebar will remain relatively stationary, and the wheels will pivot forward or
backward until the Segway HT transitions to Power Assist Mode.
