i2 RMP???

[segsurfer]

While perusing the segway website, I was looking the at the the RMP's and it made me wonder, the RMP 100 is based on the p series, and the RMP 200 is based on the i170, do they make an RMP's based on the i2? I'm aware of the new four wheeled RMP, but it got me thinking about the availability parts for the gen ones. If the RMP 100 and 200 are still made, it makes you wonder why they stopped molding the ETT's; one would think that commercial customers would still create demand.
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[JohnM]

While perusing the segway website, I was looking the at the the RMP's and it made me wonder, the RMP 100 is based on the p series, and the RMP 200 is based on the i170, do they make an RMP's based on the i2? I'm aware of the new four wheeled RMP, but it got me thinking about the availability parts for the gen ones. If the RMP 100 and 200 are still made, it makes you wonder why they stopped molding the ETT's; one would think that commercial customers would still create demand.
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Is there a demand for the RMP100 and 200? Has there been anything in the news regarding these devices in past couple of years? After the initial DARPA project they seem to have fallen below the radar.

[segsurfer]

Is there a demand for the RMP100 and 200? Has there been anything in the news regarding these devices in past couple of years? After the initial DARPA project they seem to have fallen below the radar.
I remember seeing them used in warehouses for carrying boxes around, specifically for getting things from storage to shipping staging areas. I know that some universities have used them for experiments as well. I've always wanted to rig one up to follow my segway like a trailer.
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[Gihgehls]

The big difference with i2s is the change in the control scheme. Everything else is just fluff. I don't think you'll see an i2-based RMP because older RMPs don't controll anything like the segways we ride. They are given commands such as "forward" and "left" but you don't control them by shifting weight.

[segsurfer]

The big difference with i2s is the change in the control scheme. Everything else is just fluff. I don't think you'll see an i2-based RMP because older RMPs don't controll anything like the segways we ride. They are given commands such as "forward" and "left" but you don't control them by shifting weight.

I'm aware of this, I was mainly just curious due to parts availability. One would think that Inc would use i2 components in order to streamline repairs and such. The gen one RMPs are good for gen one gliders because this assures that certain parts must still be made available...tires, p-series batteries, etc.
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[JohnM]

I'm aware of this, I was mainly just curious due to parts availability. One would think that Inc would use i2 components in order to streamline repairs and such. The gen one RMPs are good for gen one gliders because this assures that certain parts must still be made available...tires, p-series batteries, etc.
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"Must"? Why must certain parts still be made available for gen one gliders? If Segway Inc wants to hoard those parts for any future demand for RMPs it certainly is their right to do so. There is no "must".

[segsurfer]

"Must"? Why must certain parts still be made available for gen one gliders? If Segway Inc wants to hoard those parts for any future demand for RMPs it certainly is their right to do so. There is no "must".
I never said that the parts would be made available to gliders, I said the parts "must still be made available" I never said to whom. I merely speculated that certain parts that are interchangable between RMPs and segs are still being produced/supported, and that demand from RMP customers would continue to mandate the production of certain gen one parts. After all, it makes no sense to continue to offer a product to commercial customers, that is only being supported by NOS (new old stock) parts. What I was ultimately getting at was that RMPs provide insurance for support of certain gen one products becuase as it sits right now on the segway website, they support all gen one models; I don't own a gen one so I can't comment from personal experience, but that was my observation.
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