Segway

Segway ni ibiziga bibiri, biringaniza ubwikorezi bufasha abafite ubumuga bwahimbwe na Dean Kamen . Ni ikirango cyanditse cya Segway Inc. Yazanywe ku isoko mu mwaka 2001 nka Segway HT, hanyuma nyuma nka Segway PT. ni intangiriro ya "abatwara abantu" na PT kuri "abatwara abantu." bafite ubumuga.

Muri Mata mu mwaka 2015, Ninebot, ushingiye ku bwikorezi bwo gutwara abantu n'ibintu mu mujyi wa Beijing, yaguze Segway Inc., yagura isosiyete ishyiramo ibindi bikoresho byo gutwara abantu bafite ubumuga, muri Kamena mu mwaka 2020 aribwo byatangajwe ko itazongera gukora ibya Segway PT.

Isosiyete yigenga

Segway PT, ivugwa mu gihe cy'iterambere no kwamamaza kwa mbere nka Segway HT, yatejwe imbere y'imodoka y'abafite ubumuga iBOT yatangijwe bwa mbere muri kaminuza ya Plymouth, ifatanije na BAE Systems hamwe na Sumitomo Precision Products . Ipatanti ya mbere y’abatwara abantu yatanzwe mu mwaka 1994 itangwa mu mwaka 1997, ikurikirwa n’abandi, harimo imwe yatanzwe muri Kamena mu mwaka 1999 itangwa mu Kwakira mu mwaka 2001.

Mbere yo kuyitangiza, raporo y'amakuru ivuga ku cyifuzo cyigitabo kivuga ku guhanga, iterambere, n’inkunga ya Segway PT byatumye havugwa byinshi ku gikoresho n'akamaro kacyo. John Doerr yavuze ko byaba ngombwa kuruta interineti. Parike y'epfo yatanze igice cyo gusetsa impuha mbere yuko ibicuruzwa bisohoka. Steve Jobs yavuze ko "byari ibintu bikomeye nka PC", (nyuma yaje kuvuga igitekerezo kibi, avuga ko "yonsa", bishoboka ko yerekeza ku "gishushanyo" - ariko nanone yerekeza kuri . Umujyi wa New York, kuri gahunda ya ABC News mugitondo cyiza Mwaramutse Amerika, hamwe nibice byambere byagejejwe kubakiriya mu ntangiriro zu mwaka 2002.

Moderi y'umwimerere ya Segway PT yagaragazaga ibintu bitatu byihuta: 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h), 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) hamwe no guhinduka byihuse, na 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) . Kuyobora verisiyo yo hambere yagenzuwe hakoreshejwe kugoreka cyangwa gutandukanya umuvuduko wa moteri ebyiri. Ikirere cy'Urutonde cyari 6–10 miles (9.7–16.1 km) kuri bateri yuzuye ya nikel hydride (NiMH) hamwe n'igihe cyo kwishyuza kingana na 4-6 kusaha. Muri Nzeri mu mwaka 2003, Segway PT yaributswe mu gufasha abafite ubumuga, kubera ko niba haba hakoreshwa ibikoresho by'abafite ubumuga birengagije inshuro nyinshi umuburo wa batiri kuri PTs, amaherezo bishobora gutuma bagwa.

Muri Kanama mu mwaka wa 2006, Segway Inc. yahagaritse moderi zose zabanjirije iyi maze habaho gahunda yokumenyekanisha ibicuruzwa bya i2 na x2, byayoborwaga n'abafite ubumuga bwo kwizirika ku ntoki iburyo cyangwa ibumoso, yari ifite umuvuduko ntarengwa ungana na 12.5 mph (20.1 km/h) uhereye ku bubasha bwa two-horsepower (1.5 kW) Brushless DC na moteri y'amashanyarazi hamwe na feri kandi intera igera kukigero kiri 15–25 mi (24–40 km), bitewe na terrain, uburyo bwo kugendera hamwe na bateri.

Kwishyuza byatwaye amasaha 8-10. I2 na x2 banatangije InfoKey idafite umugozi ushobora kuba wa kwerekana mileage na odometer y'urugendo, hanyuma igashyira imodoka mu buryo bw'umutekano, ifunga ibiziga kandi igashyiraho igifasha kumenyekana iyo yimuwe, kandi ishobora no gukoreshwa mugukingura PT kuva kuri 15 feet (4.6 m) urebye ni kure.

Segway Inc. yaguzwe n'umucuruzi wo mu Bwongereza Jimi Heselden ku muntu wahimbye umunyamerika Dean Kamen mu Kuboza mu mwaka 2009. Umwaka umwe, Heselden yapfuye nyuma yuko "yiroha mu ruzi rwa Wharfe ubwo yari atwaye igihugu gikomeye" cya Segway PT.

 

Imirongo y'ibicuruzwa mbere y'umwaka wa 2011 harimo (m'urwego rwo kurekura):

• Segway i167 (2001 yashyizwe ahagaragara, 2002 yoherejwe)
• Segway e167:  Nka i167, hiyongereyeho amashanyarazi
• Segway p133:  Umwanya muto n'inziga hamwe na moteri nkeya kurusha i na e Urwego rufite umuvuduko wo hejuru wa 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) muri p-Urutonde
• Segway i180:  Hamwe na bateri ya lithium-ion
• Segway XT:  yambere yagenewe umwihariko wo kwidagadura
• Segway i2 (2006): Ubwa mbere kumuhanda Segway PT hamwe na LeanSteer
• Segway x2 (2006): Segway ya mbere itari kumuhanda Segway PT hamwe na LeanSteer

Muri Werurwe mmu mwaka 2014, Segway Inc. yatangaje ibishushanyo mbonera bya gatatu, birimo siporo ya i2 SE na x2 SE, ikadiri nshya ya LeanSteer hamwe n’ibishushanyo mbonera, hamwe n’itara ryuzuye.

Ninebot, uruganda rukora amamodoka atwara abantu mu mujyi wa Beijing kandi ruhanganye na Segway Inc., yaguze Segway Inc. muri Mata mu mwaka 2015, amaze gukusanya $ 80M muri Xiaomi na Sequoia Capital . Uku kugura kwabaye nyuma y’amezi nyuma y’uko komisiyo mpuzamahanga y’ubucuruzi muri Amerika yemeye gukora iperereza ku byo Segway Inc. ivuga ko Ninebot n’andi masosiyete yarenze ku masezerano y’uburenganzira bwa muntu. Segway Inc. yasabye guhagarika ibicuruzwa bitumizwa mu mahanga muri Amerika.

Muri kamena mu mwaka 2016, Segway Inc. yashyize ahagaragara Segway miniPRO, scooter ntoya .

Kurangiza umusaruro w'ibikorwa

Ibice 140.000 byonyine byagurishijwe mubuzima bw'ibicuruzwa, no mu myaka yakurikiyeho Segway PT igizwe na 1.5 gusa% by'inyungu rusange. Ibintu bigira uruhare mu kurangiza umusaruro harimo igiciro (5,000)USD mugutangiza), hamwe no kwigira k'umurongo mu kwiga kuringaniza kuri SegwayPT yateje impanuka zidasanzwe zirimo Usain Bolt, George W. Bush, Ellen DeGeneres, Ian Healy, na Segway Inc nyirubwite Jimi Heselden . Mu gihe Segway Inc yakomeje gukundwa cyane n’abakora umutekano n’ubukerarugendo, ibikoresho by'amashanyarazi byamenyekanye cyane kugendagenda kw'abantu.