After 10 Years, Segway Still 'Simply Moving'

Ten years ago, a quirky new transportation alternative was unveiled on ABC's Good Morning America.

Indeed, the Segway Personal Transporter (PT), the world’s first and only electric, two-wheeled, self-balancing transportation device became available to the public and soon became all the talk around the country, and certainly throughout southern New Hampshire, where Segway, Inc. holds its corporate offices and manufacturing headquarters in Bedford.

Since that time, Segway has earned a global presence, is well-known as the world’s leading provider of personal, green transportation alternatives and robotics mobility platforms and is celebrating its 10-year milestone anniversary throughout 2012.

The company’s flagship product, the PT, continues to be the heart of the business and development of a new model is well underway. However, Segway has also expanded its business further into international, robotics, public safety and tourism markets.

In the last several years, Segway’s global presence has grown substantially and its expansion continues.

According to a recent release from the company, Segway has been expanding its markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, mostly through business-to-business relationships and a fully-supported service center
in Munich, Germany.

Segway also opened a service center in Singapore in 2010 to help boost its Asia Pacific territory, and the company is also actively working on boosting its Robotic Mobility Platform (RMP) The comprehensive RMP product line includes both two- and four-wheeled platforms available in a variety of configurations.

Segway RMPs are used by academia, research laboratories and robotics integrators across the globe. Segway’s robust electric propulsion system coupled with a flexible user interface results in an open architecture transportation platform for sensors, manipulators and other payloads which suit the needs of a growing number of robotics programs and products.

“The distinct competitive advantage of Segway’s robotic mobility platforms is that we design and produce a wide range of open architecture platforms with a level of flexibility that many other manufacturers simply can not offer,” said
Chris Crimmins, Applications Sales Engineer for Segway.