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Section 1: Innovative Mobile Robots
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  • We received from the DARPA MARS program a Segway Robotics Mobility Platform (RMP)
  •We equipped the Segway RMP with our precision FLEXnav proprioceptive* position estimation (PPE) system.
*) "Proprioceptive" means "without external references"
  •We equipped the Segway with obstacle avoidance capabilities.

The University of Michigan's Segway RMP equipped with FLEXnav precision dead-reckoning system and Sick laser rangefinder for obstacle avoidance.

 
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