The Concept Centaur

Posted on December 8, 2004 Under Gadgetry


The Segway Concept Centaur brings more break throughs in innovation and the innumerable possibilities for the future of personal transportation . I gotta hand it to the Segway designers on this one; this thing looks bad ass. Go ahead, pop a wheelie; the centaur has all the technology found on the stand up Segway HT, like intuitive controls and dynamic stabilization. That means fly around, the shock absorbers can take it, and when it’s on two wheels it acts like the big brother Segway HT and stabilizes itself. Too cool. It’s packed with all sorts of other futuristic technologies and it is environmentally friendly. It runs on batteries, fuel cells I would imagine; and it uses what they call regenerative braking meaning the batteries get recharged during deceleration and hill descents. Top speed as of now is 20-mph. It's not yet for sale nor are there plans to sell it, but I imagine I'll see it available in my lifetime.

Check out the Segway Centaur page for videos and more details.