Servos...

[Katie Reynolds]

... We get two servos in the kit, but does anyone know how many we can use?

[Lloyd Burns]

You may only have two of them on the competing robot.

[chrisw]

what are servos used for?

[Kit Gerhart]

We have used the servos for changing gears in the drill transmissions. The servos don't have a lot of power, and if accidently 'stalled' for long periods of time, they will get hot and be damaged.

[nwagers]

Servos can also be used in a system that tracks the reflective tape on the goal, like the one seen at the kickoff

[bigqueue]

Do you think we can use more servos for the purpose of building an anamatronic puppet for decoration only?

My thoughts are of a Mascot puppet-head, sort of bobbing it's head, looking around and doing other decorative things.....

What do you think? Legal?

-Quentin

[Robb Gerber]

Use it to wave your white flag !!!

ha ha :D

[Tom Fairchild]

Originally posted by bigqueue
Do you think we can use more servos for the purpose of building an anamatronic puppet for decoration only?

My thoughts are of a Mascot puppet-head, sort of bobbing it's head, looking around and doing other decorative things.....

What do you think? Legal?

-Quentin

Should be perfectly legal if they are non-functional decorations.

~Tom Fairchild~, who's mentors wanted to use servos to have "spinning eyeballs" on their robot last year... :rolleyes:

[Al Skierkiewicz]

You can also use a servo to energize a microswitch on the robot or as a...oops I shouldn't go there yet. In reality there are as many uses as your imagination can come up with and that are allowed under the rules.
Al