… We get two servos in the kit, but does anyone know how many we can use?
You may only have two of them on the competing robot.
what are servos used for?
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.
Servos can also be used in a system that tracks the reflective tape on the goal, like the one seen at the kickoff
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
Use it to wave your white flag !!!
ha ha 
*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:
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