In mechanical and control engineering, a servomechanism (also called servo system, or simply servo) is a control system for the position and its time derivatives...

automatically controls the speed of an automobile. The system is a servomechanism that takes over the car's throttle to maintain a steady speed set by...

Servomechanisms, Inc., was a Cold war era U.S. defense sub-contractor, which developed precision sub-systems for high performance jet aircraft, guided...

Draper Laboratory. The laboratory traces its beginnings to the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory in 1940, where work on guidance systems and early computation...

and acceleration in a mechanical system. It constitutes part of a servomechanism, and consists of a suitable motor coupled to a sensor for position feedback...

of cybernetics, he hypothesized that a human behaves basically as a servomechanism that controlled at discrete points in time. He influenced Warren McCulloch...

the error that drives a servomechanism can be seen as a difference between a pair of analogous concepts in a servomechanism: the current state and the...

eventually retiring in 1989. During World War II Forrester worked on servomechanisms as a research assistant to Gordon S. Brown. After the war he headed...

rotation. Many engines are also fitted with a manifold vacuum-operated servomechanism to provide additional rotation of the plate's position (within limits)...

Look up servo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Servo may refer to: Servomechanism, or servo, a device used to provide control of a desired operation through...

amplifier used to power electric servomechanisms. A servo drive monitors the feedback signal from the servomechanism and continually adjusts for deviation...

feedback loop, to maintain the direction set by the steersman. In servomechanisms, the speed or position of an output, as determined by a sensor, is...

also needed to be able to drive motors for fans, pumps and robotic servomechanisms, and needed to be compact enough to interface with lamp dimmers. PWM...

system, the wheel brake cylinders of a vehicle are operated through a servomechanism, offering precise and responsive braking. The SBC system was first introduced...

may be the moving part, depending on the application. As part of a servomechanism, tubular linear motors can achieve a simultaneous combination of high...

versus axle steering angle is progressively curved (and symmetrical). Servomechanism Steering engine Direct-drive sim racing wheel "What is a Power Steering...

being applied to the representation. And, because the governor is a servomechanism, its analysis in a dynamic system is not trivial. In 1868, James Clerk...

pen plotters, and other process systems. Motors intended for use in a servomechanism must have predictable characteristics for speed, torque, and power....

tabs were formerly known as Flettner tabs. Servo tabs are not true servomechanisms, as they do not employ negative feedback to keep the control surfaces...

presses form caps from rolls of aluminium foil at up to 660 per minute. A servomechanism press, also known as a servo press or an 'electro-press, is a press...

and software control system hardwired to various peripheral sensors, servomechanisms, solenoids, antenna and a monochrome CRT touchscreen that functioned...

the mid 1950s. During World War II he was particularly involved with servomechanism problems. He retired from Bell Labs in 1950 and died on May 1, 1970...

Traction diesel multiple units Vickers-Coates Clutch Fluid coupling Servomechanism Torque amplifier Transmission (mechanics) Water brake Hrovat, D; Tobler...

for precision applications. Amplidyne Rotary encoder Resolver RVDT Servomechanism Servomotor Goethals, George W (1916). The Panama Canal; An Engineering...

self-regulating mechanisms. The book laid the theoretical foundation for servomechanisms (whether electrical, mechanical or hydraulic), automatic navigation...

feedback devices in order to create closed-loop control, such as in a servomechanism. This method of motion control is the simplest method of measuring the...

be 2 ms wide. PID controller Servo (radio control) Servo bandwidth Servomechanism Ron Lund. "Servo Frequency and Center Pulse Width Information" Archived...

constant speed while the tension on the spring is decreasing. Regulator Servomechanism Hit and miss engine Centrifugal governor Bennett, Stuart (1992). A history...

Whirlwind I was a Cold War-era vacuum-tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory for the U.S. Navy. Operational in 1951, it was among the...

APT: as head of the newly created Computer Applications Group of the Servomechanisms Laboratory at MIT in 1956, he led its technical effort. APT is a language...