Servo
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Servo may refer to:
Mechanisms
[edit]- Servomechanism, or servo, a device used to provide control of a desired operation through the use of feedback
- AI servo, an autofocus mode
- Electrohydraulic servo valve, an electrically operated valve that controls how hydraulic fluid is ported to an actuator
- Servo drive, a special electronic amplifier used to power electric servomechanisms
- Servomotor, a rotary actuator that allows for precise control of angular position
- Servo (radio control), a small, cheap, mass-produced actuator used for radio control and small robotics
- Servo bandwidth, the maximum trackable sinusoidal frequency of an amplitude
- Servo control, the use of pulse width modulation to remotely control servos
- Servo tab, a small hinged device installed on an aircraft control surface to assist the movement of the control surface
Media
[edit]Music
[edit]- "Servo", a song by The Brian Jonestown Massacre from the album Give It Back!
Publications
[edit]- SERVO Magazine, a monthly robotics publication
Television
[edit]- Sam "Servo" Collins, a fictional character from the television series, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
- Tom Servo, a robot from the comedy television series, Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Servo pen, a fictitious multipurpose tool used by Gary Seven in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth"
Video games
[edit]- Servo, a non-playable character from the computer game The Sims: Livin' Large
- Servo, a playable character from the expansion pack The Sims 2: Open for Business
People
[edit]- Marty Servo (1919–1969), the former world welterweight boxing champion
- Jennifer Servo (1979–2002), a former news reporter
Other uses
[edit]- Servo (software), an experimental web browser engine originally developed by the Linux Foundation
- Servo Robot Group, a digital vision and sensing system company
- Pasporta Servo, a hospitality service for Esperantists
- Servo, Australian slang for a service station
- Servotronic, speed-dependent power steering