SERVOMECHANISM

Servomechanism

The grey/green cylinder is the brush-type DC motor. The black section at the bottom contains the planetary reduction gear, and the black object on top of the motor is the optical rotary encoder for position feedback. This is the steering actuator of a large robot vehicle.]]

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servomechanism

Noun

(abbreviated as servo)
  1. Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback.


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