servo Archive

  • An Arduino Controlled Servo Robot - (SERB)

    Making robots that move, part one

    Over the past few weeks, we’ve learned about several components and how to build simple circuits with the Arduino. In this post, I’ll step back from the basics and introduce three most common ways to create motion for a robot. You’ll learn about the DC...

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  • The servo walker robot.

    Building a servo walker bot

    A couple days ago, as we were navigating the jungle of random parts in the tech lab, Jason and I came across a box of about 20 small aluminum-chassis robots capable of walking using servo motors. At first, they looked like a piece of scrap...

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  • A photo showing the Arduino Knob sketch on a SB-Protoshield.

    Make a potentiometer control a servo

    At this week’s meeting, we’ll be learning how to control a servo with a potentiometer, or, map the resistance of a potentiometer to the position of a servo. The Knob tutorial on the Arduino website has a pretty good overview of what we’re trying to...

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