servo

noun

ser·​vo ˈsər-(ˌ)vō How to pronounce servo (audio)
plural servos

Examples of servo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Jim Henson Creature Shop supplied a life-size animatronic tiger, which contained 30 servo motors and required two puppeteers to operate, for certain scenes. 7. Christopher Lawrence, Twin Cities, 15 June 2024 So much depends upon a red puzzle cube, pinned by servo motors, inside Mitsubishi. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024 His approach cost his helicopter the servos, and upon his landing more NVA fire took out the main rotor blades and transmission. Barry Barnett, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2024 Critically, all of the functional parts of the robotic hand, apart from the servos and the pressure sensors, were produced in a single printing job. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023 The device features rigid bones modeled on MRI scans of human hands and elastic tendons that can be connected to servos to curl the fingers in toward the palm. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023 In addition, the Flipper can help debug hardware by generating various test signals, including PWM, which can be used to test a servo, for example. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023 Each has servo motor joints (27) and microchips (60). Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 30 June 2023 While this is just a prototype, the half-edible drone does actually fly, achieving speeds of about 10 meters per second with the addition of a motor, some servos to actuate the tail surfaces for control, and a small battery. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of servo was in 1910

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“Servo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servo. Accessed 29 Jun. 2024.

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