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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

He was also a prolific inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the servomechanism, where a feedback loop helps control a machine. The invention lets one...

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

improved sectional speed control: See: Automation, process control and servomechanisms After 1950 continuous casting contributed to productivity of converting...

out that no configuration of magnets can produce stability. However, servomechanisms (spinning/roation), the use of diamagnetic materials, superconduction...

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

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...

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

A microactuator is a microscopic servomechanism that supplies and transmits a measured amount of energy for the operation of another mechanism or system...

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

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...

servo reversibility or jack stall), is a phenomenon affecting the servomechanisms (or servos) that assist a helicopter's flight controls, which, in certain...

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...

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...

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

to provide an output to a hydraulical, electrical or other type of servomechanism control of the controlled device, with the aim of matching a control...

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

on AC power distribution lines. These regulators operate by using a servomechanism to select the appropriate tap on an autotransformer with multiple taps...

development of an entirely automatic tracking system controlled by servomechanisms. This greatly eased the task of tracking targets and reduced the manpower...

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...

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

With his former student Donald P. Campbell, he wrote Principles of Servomechanisms in 1948, which is still a standard reference in the field. Brown was...

controlling roll than preceding methods, such as the combination of servomechanisms and ailerons. Rolleron devices have been widely used on maneuverable...