Servo

Servo may refer to:

Mechanisms

• 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

Music

• "Servo", a song by The Brian Jonestown Massacre from the album Give It Back!

Publications

• SERVO Magazine, a monthly robotics publication

Television

• 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

• 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

• Marty Servo (1919–1969), the former world welterweight boxing champion
• Jennifer Servo (1979–2002), a former news reporter

Other uses

• Servo (software), an experimental web browser engine by Mozilla
• 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