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How Servo Motors Work

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113 points kaycebasques | 3 comments | 03 Apr 25 19:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.605s | source
1. bilsbie ◴[04 Apr 25 02:09 UTC] No.43577631[source]▶
How does it hold its position? Does that take energy?
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2. Animats ◴[04 Apr 25 02:26 UTC] No.43577698[source]▶
Only if there's some force pushing it away from the goal position.
3. dehrmann ◴[04 Apr 25 06:34 UTC] No.43578970[source]▶
I don't think servos normally do this, but it's possible to have self-locking worm drives.