Servo
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Servo may refer to:
Mechanisms
-  Servomechanism, or servo, a device used to provide control of a desired operation through the use of feedback
- Servo drive, a special electronic amplifier used to power electric servomechanisms
 -  Servo (radio control), a small, cheap, mass-produced actuator used for radio control and small robotics
- Servo control, the use of pulse width modulation to remotely control servos
 - Servo bandwidth, the maximum trackable sinusoidal frequency of an amplitude
 
 - Servomotor, a rotary actuator that allows for precise control of angular position
 - Electrohydraulic servo valve, an electrically operated valve that controls how hydraulic fluid is ported to an actuator
 
 - 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
 - Tom Servo, a fictional character from the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000
 
See also
- Servo (layout engine), an experimental web browser layout engine by Mozilla
 - Servo Robot Group, a digital vision and sensing system company
 - Pasporta Servo, a hospitality service for Esperantists
 - Servo, an Australian slang term for a petrol station; a contraction of "service station"
 - Servo, a Naval tool used to measure voltage
 - Servo Erector Set, a robot kit
 - Servotronic, speed-dependent power steering
 
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