Digital Hobby Servo Burnout - To Repair, or To Not Repair

[@thewatchworks1372]

Dang, that thing got TOASTY!🔥

[@ChrisLocke1969]

lol sure did!

[@brandonfredrick4482]

This exact servo is currently 17 dollars on amazon, pretty wild price drop from back then

[@ChrisLocke1969]

cool, because I can always use spares! lol

[@patham9]

Extremely annoying that servos aren't built with proper protection circuits. One would assume that expensive servos are more robust than Lego motors, but no, not even close. For my robot it matters: how can it learn to grab things if it burns up when applying the wrong angle which doesn't fit to the object size to grab... I guess learning AI is rarely considered in robotics, and the poor hardware reflects this. If human hands would break if we grab something too strongly, babies would never learn to grab anything and could never become capable adult humans.

[@green_life7]

Is there a clutch system in these servos?

[@ChrisLocke1969]

nah... they are cheapo $30 servos

[@denilpt6792]

Bro one dout, is higher kg servos (20,30,40kg ) having thick copper windning motors

[@ChrisLocke1969]

yes, most components are larger / higher capacity in larger servos, including mosfets, coils, and even gears and bearings to support higher voltage / currents, and obviously to create more power / torque. I am playing with 12v 150kg servos currently, they're quite fun!

[@lilamajom664]

big ass steering servo burned up in my carson dirt attack 1:6 and im a fucking poor ass student xD