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Gimson Robotics - UK based electronics & robot-hardware store

ewan.mc2's picture

Hi I'm Ewan from Gimson Robotics (www.gimsonrobotics.co.uk), a UK based robot & electronics parts store recently relaunched after two years hiatus. We stock a range of motors and actuators for small to medium sized robotics/special effects applications. Please have a look at the site and see what you think.

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How to hook a actuator up to a servo.?

Im currently building a remote control snow plow, yes it sounds crazy, but very cool. Right now im trying to figure out a way to lift the plow up and down. I have an actuator from an electric wheelchair. my issue is how do i hook it up to the servo so it can be remote opperated! 

Thank you for your help!!

6DOF movement. The basis for CNC machining or flight/driving simulators
Using a
I wrote the software first for a rotary hexapod that used hobby servos and took that to the Vancouver Maker Fair. I then rewrote the relevant sections for simpler … Read more

Recommendations for steering

ignoblegnome's picture

I'm building a yard bot. The initial blog is posted for my Yard Gnome already.

This robot will steer like a car, with one drive motor pushing two rear wheels, and a two-wheeled steering mechanism up front.

I'm looking for recommendation for how to automate steering on this thing.

Is there an affordable servo that is strong enough?

Should I build my own servo?

Large Solenoid Actuator driven Display

cordellion's picture

Hello, I am new to this site so I hope you won’t mind if I ask a few questions that I am sure are going to sound quite amateurish to most of you. 

I am an American living in Berlin working on a collaboration between two art research institutes here.  I have been given the task of putting together a proposal for a dynamic moving display. That will be featured next year as part of a conference on kinesthesia. 

Price: $40 USD
  Now, here is at last a new range of exciting actuators! This is just one example, check http://www.migamotors.com/Products.html for more. Read more

Linear Servos

wagoodman's picture
hey, anyone know where i can find a linear servo or actuator that is capable of pushing a piano key down :) Thanks!