XYZrobot Smart Servo A1-16

This smart servo from XYZrobot was designed for their Bolide Y-01 Advanced Humanoid Robot, making it well suited for applications that require a lot of strong and complex actuation, such as humanoid robots, hexapod robots, and robotic arms. Unlike common RC hobby servos, these servos are capable of 360° continuous rotation while still offering position control over an effective range of 330°. They feature a TTL serial interface that is used to configure and control the servo and get feedback about position, speed, and temperature.

The A1-16 smart servo from XYZrobot is specifically designed for applications that require a lot of strong and complex actuation, such as humanoid robots, hexapod robots, and robotic arms. These are the same servos that are used in the Bolide Y-01 Advanced Humanoid Robot, also from XYZrobot. Unlike common RC hobby servos, these servos are capable of 360° continuous rotation while still offering position control over an effective range of 330°. They feature a TTL serial interface that is used to configure and control the servo and get feedback about position, speed, and temperature. Multiple servos can be daisy-chained on the same serial bus. Each servo also features a four-color LED that serves as a visual error indicator by default, making it possible to quickly determine if one or all servos in the chain are experiencing a problem. Alternatively, this LED can be manually controlled through the serial interface.

XYZrobot Smart Servo A1-16, top view.

XYZrobot Smart Servo A1-16, bottom view.

Note: These are not RC servos and do not use the same protocol, so they will not work with standard RC receivers and servo controllers.

Included components

The A1-16 smart servo ships with a variety of general-purpose mounting hardware and two 12 cm smart servo cables. Longer and shorter cables are available separately:

• Smart servo cable 8cm
• Smart servo cable 10cm
• Smart servo cable 12cm (two of these are included with the A1-16 smart servo)
• Smart servo cable 14cm
• Smart servo cable 18cm
• Smart servo cable 22cm