Left Servo

Next we will add our first drive servo. This will be the servo that powers the left wheel of the robot.

  • Turn over the robot so that you can see the bottom of the chassis
    • Be careful not to crush the wires you attached from the battery pack to the circuit board while doing this
  • Take a piece of double sided tape and place it in between the two zip tie access holes making sure it is in the middle

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  • Attach one of your servos on the side to your right.
    • Make sure that the access holes for zip ties are still open
    • Make sure the servo wires are facing the rear of the robot
    • Make sure the mounting brackets on the servo are lined up with the outside of the zip tie access holes

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  • Use one of your large zip ties to secure the servo to the chassis.
    • This zip ties will route through the access holes on both sides of the servo
    • Ask for assistance if you need help tightening this zip tie without causing damage
    • You may also trim off the excess zip tie with side cutters

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  • Route the servo wire up between the servo and the battery pack and then through one of the large access holes.

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  • Turn over the robot so that you can see the top of the chassis
  • Attach the servo wires to the circuit board on the pins labeled left
    • Make sure the black wire is closer to the hartland robotics printing on the circuit board.

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