Page 182 - Amphibionics : Build Your Own Biologically Inspired Robot

Amphibionics 05 3/24/03 8:44 AM Page 161
Chapter 5 / Serpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake
Next, connect all of the servos to the robot controller board locat-
ed in the head. Figure 5.53 shows a diagram of the snake and
each servo located in each body section, along with the corre-
sponding connector on the controller board. When attaching each
servo to the connector on the controller board, the servo’s yellow
wire is always to the left, as indicated in Figure 5.53. The middle
wire is red and the wire to the right side is black. The last three
servos labeled servo 4, servo 5, and servo 6 need wire extension
connectors added so that they are long enough to reach the con-
troller board. Use 2-inch servo connector extension wires, like the
one shown in Figure 5.54.

FIGURE 5.53
Servo connection
diagram.

FIGURE 5.54
Servo connector
extension wire.

161