Dunning-Kruger
@DJ There have been lots of discussion (especially lately) about Dynamixel smart servos and now you have released a new plugin for support of KRS ICS smart servos too... I was just wondering if EZ Robot has considered or is considering your own brand of smart servo? I mean nothing would be more compatible with the ez robot platform than your own "in house" products, right?
Anyway I currently use a lot of the standard ez robot servos in my projects and find them pretty decent. However, I would have jumped a long time ago to smart servos if the cost wasn't so prohibitive... Saying that I would be more than willing to pay for "smart" ez robot servos especially since I know integration and compatibility would be complete... I know supporting 3d party products can sometimes be a pain for ez robot so I thought "hey if you can't beat 'em, join 'em"...
I do understand that maybe only us DIY guys would be more interested in smart ez robot servos, but could you imagine JD with them?
@DJ I am curious how did you/Jeremie solve the buzzing problem?... No one else has be able to (or unwilling) as far as I know... I wish I could buy a bunch of your servo control boards to put in the Hitec 805bbs because they buzz like a bee hive....
The servo control boards won't work in your servos because the POT and motor will be different. It's taken 2 years of r&d to get these servos ready for shipping. There's a bunch of ez-robot intellectual property
and lots of magic regarding removing the noise. They are completely silent when holding position - it's going to blow your minds.
Oh, i should add that there is a reason for ezrobot investing development toward a new standard sized servo, opposed to the original discussion in this thread of creating a larger servo. The reason is due to Revolution robots, where 98% of ezrobot's revenue comes from, uses on average 16 servos per robot. With the number of revolution robots shipping ever year, that's a significant number of servos
. So investing efforts into increasing quality and longevity of that product-line is important for a few reasons. Most importantly it'll remove any "my servo is broken" posts on the community forum, which isn't fun for anyone.
We resolved the battery issue with the new charger - and that used to be community posts. Now after 2 years of r&d, we're releasing the new servo which will resolve those issues.
All that's left is "how do i do things with my robot"... and that we have a solution for as well, which you will know about next week. It's taking a little longer than i planned, as ezrobot had to hire 2 new staff members for the project. I'll be able to tell you more details about the project next week
Amazing and cool.
Are you using Ultrasonic PWM to eliminate the switching-induced motor shaft whine?
Will these be as strong or stronger then the current EZ Robot HD servos? Could you share the specs? Speed, Torque, size.
Another quality product from you guys!
Much stronger. Product page will be updated when they're available
@DJ Good news indeed... So originally I wasn't actually suggesting ez robot create physically larger servos like the Hitec 805bb... I was thinking standard sized but smart servos that would fit into the current ez robot hardware (JD, SIx, Roli etc).... This way the smart servo would be a drop in replacement for the current ez robot HD servo... Anyway, I will take the new "no buzz" ez robot HDD servo. Thanks!
This is GREAT NEWS! I have a very demanding application on my Elvis hack robot for the mouth, and mouth upper lip. Even with many adjustments, reg. servos do not last long. I am having better luck using a HobbyKing digital HV coreless servo, but the new EZ Robot servo sounds even better! Will this include a new HD design for the smaller servos, like in JD's hands? Thank You EZ Robot!
We're working on the smaller servos next. It's different hardware, but that's the plan.