servomechanism

IPA: sˈɝvoʊmˈɛkʌnɪzʌm

A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback
Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback

Examples of "servomechanism" in Sentences

But don’t sprain a servomechanism hurrying, old friend.
C. Shaw developed a sensing device, controlled by a servomechanism, for a milling machine.
Next, a somehow tired humming sound, as of a very old servomechanism being called into use one final time, began to whine its way into their ears.
In just a split second the robots were reduced to a sparking pile of crushed and mangled components, the occasional twitching servomechanism the only indication of any life.
The "Internet Dog Feeder" consists of an ioBridge and a continuously-rotating servomechanism controlled via a web interface consisting of a video camera that shows your dog's bowl and "Feed Dog" and "Stop Feeding Dog" hyperlinks.
"When a spaceship goes down to the Jovian surface, it's a radio-controlled job; it leaks like a sieve, to equalize pressure, but otherwise it's the sturdiest, most utterly powerful model ever designed; it's loaded with every instrument, every servomechanism, every safety device the human mind has yet thought up to protect a million-dollar hunk of precision equipment.