Servo and Food container

Ready for the food distribution?

To distribute the food that will be then instantly convert mix with water and distribute to the fish tanks, we combine a food container obtained from a commercially available fish feeder with a servo Motor. To easily remove the container we used magnet to anchor the servo and the container. Together the servo and the container with a slider opening a great option to adjust the desire amount of food. Indeed we can parameters the degrees and number of servo rotation and adjust the container opening. The user can then adjust these parameters to find out the right amount of food for his fish facility.

• Glued magnets on the food container and on the servo to create a magnetic anchor between the two elements. Use very strong glue like here.
• Be cautious about the magnet orientation, the food container opening must be oriented to the top when placed on the servo.
• Fixed the servo on the robot body using Makerbeam headed bolt
• Done!