Servo and Food container

Ready for the food distribution?

To distribute the food that will be mix with water and distribute to the fish tanks, we hijacked a food container obtained from a commercially available fish feeder and combined it with a servo Motor. To easily remove the food container we used magnets to anchor it to the servo. Together the servo and the container with a slider opening are great options to adjust the desire amount of food. Indeed we can parameters the degrees and numbers of servo rotation and tune the container opening. The user can adjust these parameters to find out the right amount of food for his fish facility. We will describe later on how to calibrate the amount of food and during the distribution.

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