👨‍💻 Step 3: Servo Install

Building a Self-Driving Car 👨‍💻 Step 3: Servo Install

We are now going to install the servo software that will enable our car to move the steering bar. Servos are automatic devices that use error-sensing negative feedback to correct the action of a mechanism. They will act as our motors.

Turn on car, make sure batteries are fully charged
Make sure your computer is on the same WiFi as your robot car
SSH into car
Gently pop out servo so it’s unattached to the rocker arm
pi (for username)
raspberry (for password)
cd robotcar
picar
picar servo-install
Reinsert servo into chassis and reattach rocker arm
CTRL + Z to exit program
picar servo-install
Observe steering bar moving the car wheels

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