SERVO Magazine is a monthly robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

 publication produced by T&L Publications. The first issue appeared in November 2003. SERVO Magazine was a primary sponsor behind the Tetsujin competition, a contest where teams were challenged to design robotic exoskeletons capable of lifting weights.

Columns

SERVO Magazine has a number of recurring columns that deal with various areas of robotics:

• Mind/Iron, an editorial column with new authors virtually every month.
• Twin Tweaks, a column dedicated to "hacking" robotics kits and imbuing them with new abilities.
• Rubberbands and Bailing Wire, a column concerned with various electronics modifications that can be made to robots.
• Lessons From The Laboratory, a column directed at a younger age group that features various projects with the LEGO Mindstorms
  Lego Mindstorms
  The LEGO Mindstorm series of kits contain software and hardware to create small, customizable and programmable robots. They include a programmable 'Brick' computer that controls the system, a set of modular sensors and motors, and LEGO parts from the Technics line to create the mechanical...
  
   robotics kit.
• Combat Zone, a column that deals specifically with combat robotics
  Robot combat
  Robot combat is a hobby/sport in which two or more custom-built machines use varied methods of destroying or disabling the other. As of today, in most cases these machines are remote-controlled vehicles rather than autonomous robots, although there are exceptions, particularly in the field of...
  
   and competitions.
• Brain Matrix, a table of information on a variety of subjects, ranging from servo motors to batteries.
• Ask Mr. Roboto, essentially in the form of an advice column, where readers write in with robotics projects related problems and questions.
• Robytes, a short column that showcases interesting tidbits from the robotics world, ranging from new military projects to the creations of rogue tinkerers.
• Menagerie, a short column where readers send in descriptions and pictures of their personal projects.
• Then and Now, a column that recalls robots from the past.
• Appetizer, a column at the end of the magazine that also is written by new authors every month. Topics range from the serious to the frivolous.

Sponsorship

SERVO Magazine has been an active member of the robotics community, sponsoring such events as the FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...

, the Robonexus

Robonexus

Robonexus is the largest robotics event in the U.S.. Over 10,000 Attended RoboNexus in 2004. Another event is scheduled for 2005 in Silicon Valley....

robotics convention, and the Tetsujin robotics competition.