Robotics Vocabulary

allows the robot to perform desired tasks without human guidance.

• Autonomous
• robot
• subsystem
• manipilators

a programmable mechanical device that can perform tasks.

• Robotics
• servo
• Robot
• light sensor

to do something repeatedly until a specific result is achieved.

• innovation
• iterate
• ideate
• actuators

the manner in which the load bearing or structural parts of a physical framework support each other while sharing the load or stress. Structural engineering is a specialized field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads.

• central processing unit (CPU)
• control system
• sensors
• structural design

the computer component that controls all of the robots systems.

• Gyroscope
• Servo
• Microcontroller
• Subsystem

the process of forming an idea, a thought, or an image.

• Ideate
• autonomous
• innovation
• iterate

the science and technology behind the design, manufacturing and application of robots

• Drivetrain
• Microcontroller
• Robot
• Robotics

the specific component of the robot that includes the drivetrain, control system, and the manipulators.

• central processing unit (CPU)
• robot
• subsystem
• Actuators

components that provide the robot with the ability to interact with its environment. One example would be a gripper.

• manipulators
• light sensor
• optical encoder
• ultrasonic range finder

coordinates all aspects of the robot.

• control system
• central processing unit (CPU)
• subsystem
• autonomous