Robotics Final

A motor or valve that converts power into robot movement.

• Actuator

• Cartesian Configuration

• Closed-loop system

• Controller

A type of layout that allows the movement of a robot along three intersecting, perpendicular, straight lines that are referred to as the X, Y, and Z axes.

• Cartesian Configuration

• Actuator

• Closed-loop system

• Controller

A type of control method that allows feedback to affect the output of the robot.

• Actuator

• Cartesian Configuration

• Controller

• Closed-loop system

A microprocessor linked to input/output and monitoring devices that coordinates all movements of the mechanical system and receives input from the immediate environment through various sensors.

• Actuator

• Cartesian Configuration

• Closed-loop system

• Controller

A type of work envelope layout that consists of two slides placed at a 90 degree angle and mounted on a rotary axis.

• Cylindrical configuration

• Degrees of freedom

• Direct-drive motor

• End effector

A value that describes a range of motion (as for a robotic arm and end effector) in three-dimensional space - specifically, the ability to move forward and backward, up and down, and to the left and to the right.

• Cylindrical configuration

• Degrees of freedom

• Direct-drive motor

• End effector

A high-torque engine that drives the robot arm directly without the need for reducer gears.

• Cylindrical configuration

• Degrees of freedom

• Direct-drive motor

• End effector

A device that is attached to the end of the manipulator (robot arm) that operates to grasp and manipulate objects. Also called the end-of-arm tooling.

• Cylindrical configuration

• Degrees of freedom

• Direct-drive motor

• End effector

A message generated when the programmed actions of a robot and the actual actions do not match.

• Error signal

• Hierarchical control

• Hydraulic drive

• Linear actuator

A system that organizes commands and instructions from the software to the parts and devices of the robot into levels or layers. Each level is dependent on the level above for instructions.

• Error signal

• Hierarchical control

• Hydraulic drive

• Linear actuator