affordance
nounRobotics
Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it.
Robotics
30 entries in this trade.
AprilTag
nounRobotics
A type of tag consisting of a grid of black and white squares, used in robotics and computer vision applications.
AUV
nounRobotics
Initialism of autonomous underwater vehicle.
AWS
nounRobotics
Initialism of autonomous weapons system.
cobot
nounRobotics
A robot intended to interact physically with humans in a shared workspace.
DAMN
nounRobotics
Acronym of distributed architecture for mobile navigation.
fin gripper
nounRobotics
A gripper designed to act similarly to how a fish fin wraps around an object that pushes into it
First Law of Robotics
nameRobotics
One of the Three Laws of Robotics, forbidding a robot to harm a human, through either action or inaction.
forebeam
nounRobotics
The support section of a robot arm that goes from the main body of the robot to the gripper.
GROVER
nameRobotics
Acronym of Greenland rover and Goddard remotely operated vehicle for exploration and research.
ICRA
nameRobotics
Initialism of International Conference on Robotics and Automation, an academic conference sponsored by IEEE.
kidnapped robot problem
nounRobotics
The situation where an autonomous robot is carried somewhere and as a result has trouble determining its own location.
LUCAS
nounRobotics
Acronym of low-cost uncrewed combat attack system
Moravec's paradox
nameRobotics
The observation that, contrary to traditional assumptions, reasoning (which is high-level in humans) requires very little computation, but sensorimotor skills (comparatively low-level in humans) require enormous computational resources.
nanobot
nounRobotics
A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some task.
pedipulator
nounRobotics
A component mechanism which gives a robot the capability of walking; a robot having such a capability.
RHU
nounRobotics
Initialism of radioisotope heater unit, a device that generates heat from the natural decay of radioactive material.
SARMO
nounRobotics
Abbreviation of sense and react to military objects; A technology methodology for automated weapons response.
Second Law of Robotics
nameRobotics
One of the Three Laws of Robotics, requiring a robot to obey humans, unless it would conflict with the First Law of Robotics (which forbids a robot to harm a human).
teleop
nounRobotics
Teleoperation (the remote operation of a machine or device).
telesurgery
nounRobotics
Surgery performed by robotic equipment which is monitored and controlled from a remote site.
Third Law of Robotics
nameRobotics
One of the Three Laws of Robotics, requiring a robot to protect its own existence, as long as this does not conflict with the First Law (which forbids a robot to harm a human) or the Second Law (which requires robots to obey humans).
Three Laws of Robotics
nameRobotics
A set of rules governing the behavior of robots.
throwbot
nounRobotics
A small, throwable robotic device, typically used by military and law enforcement for reconnaissance and situational awareness.
UCAS
nounRobotics
Initialism of uncrewed combat aerial system, unmanned combat aerial system, uncrewed combat aircraft system, or, unmanned combat aircraft system
UCAV
nounRobotics
Initialism of unmanned/uncrewed combat aerial vehicle.
uncanny valley
nounRobotics
A range of appearances, mannerisms, or behaviors of a humanoid figure that are subtly different from a human and thereby cause feelings of discomfort, such as fear or revulsion.
visual servoing
nounRobotics
The control of a robot by using visual feedback.
work envelope
nounRobotics
The area which a robot, or any part of one, can reach and can operate within.
xenobot
nounRobotics
An artificial construct built from cells extracted from Xenopus embryos, and designed to move, consume, and build piles.