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Robot: Segway Toy
Robots, as toys.
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Robots and Robotics: A Directory or Index
(page 1)
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“robot”
(using Segway's balancing technology)
(a Czech word, robota meaning "serf" or "slave" or "forced work" which is now applied to any manufactured device that is capable of doing work ordinarily done by human beings)
Word Entries containing the term:
“robot”
biotechnical robot
A robot that can work only in conjunction with a human operator.
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bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical
(page 32)
electronic robot
1. A robot operated by electronic components; such as, direct current stepping motors.
2. A robot whose motions are powered by a direct electronic-current stepper motor; such as, a motor that rotates in small, fixed increments and is used to control the movement of the access arm on a disk drive.
2. A robot whose motions are powered by a direct electronic-current stepper motor; such as, a motor that rotates in small, fixed increments and is used to control the movement of the access arm on a disk drive.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
(page 68)
-tron, -tronic, -tronics +
(page 12)
A programmable machine that is in use for industrial applications which has the freedom of movement similar to that of a human's waist, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and fingers.
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stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive
(page 5)
Robot Origins and Characteristics of Robots
Originally from a Czech word robota, "force work", we now have robots and robotics, words which take us to manufactured devices that are capable of doing work ordinarily done by human beings.
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Robots and Robotics: A Directory or Index
(page 1)
Robots, Robotic Topics, and Robot References
A variety of miscellaneous and scientific robotic terms and applications.
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Robots and Robotics: A Directory or Index
(page 1)
spherical-coordinate robot, spherical robot
A robot in which the degrees of freedom of the manipulator arm are defined primarily by spherical coordinates or the coordinates of a sphere.
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
(page 13)