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alternative computer technology, 4–7
                         accent, 296–297       Index
                         acoustic direction finder, 74  ampere hour, 88
                         acoustic interferometer, 239  amplitude modulator, 123
                         acoustic noise, 1            amusement robot, 7
                         acoustic proximity sensor, 1–2  analog computer technology, 5, 202
                         acoustic transducer, 292     analog error accumulation, 96
                         active beacon, 25            analog image, 43
                         active chord mechanism, 2, 2, 230  analog process, 5
                         active cooperation, 57       analog-to-digital converter, 33, 39, 62,
                         actual range, 114–115           85, 195, 240, 294, 337
                         actuator,3,39                analogical motion, 7–8, 8,71
                         adaptive robot, 267          analytical engine, 8–9, 10
                         adaptive suspension vehicle, 3  AND, 35
                         adhesion gripper, 3, 14      android, 7, 9, 31–32, 111, 116, 120, 139,
                         algorithm, 4, 192               195, 333
                         aliasing, 32, 209            angular displacement transducer, 76
                         alkaline cell, 87, 89–90     animism, 9–10
                         all-translational system, 4  anthropomorphism, 10
                         allophone, 296–298           antibody robot, 6, 153

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