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bundling, of optical fibers, 107
comparator, 97, 295
burn-in, 38
comparator IC, 157
byte, 189
complementary metal-oxide
semiconductor, 50–51, 158
cable drive, 3, 39, 121
complex-motion programming, 51, 51
capacitive pressure sensor, 39–40, 40
capacitive proximity sensor, 40–41, 41,
compliance, 51–52
245
compliant robot, 51
capacitor-input filter, 235 commutator, 125, 197–198 Index
composite video signal, 52–53, 52, 226
Capek, Karel, 260 computer-assisted instruction, 334–335
card, 196 computerized axial tomography, 304
Cartesian coordinate geometry, 4, 16–19, computer map, 53, 67, 108, 114, 123, 127,
41–42, 42, 121, 267 130, 173, 192, 193, 261, 288, 307
Cartesian coordinate system, 260 configuration space, 53–54
Cartesian plane, 347, 348 conscious behavior, 25
Cartesian 3-space, 348, 349 constant-dropoff profile, 185
catastrophic failure, 126 contact sensor, 54
CD-ROM, 5 context, 54, 295
central processing unit, 55, 192 continuous assistance, 283
centralized control, 42–43, 57 continuous-path motion, 54–55, 283,
chain drive, 3, 43 329
charge-coupled device, 43–44, 44, 337 control trading, 56, 284
checkers, 45 controller, 55–56, 55
chess, 45 cooperation, 56–57
choke-input filter, 235 cooperative mobility, 57
chopping wheel, 216–217 correspondence, 57–58, 57, 159
cipher, 58 cosine wave, 68
circuit board, 196 Countess of Lovelace, 9
circuit breaker, 237 cryogenic technology, 204
clean room, 45–46 cryptanalysis, 58
clinometer, 46, 46 cybernetics, 58–59
clock frequency, 137 cyberphobia, 325–326
cloning, 31, 265 cyborg, 59
closed-loop configuration, 156 cybot society, 59
closed-loop control, 46–47 cyclic coordinate geometry, 59
closed-loop system, 54, 104 cylindrical cell, 90
coexistence, 47–48 cylindrical coordinate geometry, 59–60,
cognitive fatigue, 48 60, 344
cognizant failure, 48–49
color digital image, 70 D’Arsonval meter, 92
color picture signal, 52 data compression, 61
color sensing, 49–50, 50 data conversion, 61–64, 62, 64
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