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Index
                         decentralized control, 78
                                                         316
                         decimal number system, 205–206
                                                      distance resolution, 77–78, 264, 292
                         declining discharge curve, 88–89
                                                      distinctive place, 78
                         dead reckoning, 214
                         deductive logic, 178
                                                      distributed control, 78
                                                      domain of function, 79, 79, 118, 255
                         deductive reckoning, 214
                                                      Doppler effect, 20
                         definition, 264
                                                      Doppler radar, 253
                         degrees of freedom, 11, 13, 53, 64–65,
                            343                       distance measurement, 76–77, 114, 185,
                                                      double integration, 214
                         degrees of rotation, 65–66, 66  downlink, 275, 326–327
                         deliberation, 66–67, 141–142  Drexler, Eric, 199
                         deliberative paradigm, 138   drone, 95, 283
                         deliberative planning, 67    drop delivery, 80, 121, 140
                         demodulation, 195            dry cell, 87
                         depalletizing, 219           dual-axis inversion, 19
                         dependent variable, 348, 349  duty cycle, 80–81
                         depth map, 67–68, 67         dynamic stability, 81
                         derivative, 68–69, 68, 69    dynamic loudspeaker, 81
                         desensitization, 327         dynamic microphone, 81
                         destination, 61              dynamic RAM, 189
                         Devol, George, 151           dynamic transducer, 81–82, 82
                         dialect, 297
                         dichotomizing search, 26     echo, 253, 316
                         dielectric constant, 289     edge, 261
                         differential amplifier, 69–70, 69  edge detection, 83–84, 83, 130, 159, 288
                         differential transducer, 70  educational robot, 84
                         differentiator, 68           elastomer, 40, 84–85, 85
                         digital calculator, 8        electric eye, 85–86, 86, 238
                         digital error accumulation, 96–97  electric generator, 91, 125
                         digital image, 43, 70–71     electric motor, 91, 197
                         digital motion, 71           electrically erasable programmable
                         digital integrated circuit, 157–158  read-only memory, 190
                         digital process, 4–5         electrochemical cell, 86
                         digital signal processing, 63, 71–73, 72,  electrochemical power, 86–91, 87, 88, 89
                            337                       electromagnetic field, 91
                         digital-to-analog converter, 63, 195, 297  electromagnetic interaction, 149
                         direction finding, 73–75, 74,99  electromagnetic interference, 91, 175
                         direction resolution, 75, 173, 264, 292  electromagnetic shielding, 91
                         directional transducer, 73   electromechanical transducer, 91–92
                         discharge curve, 88–89       electromechanics, 187
                         displacement error, 75–76    electron gun, 146–147, 330
                         displacement transducer, 76  electrostatic transducer, 92–93, 92
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