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elevation, 11, 53, 59, 300
fifth-generation robot, 269–270
embedded path, 93
filter, 235
emitter-coupled logic, 157–158
filter choke, 235
empirical design, 93–94
fine motion planning, 108, 128, 130
end effector, 3, 14, 34, 39, 43, 80, 94, 97,
fire-protection robot, 108–109, 313
108, 140, 186, 226, 267, 270, 273,
firmware, 109, 136, 190
293, 314, 329, 343, 345
first formant, 294
endless loop, 182, 259
first-generation robot, 268–269
Engelberger, Joseph, 151 field-effect transistor, 50 Index
Enigma,58 first-in/last-out, 259
entitization, 94 fixed-sequence robot, 109
epipolar navigation, 94–96, 95, 108 flash memory, 189
erasable programmable read-only flat discharge curve, 88
memory, 109, 190 flexible automation, 109–110
error accumulation, 96–97 flight telerobotic servicer, 110–111, 110
error correction, 97 flip-flop, 189
error-sensing circuit, 97–98, 98 flooded cell, 90–91
error signal, 98–99, 99 flowchart, 4, 111
etching pattern, 240 fluxgate magnetometer, 111–112, 112
event simulator, 285 flying eyeball, 112–113, 113, 304
exclusive OR gate, 179 focus specialist, 34
exoskeleton, 99–100 foil run, 240
expandability, 101 food-service robot, 113–114
experience path, 331 force sensor, 34
expert system, 22, 100–101, 100, 115, foreshortening, 114–115, 115
280 formant, 294
exploratory VR, 331–333 forward chaining, 115
exponential-dropoff profile, 185–186 four-phase stepper motor, 302–303
extensibility, 101 fourth-generation robot, 269–270
extrapolation, 101 frame, 115–116, 116
eye-in-hand system, 101–102, 102, 108, Frankenstein scenario, 116–117
128 frequency, 137
frequency-division multiplex, 198
false negative, 103–104, 281 frequency modulator, 123
false positive, 103–104, 281 front lighting, 21, 117
fault resilience, 104 full-duplex module, 153
feedback, 21, 47, 104–105, 105, 143, 182, full-wave bridge rectifier, 234
215 full-wave center-tap rectifier, 234
fiber-optic cable, 105–107, 106 full-wave rectifier, 234–235
fiber-optic data transmission, 5–6, 91 fully centralized control, 43, 78
field of view, 107–108, 108, 114 function, 55, 68, 79, 117–119, 118
field coil, 197–198 function generator, 119, 123
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