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Index
lossless image compression, 61
mobile robot, 53, 127, 129, 130, 177
lossy image compression, 61
modem, 195–196, 196
Ludd, Ned, 182
modular construction, 196
luddite, 182
modular programming, 341
machine language, 4–5, 183, 183
modulation, 195
module, 196
machine vision, 337
machining, 184
modulo 2, 206
macroknowledge, 184 mission planning, 141–142
modulo 10, 205
magnetic attraction gripper, 14 molecular computer, 6, 200
magnitude profile, 185–186, 185 monocular vision, 28
manipulator, 267 motor, 125, 197–198, 197
manually operated manipulator, 267 motor/generator, 125
mapping, 117 multiagent team, 153
master-slave manipulator, 311 multiplex, 198
mathematical induction, 178 multiplexer IC, 156–157
maximum deliverable current, 88 Murphy’s law, 104
mean time before failure, 186–187, 187 mutual capacitance, 41
mean time between failures, 186–187
mechatronics, 187–188 N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor,
medical robot, 188–189, 195 158
megabits per second, 23, 195 NAND, 35
megabyte, 189 NAND gate, 179
megahertz, 137 nanochip, 199
memory, 189, 295 nanorobot, 6, 199
memory backup, 189 nanorobotics, 199
memory organization packet, 190 nanotechnology, 6
mercuric-oxide cell, 90 natural language, 200
mercury cell, 90 negation, 35
message passing, 191, 191 negative logic, 179
metal-oxide semiconductor, 191–192 neighborhood, 78
metric path planning, 127, 192, 203 nested loops, 200–201, 201
microcomputer, 192–193 nesting of loops, 181, 200–201
microcomputer control, 193 neural network, 7, 201–203
microknowledge, 193 nickel-cadmium cell, 87, 90–91
microphone, 92 nickel-metal-hydride cell, 91
microprocessor, 192 node, 127, 203, 261, 280
microwave data transmission, 193–194, noise, 203–204, 204, 238
194, 275 noise floor, 204
microwave presence sensor, 238 nonactive cooperation, 56–57
microwaves, 253 noninverting input, 156
military robot, 195 nonservoed robot, 215
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