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nonvolatile memory, 163, 189–190
parallel processing, 333
NOR, 35
parallel-to-serial conversion, 63
NOR gate, 179
partially centralized control, 42–43
NOT, 35
partially distributed control, 78
NOT gate, 179
passband, 294
nuclear service robot, 205
passive transponder, 13, 30, 122,
numeration, 205–208
220–221
numerically controlled robot, 267
Nyquist theorem, 62 parallel data transmission, 63 Index
passive VR, 331–33333
pattern recognition, 221
object-oriented graphics, 33, 209–210, percept, 103, 107, 280
210 perpendicular potential field, 231–232
object-oriented programming, 341 personal robot, 84, 109, 114, 170,
object recognition, 30, 34, 94, 122, 201, 222–223, 268, 287
211, 222 phase, 302
objectization, 94 phase comparator, 27–28
occupancy grid, 211–213, 212 phoneme, 223–224, 294, 296
octal number system, 206 photocell, 85
odometry, 213–215, 213, 214 photodetector, 216–217
offloading, 215 photoelectric proximity sensor,
omnidirectional transducer, 73 224–225, 225
one-dimensional range plotting, 256 photoreceptor, 146–147
one-to-one correspondence, 180 photovoltaic cell, 289–290
open-loop configuration, 156 piezoelectric transducer, 224–226, 226
open-loop system, 215–216 pitch, 53–54, 65, 132, 226, 346
operational amplifier, 156 pixel, 32, 43, 70–71, 129, 226–227
optical character recognition, 216, 297 plan/act, 138
optical encoder, 216–217, 217 plan/sense/act, 138, 141, 257
optical fiber, 105 pneumatic drive, 227
optical presence sensor, 238 point-to-point motion, 227–228, 227,
optical scanning, 216 283, 302, 329
optics, 5–6 polar coordinate geometry, 228–229,
OR, 35 228
OR gate, 179 police robot, 229–230
orientation region, 174 polymorphic robot, 230
orthogonal potential field, 232 position sensing, 97, 213, 230, 264
positive logic, 170
P-channel metal-oxide semiconductor, postulate, 148
158 potential field, 230–232, 231
pallet, 219 power supply, 232–237, 233, 234, 235,
palletizing, 219 236
parallax, 220, 220 power surge, 236
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