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Index
power transistor, 236
reactive planning, 67
presence sensing, 237–239
read-only memory, 109, 190
pressure sensing, 240
read/write memory, 33, 189
primary cell, 87
real time, 258
primary colors, 49–50
real-time failures, 38
problem reduction, 241–242, 241
rectangular coordinate geometry, 41
programmable manipulator, 267
rectifier, 234–235
programmable read-only memory, 190
recursion, 258–260, 259
proprioceptor, 242 reactive paradigm, 141, 257–258
prosodic features, 243, 295 reductionism, 260
prosthesis, 31, 59, 99, 243–244 reflexive behavior, 25
prototype, 93 refractive index, 105
proximity sensing, 40–41, 127, 130, 185, refresh rate, 48
244–245, 245 regular grid, 260–261, 261
pushdown stack, 259 reinitialization, 260–261
relation, 280
quadruped robot, 247–248, 248 relational graph, 261, 262
quadtree, 248–249, 248 reliability, 261–263, 263
quality assurance and control, 249–251, remote control, 263–264, 271
250, 262 remotely operated vehicle, 304
representation, 192
radar, 20, 53, 77, 211, 245, 253–254, 254, repulsive radial potential field, 231–232
316, 339 resolution, 70–71, 264–265, 265,
radiant heat, 239 338–339, 349–350
radiant heat detector, 239 reverse engineering, 265–266
radio detection and ranging, 253 revolute geometry, 266, 266, 267
radio direction finding, 75, 97–98 revolutions per minute, 197
radio-frequency interference, 254–255 revolutions per second, 197
radix 2, 206 Rhino Robots, 347
radix 10, 205 robot arm, 3, 10–11, 65–66, 94, 139,
Rand Corporation, 45 186, 267, 299
random-access memory, 55, 189 robot car, 83
range, 19–20, 53, 67, 255 robot classification, 267–268
range image, 67 robot generations, 268–270
range of function, 118, 255–256, 256 robot gripper, 270
range plotting, 255–257, 257 robot leg, 272, 319
range sensing and plotting, 67, 173, 264 robot mouse, 7
ranging, 76, 316 robotic paranurse, 188
raster, 330 robotic ship, 270–271
raster graphics, 32 robotic space travel, 271–272
reach, 11, 59, 300 roll, 53–54, 65, 132, 273, 346
reactive behavior, 25 Rossum’s Universal Robots, 260
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