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Index
“Rube Goldberg” contest, 171
285
rule-based system, 100
simulation, 284–286
sine wave, 68
sabotage-proof system, 104
single-axis inversion, 18
sampling interval, 62
single-electron memory, 6, 336–337
sampling rate, 62
sampling resolution, 62, 264
smart home, 49, 286–288
smart robot, 267, 268
sampling theorem, 62
smoke detection, 286, 288–289, 289
satellite data transmission, 275–276, simple-motion programming, 284–285,
275 society, 153
scaling, 276–277, 277 software handshaking, 136
second formant, 294 solar cell, 289–290
second-generation robot, 268–269 solar power, 289–290
secondary cell, 87 sonar, 1, 53, 77, 114, 211, 245, 290–292,
secondary electron, 146 291, 316, 339
security robot, 277–278, 287 sound detection and ranging, 290
seeing-eye robot, 278 sound system, 334
selsyn, 92, 279, 279, 305 sound transducer, 27–28, 292, 334
semantic network, 279–280 source, 61
sense/act, 257–258 spacecraft cell, 91
sensitivity, 338–339 spatial resolution, 264, 292–293
sensor competition, 280–281 speaker, 92
sensor fusion, 281 spectrum space, 23
sentry robot, 281–282, 287 speech recognition, 9, 34, 54, 81, 93,
sequential manipulator, 267 139, 201, 222, 243, 293–296, 293,
serial data, 135 298–299, 305, 334
serial data transmission, 63 speech synthesis, 9, 81, 93, 139, 222,
serial-to-parallel conversion, 63 243, 296–299, 298, 305, 334
servo, 74 spherical coordinate geometry,
servo robot, 283 299–300, 299
servo system, 283 spherical coordinates, 53
servomechanism, 47, 92, 97, 102, 215, stadimetry, 300–301, 300
282–283, 293 stand-alone solar power system, 290
shape-shifting robot, 230 standing waves, 1
shared control, 56, 283–284 static RAM, 189
shelf life, 88 static stability, 301
side lighting, 21, 117, 284 step angle, 301
signal comparison, 73–74 step-down transformer, 233, 233
signal generator, 123–125 step-index optical fiber, 106
signal-to-noise ratio, 63 step-up transformer, 233, 233
simulation manager, 331 stepper motor, 3, 71, 92, 139, 301–303,
silver-oxide cell, 90 303
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