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A A Advanced multipurpose industrial
robot installations, 435
A posteriori information, 196 Advanced Programming Tool (APT),
A priori information, 196, 393, 413 463
AbNET protocol, 221–223 Agriculture applications, 310–312
Absolute algorithm, 288 AGV (automated guided vehicle),
Absolute control systems, 456–457 140–141, 250, 427
Absolute optical encoder sensor, AI (artificial intelligence), 246
280 Air bubbles, flow sensors detecting,
Absorbed light, optical spectrometer, 351–352
357 AIX (advance interactive executive),
Absorption curve, 168 269
AC power cycle, 83 AL (application layer), 208–209
Acceleration AlGaAs (aluminum gallium arsenide),
defined, 422 330
process control sensors for, Aliasing
371–372 defined, 490
versus time for various inserts, 206 spectral, 522
Accounts payable, 244–245 Alignment techniques, sensor,
Accounts receivable, 245 152–155
Accuracy, 422. See also Radiometric Allen Bradley Company, 446
accuracy Allocation list, PLC program, 473
Aceh Province, Indonesia, 3 Alternate frequency heads, 74
Acidity of solutions, quantifying with Aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs),
optical sensors, 317–318 330
Acoustic sensors, 381–382 Ambient light, 283
Acoustics, 198 Ambient operating temperature, 30
Acoustooptical synthetic-aperture American National Standard for
radar, 305–307 Industrial Robots and Robot
Active monitor node, 222–223 Systems—Safety Requirements,
Active star coupler, 164–165 426
Active star networks, 181–182 American SensoRx SpectRx software,
Active-type sensors, 328 494
Actual values, 50, 462 Ames Microfluor detector, 319
Actuators, 257–259, 325 Ammeters, 189
ADC (analog-to-digital converter), 259, Amplitude probability density (APD),
328, 503 205, 207
ADC (automatic defect classification), Analog input, 259–260
113 Analog links, 161
Adjacent sensors, 74, 79 Analog output, 260
Administrative budget, 525–526 Analog values, liquid mixing
Adobe Wide Gamut RGB, 11 operation, 485
Advance interactive executive (AIX), Analog-to-digital converter (ADC),
269 259, 328, 503
565