Glossary
A
- AGV
- - automated guided vehicle
- anthrobot
- - a robot which resembles or functions like humans
- artificial intelligence
- - the ability to make decisions similar to humans
- artificial intelligence
- - the ability of a machine, such as a computer, to perform complex decision-making operations similar to humans
- automated
- - to function without continuous input
- automated/automation
- - the ability or device which performs a duty without continual input from an operator
- automatically
- - to function independently
- automation
- - techniques that make an apparatus, process, or system operate by itself, independent of human control
- autonomous robots
- - a robot that can perform on its own without continual input from an operator
C
- computer programming
- - the input that tells a computer what actions to perform - a type of language
- contaminated
- - harmful or unclean
- cyborg
- - a person who uses a mechanical device to help them perform their basic bodily functions
D
- design
- - a written or drawn plan
- documented
- - a record was kept
E
- educational robots
- - robots used for a school or teaching experience
- electronic
- - using electricity to run
- engineer
- - a person who designs useful objects or invention
G
- General Motors
- - car company established in 1908 - also known as GM
- George Devol
- - American who invented the first industrial robot
H
- hazardous materials
- - substance that could harm the environment or life
- humanoid
- - resembling the human form
- humanoid
- - like a human
I
- industrial
- - used in the business of making or creating things
- interaction
- - things that work together have interaction
J
- Jacques de Vaucanson
- - French inventor who created early automated machines
- Jeopardy
- - a television game show
- Joseph Engelberger
- - American who began the first industrial robot company
L
- Leonardo da Vinci
- - famous 15th century Italian artist and inventor
M
- machine
- - a device that changes force or motion
- mechanics
- - the science of machines
- microprocessor
- - a small circuit that performs like a computer
- mobile robots
- - a remote control robot for going to places that humans cannot
N
- nano-robots
- - microscopic robots
- nanorobot
- - also nanobot - microscopic robot
P
- Pleo
- - a robotic dinosaur made to look and act like a week-old baby Camarasaurus from the Jurassic period
- pneumatic
- - uses ari, gases, or wind
- programmable
- - able to be given computer instructions
R
- repetitive
- - to repeat over and over
- robot
- - from the Czech word 'robota' - meaning 'forced work'
- robot
- - a machine that does routine tasks
- robotics
- - the science of robots
- robotics
- - related to a robot
S
- sensor
- - a device sensitive to input similar to the way our body responds to our senses
- sentient
- - when a being has personal knowledge that they exist
- swarms
- - a large number of bees or other creatures that function together
T
- tech
- - slang for technology, technician, or technical
- technology
- - the science of creating tools, inventions, materials, etc
