Terms starting with R

8 terms in Robotics

  • Risk assessment

    Robotics › Robot safety

    Risk assessment in robot safety is the structured process of identifying hazards of a robot application, estimating their risk and deciding on…

  • Robot

    Robotics › Robotics fundamentals

    A robot is a programmable, actuated machine that senses its environment and moves with some autonomy to manipulate objects, position tools or…

  • Robot gripper

    Robotics › Actuators

    A robot gripper is the end effector that grasps, holds and releases objects, driven by electric, pneumatic, vacuum or other actuators at…

  • Robot joint

    Robotics › Manipulation

    A robot joint is the movable connection between two links of a robot arm, rotating or sliding under actuator control to give…

  • Robot simulator

    Robotics › Simulation

    A robot simulator is software that models robots, sensors and environments with physics so robotics teams can develop and test behavior virtually.

  • Robotics

    Robotics › Robotics fundamentals

    Robotics is the engineering discipline that designs, builds and programs machines able to sense, decide and act physically in the real world.

  • ROS 2

    Robotics › Control systems

    ROS 2 is an open-source robotics middleware and toolset whose ros2_control framework connects controllers such as PID loops to real robot hardware.

  • RTK GPS RTK

    Robotics › Navigation

    RTK GPS is a satellite positioning method that uses carrier-phase corrections from a base station to give robots centimeter-level position in real…