Terms starting with S

8 terms in Robotics

  • Safety controller

    Robotics › Robot safety

    A safety controller is a certified robot safety device that monitors speed, position and safety inputs and stops the robot when a…

  • Sensor fusion

    Robotics › Perception

    Sensor fusion combines data from several robot sensors into one estimate of state or surroundings that is more accurate and reliable than…

  • Service robot

    Robotics › Robotics fundamentals

    A service robot is a robot that performs useful tasks for people or equipment outside industrial automation, in homes, hospitals, logistics and…

  • Servo motor

    Robotics › Actuators

    A servo motor is a motor with built-in position feedback and a closed-loop drive that moves a robot joint to a commanded…

  • Sim-to-real

    Robotics › Embodied AI

    Sim-to-real is the practice of training robot policies in simulation and transferring them to physical robots while closing the gap between both…

  • SLAM

    Robotics › Perception

    SLAM, simultaneous localization and mapping, lets a robot build a map of an unknown environment while estimating its own position within that…

  • Stepper motor

    Robotics › Actuators

    A stepper motor is a brushless electric actuator that turns in fixed angular steps, letting robots position axes precisely without a feedback…

  • Stereo vision

    Robotics › Perception

    Stereo vision recovers depth from two cameras a known distance apart by matching points and measuring disparity, a core technique in robot…