Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
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ElijahNicholson7 on March 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Robo-Cup | This is the world cup of Robot Football |
| Shadow Hand | Robotic Hand made by the Shadown Robotic Company in London. And is currently being used by NASA |
| Foster-Miller TALON | The Foster-Miller TALON robot is a small, tracked military robot designed for missions ranging from reconnaissance to combat |
| Pneumatics | the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases |
| hydraulics | study of the mechanics of fluids |
| Fly wheel energy storage | works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. |
| Actuators | They are like the muscles of the Robot, the parts which convert stored energy into movement. |
| Linear Actuators | Mainly used in industrial robotics |
| Air Muscles | Pneumatic artificial muscles |
| Muscle Wire | Also known as: Shape Memory Alloy, Nitinol or Flexinol Wire. It is a material that contracts slightly (typically under 5%) when electricity runs through it. |
| Electroactive Polymers | EAPs or EPAMs are a new plastic material that can contract substantially (up to 380% activation strain) from electricity, and have been used in facial muscles and arms of humanoid robots, and to allow new robots to float, fly, swim or walk. |
| Piezo Motors | These work on a fundamentally different principle, whereby tiny piezoceramic elements, vibrating many thousands of times per second, cause linear or rotary motion. |
| Piezoceramic Elements | the elements that accumulates the charge in certain solid materials (ceramics, crystals, bone, DNA and various proteins) |
| Elastic Nanotubes | Elastic nanotubes are a promising artificial muscle technology in early-stage experimental development. |
| Optics | the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light |
| Quantum Mechanics | the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level |
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