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PLTW Automation & Robotics Vocabulary Lesson 3

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A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range, rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.

Anything your robot does; turning on a motor is a behavior, following a line is a behavior, navigating a maze is a behavior.

Closed Loop System

A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input.

Using descriptive text to explain portions of code. Comments do not change the way a robot behaves, but are important for the programmer to remember what the code does.

Computer Aided Manufacturing

Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product.

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

A company-wide management philosophy for planning, integration, and implementation of automation.

A system of discrete states: high or low, on or off, 1 or 0.

The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time, energy, or material.

Experimentation

Try out a new procedure, idea, or activity.

Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments.

Flexible Manufacturing System

The efficient production of small amounts of products.

An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.

Information fed into a system.

A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.

A touch sensor used to limit the motion of a moving device. Limit switches may be used to provide a precise beginning and end point to mechanical motion.