MS Robotics Vocabulary

Means robot performs tasks by itself!

• Autonomous
• robot
• effector

• manipulators

An autonomous machine that acts in the real world.

• Robotics
• servo
• Robot
• light sensor

The part of the robot that makes things move! (Like the muscles!)

• actuators
• robot ears

• sensor
• light sensor

to do something repeatedly until a specific result is achieved.

• innovation
• iterate
• ideate
• actuators

The part of the robot that affects the environment. One example would be a gripper, wheels, or robot fingers.

• actuator

• effector

• siri

• alexa

The technology that deals with design, construction and operation of robots is called:

• Engineering

• Robotics

• Architecture

• Motors

The part of a robot that senses the environment!

• control system
• drivetrain
• gyroscope
• sensors

the process of producing something new or different.

• innovation
• ideate
• iterate
• autonomous

the science and technology behind the design, manufacturing and application of robots

• Drivetrain
• Microcontroller
• Robot
• Robotics

coordinates all aspects of the robot.

• control system
• central processing unit (CPU)
• subsystem
• autonomous