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Chapter 9
Glossary
Advisory
A message that informs the user of an operator error or anything that may cause a job to
pause or halt and may require the user to intervene.
App
An abbreviation for software application. A computer program on a mobile device that
performs one or more tasks. Also called application or mobile app.
Autonomous
Automated machine functions that operate in autonomous mode during all the operating
cycles of the machine.
Boundary
Something that indicates or fixes a limit or extent. For a robot, it is the outside, no-cross line
of an operating area, transit path or zone, or exclusion area. Also called perimeter.
Bump Sensor
An electronic sensor used in detecting and recording physical touch. Also called tactile
sensor or touch sensor.
Charging Station
An automatic battery-charging facility located on or within the working area.
Computer Vision
The way a robot "sees" the world around it, putting together the sensor data and the pictures
it creates to respond to its environment.
Exclusion Zone
An area recorded by the operator that the robot shall not enter.
Fault
The result of a mechanical, sensor, or software error, which requires service or correction of
the machine, sensor, or software code.
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