Robot Industry Glossary

A legged robot that uses coordinated gait patterns to locomote, including bipeds, quadrupeds, hexapods, and multi-legged designs.

An autonomous mobile robot used in warehouses for inventory management, order picking, sorting, and transportation of goods.

Image distortion correction applied in robot vision to remove lens distortion and perspective effects for accurate measurement.

An intermediate position or pose along a robot’s planned path that the robot must pass through on the way to its goal.

A robotic device worn on the human body, including powered exoskeletons, prosthesis, and orthoses for augmentation or rehabilitation.

An open-source robot simulation platform used for education, research, and prototyping, supporting a wide variety of robot models.

An industrial robot programmed to perform arc welding, spot welding, laser welding, or other joining processes with precision and consistency.

A mobile robot using wheels for locomotion, the most common type due to simplicity, efficiency, and speed on flat surfaces.

An assembly of wires and connectors that distributes power and signals throughout the robot.

The physical area encompassing the robot, work-piece, fixtures, and any interacting equipment.

The total volume of space that a robot can reach with its end-effector, determined by its mechanical structure and joint limits.

The volume of space a robot’s end-effector can reach.

The global reference coordinate system in which all robot positions and orientations are ultimately defined.

The distal section of a robot arm, typically providing three rotational axes (roll, pitch, yaw) for orienting the end-effector.

A six-axis force/torque sensor mounted at the robot’s wrist to measure interaction forces during manipulation and contact tasks.

The combination of sensor data acquisition and actuator command execution in a single control loop iteration.