2.1) Robotics - Automation Flashcards

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the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom from error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness

A

accuracy

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able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions

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adaptable

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3
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an area of study concerned with making computers copy intelligent human behaviour

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artificial intelligence (AI)

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An ____ (2 words) is a manufacturing process (most of the time called a progressive assembly) in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from work station to work station where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced.

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assembly line

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Combination of COLOR schemes, designs, words, etc., that a firm employs to make a visual statement about itself and to communicate its business philosophy.

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corporate identity

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In many scientific fields, the __________ (3 words) of a system is the number of parameters of the system that may vary independently. For example, the position of a figure in the plane has three ______ (3 words): its orientation and the two coordinates of any fixed point of the figure.

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DOF, degrees of freedom

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__________ (one word) is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other

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friction

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The word ‘________’ (1st word) is generally used in the sense of ‘binding’. On the other hand, the word ‘________’ (2nd word) is generally used in the sense of ‘essential’.

_______ (2nd word) is used especially in the contexts of education, business, and employment. ________ (1st word) is used especially in the context of the law.

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mandatory — compulsory

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9
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other word for connected

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related

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the variation in measurements taken by a single person or instrument on the same item and under the same conditions.

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repeatability

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________ness (noun) is the fact of happening repeatedly, especially in a way that becomes boring (e.g. _______ive (in adj) work)

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repetitiveness

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a new part that you buy to replace an old or broken part of a car, machine, etc.

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spare parts

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synonymous for danger, jeopardy, menace, peril

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threat

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badly damaged and/or no longer useful because it has been used a lot

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wear; worn out

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fabrication process to join pieces of metal together by heating their edges and pressing them together

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welding

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