A manually operated device which when continuously activated, permits motion. Releasing the device shall stop robot motion and motion of associated equipment that may present a hazard. (R15.06)

A cylindrical robot having two parallel rotary joints (horizontally articulated) and provides compliance in one selected plane. (ISO 8373) Note: SCARA derives from Selectively Compliant Arm for Roboti [..]

Variable data measured by sensors and relayed to the controller in a closed-loop system. If the controller receives feedback that lies outside an acceptable range, then an error has occurred. The cont [..]

A speed (gear) reducer to convert high speed low torque to low speed high torque (see Harmonic Drive, Cyclo Drive, Rotary Vector Drive).

A period of time in which a robot, or production line is shut down due to malfunction or failure. See Uptime.

The number of independent directions or joints of the robot (R15.07), which would allow the robot to move its end effector through the required sequence of motions. For arbitrary positioning, 6 degree [..]

The main circuit board and processor of the Controller System.

An information processing device whose inputs are both the desired and measured position, velocity or other pertinent variables in a process and whose outputs are drive signals to a controlling motor [..]

The means by which instructions are communicated to the robot.

The property of a system by which an input signal can take the system from an initial state to a desired state along a predictable path within a predetermined period of time.