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Appendix A
A.1 Glossary
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Harmonic Drive
Compact lightweight speed reducer that converts high speed low torque to
low speed high torque. Usually found on the minor (smaller) axis.
Harness
Usually several wires, bundled together to deliver power and/or signal
communications to/from devices. For example, the robot motors are
connected to the controller through a wire harness.
Hazardous Motion
Unintended/unexpected robot motion that may cause injury.
Hold
A stopping of all movements of a robot during its sequence, in which some
power is maintained on the robot. For example, program execution stops,
however power to the servo motors remain on, if restarting is desired.
Home Position
A known and fixed location on the basic coordinate axis of the manipulator
where it comes to rest, or to an indicated zero position for each axis. This
position is unique for each model of manipulator. On Motoman® robots
there are indicator marks that show the Home position for the respective
axis.
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International Electrotechnical Commission
Inductive Sensor
The class of proximity sensors, which has half of a ferrite core, whose coil
is part of an oscillator circuit. When a metallic object enters this field, at
some point, the object will absorb enough energy from the field to cause
the oscillator to stop oscillating. This signifies that an object is present in a
given proximity. See
Industrial Robot
A re-programmable multi-functional manipulator designed to move
material, parts, tools or specialized devices through variable programmed
motions for the performance of a variety of tasks (R15.06). The principle
components are: one or more arms that can move in several directions, a
manipulator, and a computer controller that gives detailed movement
instructions.
INFORM
The robot programming language for YASKAWA robots. INFORM
language allows the robot user to: instruct the robot to use its basic
capabilities to fulfill a defined set of expectations and also to describe to
the robot, through a definition of parameters and conditions, what the
expectations are in some given situations or scenarios. In simple terms,
the INFORM programming language allows the user to instruct the robot
on what to do, when to do it, where to do it and how to do it.
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