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| 3D Graphic Display Function | Absolute Data (ABSO Data) | Accuracy | Active Compliant Robot |
| Actual Position | Actuator | Arm | Articulated Manipulator |
| Articulation | Assembly Robot | Automatic Measurement Function | Automatic Mode |
| Axis | Axis Interference | Base | Base Coordinate System |
| Base Link | Burn-in | Computer Aided Design (CAD) | Carousel |
| Cartesian Coordinates | Cartesian Manipulator | Cartesian Topology | Cartesian-coordinate Robot |
| Category 3 (Cat3) | Centrifugal Force | Circular Motion Type | Clamp |
| Clamping | Clamping Force | Closed-loop | Collaborative Robot |
| Command Interpreter | Command Position | Compliance | Compliant Robot |
| Configuration | Contact Sensor | Continuous Path | Control Algorithm |
| Control Command | Control Device | Control Mode | Controllability |
| Controller | Controller System | Coordinate System or Frame | Central Processing Unit (CPU) |
| Cubic Interference Area | Cycle | Cyclic Coordinate System | Cyclo Drive |
| Cylindrical Topology | Dead Man Switch | Degrees of Freedom | Direct-drive |
| Downtime | Drive | Drop Delivery | Dynamics |
| Emergency Stop | Enable Switch | Enabling Device | Encoder |
| EOAT | End-effector | Endpoint | Error |
| Expandability | External Force Limit | Feedback | Feedback Control |
| Feedback Sensor | Flexibility | Force Feedback | Force Sensor |
| Forward Kinematic Solution | Forward Kinematics | Frame | Functional Safety Unit (FSU) |
| Gantry | Gantry Robot | Gravity Loading | Gripper |
| Hand | Hand Guiding | Harmonic Drive | Harness |
| Hazardous Motion | Hold | Home Position | IEC |
| Inductive Sensor | Industrial Robot | INFORM | Input Devices |
| Instruction | Instruction Cycle | Integrate | Integrator |
| Intelligent Robot | Interference Area | Interpolation | ISO |
| Jacobian matrix | JOB | Joint | Joint Interpolated Motion |
| Joint Motion Type | Joint Space | Joints | Kinematics |
| Ladle Gripper | Laser | Linear Interpolated Motion | Linear Motion Type |
| Link | Links | Load Cycle Time | Magnetic Detectors |
| Manipulator | Manual Mode | Material Handling | Material Processing Robot |
| Mirror Shift Function | Mode Switch | Modularity | Module |
| Motion Axis | Motor | Muting | Off-line Programming |
| Operator | Optical Encoder | Optical Proximity Sensors | Orientation |
| Palletizing | Parallel Shift Function | Path | Payload - Maximum |
| Pendant [Teach Pendant] | Pendant Teaching | Performance Level d (PLd) | Performance Level e (PLe) |
| Pick and Place Cycle | Pick-and-Place Task | Pinch Points | Pitch |
| Play Mode | Playback Operation | Point-to-Point | Pose |
| Position | Position Level | Position Variables | Power and Force Limiting (PFL) |
| Presence-sensing Safeguarding Device | Programmable Logical Controller (PLC) | Programmable Robot | Proximity Sensor |
| Pulse Coordinates | Quality Assurance (QA) | Quasi-static Clamping | Reach |
| Real-time System | Record-playback Robot | Rectangular-Coordinate Robot | Reliability |
| Remanufacture | Remote Mode | Repeatability | Resolution |
| Revolute Joint | Risk Assessment | Risk Mitigation | Robot |
| Robot Coordinate System | Robot Integrator | Robot Programming Language | Robot Range Limit Monitoring |
| Robot Simulation | Roll | Rotary Joint | Rotary Vector Drive (RV) |
| Rotational Motion | Safeguard | Safety Integrity Level | Safety Logic Circuit |
| Safety Monitored Stop | SCARA Robot | Second Home Position | Security Mode |
| Sensor | Sensory Feedback | Servo Control | Servo Motor |
| Servo Pack | Servo-controlled Robot | Servo-system | Shock Detection Function |
| Shoulder | SIL | Simulation | Singularity |
| Softlimit Setting Function | Speed and Separation Monitoring | Spline | Spline Motion Type |
| System Integrator | Teach | Teach Lock | Teach Mode |
| Teach Pendant | Teaching Window | Through-beam | Time Measuring Function |
| Tool | Tool & arm Interference | Tool Center Point (TCP) | Tool Control Point |
| Tool Coordinates | Tool Frame | Touch Sensor | Trajectory Generation (Calculation) |
| Transducer | Uptime | User Coordinate Setting | User Coordinate System |
| Vacuum Cup Hand | Vision Guided | Vision Sensor | Work Envelope |
| Work Envelope (Space) | Work Home Position | Work Piece | Workspace |
| World Coordinates | World Model | Wrist | Wrist [Secondary Axis] |
| Yaw |
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