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Degrees of freedom
The number of ways in which a joint can move.
End effector
Welder
Paint sprayer
Spanner
Tool
Wrist
Roll
Pitch
Yaw
Elbow
Shoulder
waist
The systems analyst does the systems analysis of a factory/workplace.
Digital to Analogue converter
Used to convert signals from the processor to the analogue device. Examples of these devices are motors and switches.
Analogue to Digital Converter
Used to convert analolgue signals from the sensor to digital signals for the computer to process
Computer Aided Design
The design of components, cars, buildings etc using computers:
Graphics tablets can be used to create the drawing
A computer system that is dedicated to one task.
Usually a microprocessor embedded into the object.
Examples are mobile phones, ipods, microwaves etc.
Control software is used to give instructions to automated machiners (eg. robots).
It is known as ROM software and is burnt onto ROM chips so that it cannot be altered.
Altering the software might cause the machinery to malfunction causing loss of thousands of pounds or even causing an accident.