daisy chain -A method of transferring a signal in a computer from one stage to

the next.

Stroboscope - An instrument that emits bright, adjustable-rate flashes of light.

revolute geometry A method by which a robot arm can move freely in three
dimensions.

SCARA Abbreviation of SELECTIVE COMPLIANCE ASSEMBLY ROBOT ARM.

piezoelectricity –mechanical stress

thermoelectricity Heat-produced electricity, as in thermocouple operation.

Triboelectricity- producing voltage by friction.

Electrochemistry-produced by chemical action.

Geiger counter A radioactivity rate-counting instrument

based on the GEIGER-MUELLER TUBE.

tunnel diode A specially processed junction diode whose forward conduction

characteristic displays negative resistance.

Gunn diode A semiconductor diode that can operate as an oscillator in the ultra-
high-frequency (UHF) and microwave parts of the radio spectrum. Negative
resistance.

IMPATT diode Acronym for impact avalanche transit

time diode. A microwave semiconductor (silicon
or gallium arsenide) diode exhibiting negative
resistance resulting from the combined effects of
charge-carrier transit time and impact avalanche
breakdown. It is used as an oscillator or amplifier.

exclusive-OR A logic function in which the output is 1 when the two inputs are
different, and is 0 when the two inputs are the same.

Hall effect A phenomenon observed in thin strips of metal and in some

semiconductors. Small voltage is generated by a conductor with current in an
external magnetic field.

Revolute Joints- axes that allow rotation in a robot are often reffered to as
what joints.

Weigand effect- the effect that describes the ablity of an mechanically stressed
ferromagnetic wire to recognized rapid switching of magnetization when subjected
to a DC magnetic field.
covalent bonding The binding together of the
atoms of a material as a result of shared electrons
or holes.

Freckel-

Coulomb’s Law- This force is an attraction for opposite charges, and repulsion
for similar charges.