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Robotics Main Glossary

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Relay
by Graham Betts - Saturday, 20 August 2005, 11:12 AM

A relay is an electromechanical switch that uses an electromagnet to open or close one or many sets of contacts. In other words iut turns things on or off. When the relay is activated an electromagnet is turned on which will turn the relay switch on. A relays normal position may be on. In this case an electro magnet would actually turn the swict off.

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robot
by Graham Betts - Thursday, 18 August 2005, 04:15 PM

A robot is a machine which can be programmed to perform tasks and which will be able to adjust to its environment through use of sensors

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