manipulator — [mə nip′yo͞o lāt΄ər, mə nip΄yəlāt΄ər] n. 1. a person or thing that manipulates ☆ 2. a mechanical device that is operated by remote control, as for handling radioactive materials … English World dictionary
manipulator — /meuh nip yeuh lay teuhr/, n. 1. a person who manipulates. 2. a mechanical device for the remote handling of objects or materials in conditions not permitting the immediate presence of workers. [1850 55; MANIPULATE + OR2] * * * … Universalium
mechanischer Manipulator — mechaninis manipuliatorius statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. mechanical manipulator vok. mechanischer Manipulator, m rus. механический манипулятор, m pranc. manipulateur mécanique, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas
Remote manipulator — Manipulator arms inside the Hot Bay, Area 25, Nevada Test Site A remote manipulator, also known as a telefactor, telemanipulator, or waldo (after the short story Waldo by Robert A. Heinlein which features a man who invents and uses such… … Wikipedia
Serial manipulator — [ KUKA robots. In front is shown a 6 axis serial manipulator; behind it is a 4 axis palletizer.] Serial manipulators are by far the most common industrial robots. Often they have an anthropomorphic mechanical arm structure, i.e. a serial chain of … Wikipedia
Linkage (mechanical) — This article is about assemblies of links designed to manage forces and movement. For other uses, see Linkage. Variable stroke engine (Autocar Handbook, Ninth edition) A mechanical linkage is an assembly of bodies connected together to manage… … Wikipedia
Parallel manipulator — A parallel manipulator consists of a fixed base platform, connected to an end effector platform by means of a number of legs . These legs often consist of an actuated prismatic joint, connected to the platforms through passive (i.e. not actuated) … Wikipedia
automation — /aw teuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. 2. a mechanical device, operated electronically,… … Universalium
Automatic milking — is the milking of dairy animals without human labour.The milking processThe milking process is the collection of tasks specifically devoted to extracting milk from an animal (rather than the broader field of dairy animal husbandry). This process… … Wikipedia
manipulateur mécanique — mechaninis manipuliatorius statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. mechanical manipulator vok. mechanischer Manipulator, m rus. механический манипулятор, m pranc. manipulateur mécanique, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas