Glossary

Optical 3D data acquisition of the real environment

With rubbing, abrasive effect

Grain materials on: Paper, fabric, nonwoven, sponge, tool/disc

A learning algorithm can interactively prompt a user to label new data points with desired outputs

Motor function and moving parts of a robot

Expanding utility program

Artificial intelligence, automation of intelligent behavior and machine learning

Artificial neural networks

Method of solving problems with schematic calculation processes

Application

Augmented Reality > Blending of real and digital environment

Business-to-Business or Business-to-Customer – business relationship

Basic, invisible program level of a computer application (<>Frontend)

Success method

germ. Beauftragte für Innovation und Technologie  >  Commissioner for Innovation and Technology of the ZDH

germ.: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung  >  Federal Ministry of Education and Research

germ.: Bundesverband Modell- und Formenbau  >  Federal Association Model and Mold Making

Computer Aided Design > 3D-Component design

Comparison with reference standard

Computer Aided Manufacturing > Programming of production processes

The center-line roughness Ra (in µm) is a measure of the roughness of a technical surface that has been produced, for example, by machining, forming or reshaping processes

Computerized Numerical Control > Computer controlled use of machine tools

Collaborative Robot (safe robots to cooperate with humans)

Robots recognize their environment in order to derive actions from it

Collision of robot / tool / workpiece (> collision control in simulation)

(Of devices, hardware and software components and the like) matching, capable of being combined, capable of being assembled into a system

Image processing of camera images to recognize / extract content

Curvature outward / inward

Machine learning with the use of multilayer neural networks

Preliminary stage to prototype for testing and presentation of various developments

germ.: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt > DLR – German Aerospace Center

Degree of Freedom

V.a. tool on the robot head (last element of the kinematic chain)

germ.: Forschung und Entwicklung > R+D, Research and development

Feature (- identification of certain features)

Feedback-Loop

Control of the force with which a robot acts on its environment, i.e. on an object or also on a human being

Measures force and torque application in three spatial directions each

germ.: Fraunhofer Institut für Werkzeubau und Umformung

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology

Force between bodies > static, dynamic and rolling friction

Visible part of a user software (<>Backend)

Grain size / particle size of abrasives (e.g. 100 coarse > 1000 fine)

The way something is polished

Teaching of the sense of touch – active touch with hands (<> tactile stimuli, passive, e.g. pressure).

Human Machine Interface

Product Name for Augemented / Mixed Reality Glasses

Heinz-Piest-Institut for Craft technology

germ.: Handwerkskammer > Chamber of Crafts

Combination of human intelligence and intelligence of machines

Intelligent Industrial Work Assistant (Cobot of DLR and KUKA)

Process of observing and action and then repeating it. Imitation learning is a key component in supervised neural networks.

(lat. impedire = inhibit) Control of the system’s compliance, i.e. the link between force and position in the event of object contact.
Basis for force-based machining, scanning of surfaces or also safety devices in collaborative use.

‘Interface’ between computers or humans and computers (often input device)

Calculation of the joint angles of the arm elements based on the pose (position and orientation) of the end effector

Intellectual Property

Industrial robots (require protective devices <> Cobot)

Process of multiple repetition and iteration loop – approximation method

Product name for (gaming) hardware for optical recognition of human movements and gestures

Field of mechanics in which the motion of bodies is described purely geometrically with the quantities location, time, velocity and acceleration

Institut for technology, Karlsruhe

germ.: Leichtbau Roboter  > Lightweight robot

Learning robot sanding technology for the craft sector

Real laboratory in cooperation between science and civil society

Quantity of identical products from a special production order

Special or custom made

In robotics, a manipulator is the device that enables physical interaction with the environment, i.e. the moving part of the robot assembly that performs the mechanical work of the robot. In principle, the manipulator is the part usually associated with an industrial robot

Machine learning, the system learns from examples and applies this experience to new ane

Recording of movements for analysis / utilization in digital models

germ.: Mensch Roboter Kollaboration > Human robot collaboration (other variants: cooperation or coexistence)

Minimum Viable Product

First, minimally functional iteration of a product to incorporate user feedback.

Operation of robots without programming or expert knowledge

‘Open source code’, software available to all free of charge

The workpiece is guided to the tool (e.g. belt sander)

Perception

Small software program that can be integrated into larger ones

Low material removal for smoothing with the help of a polishing agent

Personal Robot – Personal robot (more autonomous than industrial robot, tends to be sensory, capable of learning)

Grouping of different robot tasks according to e.g. diverse geometries

germ.: Projektträger Karlsruhe  > Project sponsor Karlsruhe (KIT)

Control signals processed directly in the (robot) movement in milliseconds

Describes a machine learning method in which an agent interacts with an environment and “learns” independently – based on the reward principle

(N 1-12) according to centerline roughness value (Ra , specified in µm) of…Ultrafine grinding (0.1) … coarse grinding… Roughing (3.2)

From czech ‘robota’ = works

Robot / software rental concept for smaller businesses

Enclosed working area of the robot

Product name for user kit for the use of robotics in the craft sector

Ability learned by the robot to perform certain actions independently

Robot Operating System

Cutting manufacturing process for the fine machining of workpieces

Safe Autonomous Robotic Assistant (Cobot of DLR)

Scope of services, project object or goal

Means of sensing the environment (visual, after force, tactile, acoustic, after acceleration…)

Supervised (machine) learning (<> unsupervised, often pattern recognition)

Setup of complete robot systems in their working environment

(manual) input of desired positions or movements of the robot

The tool (e.g. random orbital sander) is guided to the workpiece

A trajectory is a curve in the plane or space parmeterized over time. The individual points of the curve represent positions at specific points in time (motion curve)

Technology Readiness Level (1-9)

User Interface

Product name: Universal Robot

Suitability for use by specific users

Use case, abstracted test description

User Experience

Virtual Reality- creation and perception of a seemingly real environment

Problem solving as a workaround for the actual problem

workflow

germ.: Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks  > German Confederation of Skilled Crafts