Robots can navigate in various ways. One good method is like the scheme that ship and aircraft captains have used for decades. It is called...

A transducer is a device that converts one form of energy or disturbance into another. In electronics, transducers convert alternating or direct electric current into...

When neither wheels nor legs effectively propel a robot over a surface, track-drive locomotion sometimes works. Track drive is used in military tanks, and in...

Topological path planning, also called topological navigation, is a scheme in which a robot can be programmed to negotiate its work environment. The method makes...

Texture sensing is the ability of a robot end effector to ascertain the smoothness or roughness of a surface. Primitive texture sensing can be done...

In a robotic system, temperature sensing is one of the easiest things to do. Digital thermometers are commonplace nowadays, and cost very little. The output...

Telepresence is a refined, advanced form of teleoperation. The robot operator gets a sense of being at the robot’s physical location, even if the remotely...

Telemetry is the transmission of quantitative information from one point to another, usually by wireless means, and particularly by radio. Telemetry is used extensively to...

During the twentieth century, people became increasingly comfortable with computers, machines, and electronic devices. This trend is expected to continue. Gadgets can be fascinating. Technocentrism...

As machines become smarter, the programming becomes more sophisticated.No machine has yet been built that has intelligence anywhere near that of a human being. Some...