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Systems
Tech 8: Week 12http://www.studystack.com/EditData2.jsp?studyStackId=2227778
| System | An interacting group of items forming a unified whole |
| Subsystem | A system that is part of another, larger system |
| Controller | A device used to regulate a system. Controllers can be hydraulic, pneumatic, or electrical |
| Sensor | Controllers used to obtain information about the robot's environment |
| Tactile | Relating to a sense of touch (touch sensor) |
| Optical | Having to do with light or sight (color sensor) |
| Gyro | Relating to spinning or rotation (gyroscope). Gyro sensors measure changes in angular rotation |
| Ultrasound | Sound with a frequency people cannot hear. Ultrasonic sensors generate sound waves and reads their "echoes" to detect and measure distance from objects |