

government organization with responsibility for the development and announcement of technical data standards.Īpplication program : The set of instructions that defines the specific intended tasks of robots and robot systems to make them reprogrammable and multifunctional. All contacts in series control the resulting status and also mathematical operator.ĪNSI : American National Standard Institute, the U.S. Numerical data that can vary continuously, for example, voltage levels that can vary within the range of -10 to +10 volts.ĪND : An operation that places two contacts or groups of contacts in series. Also refers to analog type I/O blocks and distinguishes them from discrete I/O blocks. Alarm=Error.Īlgorithm : A fixed step-by-step procedure for accomplishing a given result.Īlphanumeric : Data that are both alphabetical and numeric.Īnalog : The representation of numerical quantities by measurable quantities such as length, voltage or resistance.


This system is calibrated when it is turned on.Īlarm : The difference in value between actual response and desired response in the performance of a controlled machine, system or process. Converts a multilevel analog electrical system pattern into a digital bit.Ībort : Abnormal termination of a computer program caused by hardware or software malfunction or operator cancellation.Ībsolute Pulse Code System or APC : A positional information system for servomotors that relies on battery-backed RAM to store encoder pulse counts when the robot is turned off.
