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|-
! Name
! Description
! Link
|-
| AE
| Stands for "Abtriebencoder", which is an output encoder, i.e. an encoder mounted at the gear rather than at the motor.
| https://www.igus.co.uk/product/14792
|-
| A1, A2, A3...
| Robot axes (same as J1, J2, J3,...): A1 would be the first axis/joint counting from the base of the robot.
|
|-
| backlash
| synonymous with gear play.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlash_(engineering)
|-
| CAN bus
| Controller Area Network bus
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus
|-
| CPR
| Commonplace Robotics GmbH
| http://www.cpr-robots.com
|-
| CPRog
| 3D robot programming and control software with graphical program editor
| http://www.cpr-robots.com/products/cprog.html
|-
| DIO
| Digital input/output
| [[Digital_Inputs_/_Outputs]]
|-
| DOF
| Degrees of Freedom / the number of robot joints or axes.
|
|-
| J1, J2, J3,...
| Robot joints (same as A1, A2, A3): J1 would be the first joint/axis counting from the base of the robot.
|
|-
| gear play
| synonymous with backlash
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlash_(engineering)
|-
| ME
| Motor encoder, i.e. an encoder mounted directly at the motor
|
|-
| PLC
| Programmable Logic Controller
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller
|-
| ROS
| Robot Operating System
| http://www.ros.org
|-
| SRA
| Service Robot Arm
| http://www.cpr-robots.com/products/sra.html
|-
| TinyCtrl
| CPR Robot control software for embedded linux computers
| https://www.cpr-robots.com/products/tinyctrl.html
|}

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