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Glossary
- Anthropomorphic:
Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to
inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
- Artificial: Made by humans;
produced rather than natural.
- BC: 'Before Christ' Means
happened before Jesus Christ was born.
- Biped: An animal with
two feet (bi means two)
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Complex: Composed
of two or more units.
- Designated: To indicate or
specify.
- Dispose:
Throw or cast away
- DOF: Degrees of freedom
- Draughtsman: a skilled
worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.
- Evolution: A gradual
process in which something changes into a different and usually more
complex form.
- Exposition:
A public expedition of artistic or industrial developments.
- Figure: A shape of a
particular something.
- Hazardous:
Marked by danger; perilous.
- Hitachi: A company that
produces electrical entertainment devices. i.e. televisions, CD
players, DVD players e.t.c
- Humanoid: A robot that is
designed in the form of a human.
- Industrial:
A stock or bond issued by an industrial enterprise.
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Informational:
A collection of facts or
data.
- Laboratories: A room or
building equipped for scientific experimentation or research.
- Maneuvering:
A controlled change in movement or direction of a moving vehicle or
vessel, as in the flight path of an aircraft.
- Navigate:
To control the course of a ship or aircraft.
- NHK: The
Japanese
broadcasting corporation
- Passively: Accepting or
submitting without objection to what someone says.
- Receptors: A
specialized cell or group of nerve endings that responds to sensory
stimuli.
- Subsystems: A system that
is part of a larger system.
- Symphony orchestra: A large
orchestra composed of string, wind and percussion sections.
- Tabor: A small drum, often
with a snare.
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Technological:
Affected by or resulting from scientific and industrial progress.
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Torso:
The human body without the head and limbs.
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Vents:
An opening on the ocean floor that gives out hot water and dissolved
minerals.
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Volcanoes: An
opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases
are thrown out in an eruption.
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