Crossword 8

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Across
  1. 4. originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer.
  2. 7. the region in the USA that serves as a global centre for high technology.
  3. 10. a short story by Robert Heinlein, that gave its name to a popular nickname for remote manipulators.
  4. 13. a system for inventing robots using a modular design and LEGO plastic bricks
  5. 15. robots are programmable manipulators or devices for missing human limbs.
  6. 16. NASA's wheeled robotic rover which landed on Mars in 1997.
  7. 18. a robot teacher programmed with the class curricular, it could synthesize human speech (1974)
  8. 19. a hospital delivery robot manufactured by Panasonic.
  9. 20. the Mars Pathfinder robotic Mars rover that landed on July 4, 1997 Sojourner is the first wheeled vehicle to rove another planet
  10. 21. a small robot designed to imitate insect behaviors rather than complex human behaviors.
  11. 22. the robot arm for assembly jobs in factories designed by Yamanashi University.
  12. 23. the control of mechanical force and movement, generated by the application of liquid under pressure. c.f. pneumatics.
Down
  1. 1. a robotic creature created in 1998 by Dr.Cynthia that interacted emotionally with people.
  2. 2. a robotic entity designed to resemble a human being in form, function, or both.
  3. 3. a self-propelled and self-contained robot that is capable of moving over a mechanically unconstrained course.
  4. 5. A form of motor that generates a linear movement directly.
  5. 6. the control of mechanical force and movement, generated by the application of compressed gas.
  6. 8. a Czech writer who and coined the word "robotics"
  7. 9. the first robot officially employed as a staff member by Moscow Technology Institute.
  8. 11. a robotic rover that was active on Mars from until 2018.
  9. 12. the study of motion, as applied to robots. This includes both the design of linkages to perform motion, their power, control and stability; also their planning, such as choosing a sequence of movements to achieve a broader task.
  10. 13. or gripper. A robotic 'hand'.
  11. 14. the name of the private American aerospace services company.
  12. 17. in 1998.