industrial robot

An industrial robot is formally distinct by ISO as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multi-use manipulator programmable in three or more axes. The field of robotics may be more almost defined as the study, design and use of robot systems for manufacturing (a top-level definition relying on the prior definition of robot).

Transistor radio

The transistor radio is a small radio receiver.RCA established a prototype transistor radio in 1952. The first profitable transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, was announced on October 18, 1954 by the Regency Division of Industrial Development Engineering Associates of Indianapolis, Indiana and put on sale in November of 1954. It cost $49.95 (the equivalent of $361 in year-2005 dollars) and sold approximately 100,000 units.

Network Time Protocol

The Network Time Protocol is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency information networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency. NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols still in use. NTP was originally designed by Dave Mills of the University of Delaware, who still maintains it, along with a team of volunteers.

Exploration

Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown regions, including space, for oil, gas, coal, ores, caves, water (Mineral exploration or prospecting), or information.The term can also be used to describe the first incursions of peoples from one culture into the geographical and cultural environment of others. Although exploration has existed as long as human beings, its peak is seen as being during the Age of Discovery when European navigators travelled around the world discovering new worlds and cultures.In scientific research, exploration is one of three purposes of research.Exploration is the attempt to develop an initial, rough understanding of some phenomenon.