end-effector
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
end-effector (plural end-effectors)
- Any attachment on the end of a robot that interacts with the environment, such as a device to lift parts.
- "The system integrates a single camera into the robot's end-effector, and adds a specialized, durable lighting unit that moves with the robot to illuminate the parts." — "Eyes on the Line," Mechanical Engineering, August 2005.
- The terminal moving part of a limb that interacts with the environment.[1]