5.0 ROBOT SENSORS

5.1 Understand the characteristics of contact and non contact sensors.

 

Sensor - A device that responds to physical stimuli (such as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, motion, etc.) and transmits the resulting signal or data for providing a measurement, operating a control, or both.

 (source: https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iv/otm_iv_4.html )