Affordance
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000112
A property of an object or environment that suggests how it can be interacted with or used by a robot. It describes the potential actions a robot can perform based on the object's physical characteristics and the robot's capabilities. For example, a handle affords grasping, while a button affords pressing.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-000112 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Robotics |
| References | Affordances | IEEE Technology Navigator (technav.ieee.org) |
| Translations | German: Affordance; Spanish: affordance; French: affordance |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-IND-000112",
"term": "Affordance",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "A property of an object or environment that suggests how it can be interacted with or used by a robot. It describes the potential actions a robot can perform based on the object's physical characteristics and the robot's capabilities. For example, a handle affords grasping, while a button affords pressing.",
"subject": "Robotics",
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"Affordances | IEEE Technology Navigator (technav.ieee.org)"
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"translations": {
"de": "Affordance",
"es": "affordance",
"fr": "affordance"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/affordance/"
}
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