Title: Describe robotic systems interfaces.
Course: Technology of Robotic Design (21009-36) > Section: Exploring Microprocessor/Microcontroller System Basics

Description should include

- explaining the purpose of interfacing robotic systems so that the robot can communicate with its environment
- identifying and explaining the function of common input/output (I/O) ports (e.g., digital input ports, digital output ports)
- selecting external devices to be connected to an input, such as contact or proximity sensors and safety devices (e.g., motion detectors, door switches)
- selecting external devices to be connected to an output (e.g., warning light, drive motor, relay or pneumatic actuator, another robot)
- relating machine vision systems to interfacing systems and explaining the purpose of using vision systems in robotics (e.g. part orientation, measurement collection, part inspection).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is an interface, and what is its relationship to robotics?
- What external devices can be connected to a robot’s digital input and output ports?
- What are the applications of machine vision systems? What are the benefits?
- What are the basic components and their functions in a typical vision system?