Glossary of Robot Terms - A

• Actuator - an electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic motor that translates control signals into mechanical movement.
• Aerobot - a robot capable of independent flight on other planets.
• Android - a humanoid robot.
• Arduino - a type of open source single-board microcontroller. 
• Artificial intelligence - the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it.
• Automaton - an early self-operating robot, performing exactly the same actions, over and over.
• Autonomous vehicle - a vehicle equipped with an autopilot system, which is capable of driving from one point to another without input from a human operator.