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Record 1 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Earthworm robots fall in the broader class of bio-mimicking robots. The thrust for developing earthworm-like robots lies in the ability of an earthworm to venture through highly space constrict regions taking lesser amount of space for navigation. The robots inspired by earthworm's locomotion characteristics are very useful in applications such as search and rescue operations under debris, surveillance and spying, inspection and maintenance in pipelines and medical uses like endoscopy...

CONT

Earthworm-like robots are typically composed of a series of identical and radially symmetric segments that are actuated in specific wave patterns for high velocity or low cost of transport locomotion and which enable directional control.

OBS

earthworm robot; worm robot; earthworm-like robot; worm-like robot: designations validated by a Canadian subject-matter expert from Polytechnique Montréal.

Key term(s)
  • earthworm like robot
  • worm like robot
  • SearchOnlyKey1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Robot ver de terre composé de plusieurs cellules comprenant chacune six actionneurs. Soumis à un voltage, ces derniers flambent et poussent sur la cellule voisine créant ainsi un robot articulé capable de ramper comme un ver [...]

OBS

robot ver de terre : désignation validée par un spécialiste canadien de Polytechnique Montréal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

Los robots gusano utilizan el movimiento peristáltico como técnica de locomoción[;] este tipo de movimiento, al igual que el de arrastre con dos puntos de apoyo, permite a los robots desplazarse por tuberías, o entornos cilíndricos […]

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Record 2 2023-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quality Control (Management)
  • Trade
  • Industrial Crops
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

[The weighing] and inspection of all grain of [a specified] grade in an elevator for the purpose of determining the amount... of grain of that grade [in stock] in the elevator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
  • Commerce
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

[Pesée et inspection] de tout le grain d'un grade particulier stocké dans une installation pour déterminer le montant de grain du grade particulier présent dans l'installation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

Decharacterization. All inedible meat and carcass parts shall be adequately decharacterized with an approved agent except where federal meat inspection regulations allow shipment of inedibles to the contrary. The decharacterizing agent must be mixed intimately with all of the material to be decharacterized and must be applied in such quantity and manner that it cannot easily and readily be removed by washing or soaking. A sufficient amount of the appropriate agent shall be used to give the material a distinctive color, odor, or taste so that such material cannot be confused with an article of human food.

Key term(s)
  • decharacterisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 5 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

The total amount, kind, and extent of inspection specified by the quality assurance provisions established for the unit of product.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

Ensemble, genre et portée de l'inspection spécifiée dans les dispositions visant l'assurance de la qualité pour une unité donnée de produit.

Spanish

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