fetch-and-carry task
- noun
- Specialized
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tarea de manipulación
- In the lab, the robot successfully performed a fetch-and-carry task by picking up the box and delivering it to the shelf.
Examples
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The benchmark measures how reliably an arm executes a fetch-and-carry task in cluttered environments.
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Students programmed the drone to perform several fetch-and-carry tasks during the robotics competition trial.
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In the lab, the robot completed a fetch-and-carry task to deliver the package.
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The robot completed the fetch-and-carry task.
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Can you explain what a fetch-and-carry task involves?
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The students showcased their skills by programming their robot to complete various fetch-and-carry tasks during the competition.
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Researchers often evaluate robots based on their efficiency in executing a fetch-and-carry task in different environments.
Synonyms
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An act of going to get something and bringing it back
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
fetch-and-carry + task
The phrase denotes a task to 'fetch' (go and get) and 'carry' (transport) objects, so its meaning is directly and transparently built from the known constituents plus 'task' (a duty). Although used in a technical robotics context, the verb combination is compositional and easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
Fetch-and-carry task in robotics is a very literal idea: the machine must fetch (pick up) an object and carry (bring) it to a place. That's why engineers call it a simple 'test' of how well a robot can find, pick up, and move things.