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pupitre mobile

English translation: mobile console

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French term or phrase:pupitre mobile
English translation:mobile console
Entered by: Cyril Georget

07:21 Jun 29, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automation & Robotics
French term or phrase: pupitre mobile
je n ai pas beaucoup de contexte mais c est une terminologie de robots :

Ce sous-programme gère les codes à envoyer (Tampon traité ensuite par le programme bloc des équations des sorties) concernant les sélections de mouvements par code binaire (Pupitre mobile par exemple...)
Cyril Georget
France
Local time: 17:40
mobile console
Explanation:
Working on the idea that a 'pupitre' can be a console... (see http://www.wordreference.com/fren/pupitre), a 'pupitre mobile' would be a mobile console. Lots of Ghits for this, see:

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&rlz=1T4HPEB_frFR257FR257&q...

Maybe this will help point you in the right direction.
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Irene McClure
Local time: 17:40
Grading comment
bravo !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +2mobile console
Irene McClure
2mobile control panel
Bourth (X)


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mobile console


Explanation:
Working on the idea that a 'pupitre' can be a console... (see http://www.wordreference.com/fren/pupitre), a 'pupitre mobile' would be a mobile console. Lots of Ghits for this, see:

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&rlz=1T4HPEB_frFR257FR257&q...

Maybe this will help point you in the right direction.

Irene McClure
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
bravo !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ventnai: sounds likely
1 min
  -> cheers ian
neutral  Terry Richards: Why would the robot want to move its own console around? Even if it does, it's hardly an obvious choice for an example.
31 mins
agree  Bourth (X): Without really understanding why such a thing is necessary.
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
mobile control panel


Explanation:
Basically the same as "mobile console" above, but this gives me an opportunity to explain my reasoning.

This "mobile control panel" might work by radio control or by cable, like the "pendant controls" used for overhead cranes and, more recently, radio control panels, which can be quite big, which are "worn" hanging from a shoulder harness, enabling the operator to have both hands free to work the controls while on the move.

Quite WHY there would be such a thing I do not know. Are the robots themselves fixed or mobile? There might be some point if they themselves are mobile, to enable reprogramming for instance. What are the robots used for? Too many unanswered questions.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 17:40
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PRO pts in category: 33
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