[mindwaves]

I am working on a document and need some simple replies to 2 questions.

Assume that I have some mechanized machinery on wheels that is controlled by a computer to move around. Over time, the machine may need to be "tweaked" because of wheels need to be realigned, movement of an arm of the machinery needs to be readjusted to defined numbers.

1) Would this tweaking be called calibration? If not, then what?

2) And before tweaking, what state is the machinery in? For example, when first opened, the machinery may be in a working state and upon needing to be calibrated, what state is this machinery in?

TIA

[ort888]

1. Reworkification

2. Utah

[subego]

I think it depends on what part of the machinery you want to focus on.

Like, if you want to focus on it being a vehicle, you could say it needs to be "tuned".

[mindwaves]

Originally Posted by subego 

I think it depends on what part of the machinery you want to focus on.
Like, if you want to focus on it being a vehicle, you could say it needs to be "tuned".

Thanks for your reply. That is why I said it was a mechanized machinery, kind of a robot thing. I hope for it to be related towards this type of machinery.

[BLAZE_MkIV]

I would use calibrated.

[mindwaves]

Thanks. I am going to be using that.

[subego]

Yeah. I'd say robots get calibrated.

"Uncalibrated" works for right off the assembly line, but then isn't really right afterwards.

"Miscalibrated" is technically correct, but doesn't really have the right implication.

[subego]

Decalibrated?

[andi*pandi]

Miscalibrated sounds nonfunctioning to me. If something is working, but perhaps needs adjustment for superior performance, then tuned seems better.

[subego]

Miscalibrated monitors still function.

[andi*pandi]

depends on how badly miscalibrated, and whether you're a visual person.

[Laminar]

"Calibrated"

"Out of alignment"

[Face Ache]

Realignment.
Unaligned.

Why make it difficult*?


*Unsimplificationised.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

Miscalibrated sounds nonfunctioning to me. If something is working, but perhaps needs adjustment for superior performance, then tuned seems better.

Miscalibrated sounds like the calibration was botched by whoever attempted it.

"Out of alignment" and in need of recalibration seem the most straightforward and matter-of-fact to me.

[Face Ache]

I think of the word cailbration in relation to apertures or tiny screws (eg: watches, scientific equipment). Not thumping great wheels.

[raleur]

Originally Posted by mindwaves 

movement of an arm of the machinery needs to be readjusted to defined numbers.

1. This is precisely what calibration means, so yes.

2. The second really depends on how the machinery operates. For example, out-of-tune, mis- or unaligned, unbalanced, could all work.

[mindwaves]

Thanks for all of the replies. I'm going to use calibrated and then "needs to be calibrated." I'm kind of wary of using the word calibration for movement of a robot, but it seems to be the best word to use here. My colleague said "corrected," but that seems too vague to me.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Face Ache 

I think of the word cailbration in relation to apertures or tiny screws (eg: watches, scientific equipment). Not thumping great wheels.

There's your problem then. You don't think like a robot.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by mindwaves 

Thanks for all of the replies. I'm going to use calibrated and then "needs to be calibrated." I'm kind of wary of using the word calibration for movement of a robot, but it seems to be the best word to use here. My colleague said "corrected," but that seems too vague to me.

I would use "corrected" and "correctional measures" only for robots that…misbehaved.

Such as starting the Great Robot Uprising, or so.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by subego 

There's your problem then. You don't think like a robot.

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[Dork.]

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[OreoCookie]

In physics, we use the term »calibration« and it describes a procedure to compare and align an apparatus with a reference.

For the state prior to calibration, I would simply use »uncalibrated«. If you want to avoid the impression that this machine needs to be calibrated only once, I would use »re-calibrate«, e. g. »The machine needs to be re-calibrated every x hours to ensure that parts xyz are aligned within tolerances.« 

In contrast, tweaking is a decidedly unscientific term.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Dork. 

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Post reported for personal robot attack.

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[Waragainstsleep]

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00101110 = Ass

[subego]

It's "byte my shiny metal ass". Robots like bad puns.

[Shaddim]

Unf*cked
F*cked






I'd go with calibrated and misaligned.

[Thorzdad]

Re-calibration.
Out of specification.