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What is the purpose of a watchdog timer within a robot controller?



The purpose of a watchdog timer within a robot controller is to provide a safety mechanism that detects and recovers from software failures or system crashes that could cause the robot to behave unpredictably. A watchdog timer is essentially a hardware or software timer that must be periodically reset by the robot's main control program. If the control program fails to reset the timer within a specified time....

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