end-effector

Noun

 * 1) Any attachment on the end of a robot that interacts with the environment, such as a device to lift parts.
 * "The system integrates a single camera into the robot's end-effector, and adds a specialized, durable lighting unit that moves with the robot to illuminate the parts." &mdash; "Eyes on the Line," Mechanical Engineering, August 2005.
 * 1) The terminal moving part of a limb that interacts with the environment.