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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Quantitative Information Associated With Fair Value Measurement of Level 3 Financial Instrument (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 04, 2015	Jun. 11, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration		$ 14,447		$ 895
Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration			$ 33,800
Avionics Interface Technologies, LLC
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ 1,800
Discount rate	4.70%
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration		33,845
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Avionics Interface Technologies, LLC
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration		$ 750
Ebitda \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Target achievement, probability		99.00%
Discount rate		6.00%
Forecasted Revenues \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Target achievement, probability		72.00%
Discount rate		8.00%
Outperformance Revenue \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Target achievement, probability		29.00%
Discount rate		10.00%
Revenue Earnout \| Avionics Interface Technologies, LLC
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Target achievement, probability		36.00%
Discount rate		4.70%