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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?






2. Operating parameters are the abilities and limitations of robots that determine their design and tasks. Which of the following is not a robotics operating parameter?






3. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






4. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?






5. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






6. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






7. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary






8. What is a touchstone?






9. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






10. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same






11. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built






12. The safety factor is...






13. Provides problem clarification and specification






14. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?






15. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles






16. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






17. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?






18. The controller is what part of the robot?






19. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...






20. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the






21. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?






22. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






23. What is binary?






24. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






25. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by






26. What type of arch bridge is a type of truss?






27. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution






28. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?






29. Tension is best described as...






30. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?






31. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges






32. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...






33. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck






34. When compared to a beam - the truss has the advantage of being...






35. The downward bending of the cantilever part of the beam makes the beam in the adjoining bay bend...






36. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






37. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






38. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






39. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






40. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)






41. What are the three common criteria to determine robot use?






42. Some of the ________ bridges in the world are suspension bridges






43. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






44. The transistor was discovered in 1947 by a team of researchers with what company?






45. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






46. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a






47. The development of something completely new






48. The generation of ideas for solutions






49. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?






50. What type of bridge requires very strong abutments or supports?






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