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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The improvement of things already invented






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






3. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?






4. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






5. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






6. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)






7. The planned process of change






8. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities






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






10. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






11. 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?






12. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...






13. The scientific formula for work is...






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






15. A side effect of bending is called...






16. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






17. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






18. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






19. What was the forerunner of the robot?






20. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?






21. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge






22. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...






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






24. The controller is what part of the robot?






25. What device is made up of a light- emitting diode and a phototransistor?






26. Robots fit into two categories:






27. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...






28. An arch will support the load equally well at...






29. Inclined section that connects land to beam






30. A fixed wheel with a rope or chain that is attached to a load - used to change the direction of a force or to lift heavy objects - is a






31. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






32. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?






33. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...






34. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






35. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?






36. The weight of the obect being moved






37. The turning point of a lever






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






39. More than one pulley working together






40. The force applied to a lever






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






42. Distance between the piers






43. In the 1950's - the ______ created a boom in bridge building






44. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






45. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective






46. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






47. A pulley that makes work easier






48. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






49. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






50. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...