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Robotics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Hydraulic
Robotics
Computer Aided Manufacturing
2. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Software...
Pneumatic
Controller
Gear Ratio
3. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Reprogram
Output
Robot
Work
4. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Work
Limitation
Chain
End effector
5. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
While Loop
Rack and Pinion
Hydraulic
6. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Malfunction
Open -Loop System
Limit Switch
Factory
7. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Crank and Slider
Sprocket
Programmer
Society
8. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Mechanism
Point Turn
Worm and wheel
Crank and Slider
9. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Digital Signal
Belt and Pulley
Crank and Slider
Power Supply
10. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Computer Program
Robot
Potentiometer
Rotary Motion
11. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Ratio
Swing Turn
Digital Signal
Reprogram
12. Using descriptive text to explain portions of code. Comments do not change the way a robot behaves - but are important for the programmer to remember what the code does.
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Gear
Comments
Algorithm
13. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Output
Drive gear
Computer Program
Rack and Pinion
14. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Inverse
Limitation
Maintenance
Bevel Gear
15. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Reprogram
Hydraulic
Software...
Feedback
16. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Rack and Pinion
Experimentation
Pseudocode
Potentiometer
17. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Experimentation
Comments
Inverse
Robot
18. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Output
While Loop
Oscillate
Sensor
19. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Algorithm
Open -Loop System
Analog Signal
Feedback
20. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Closed-Loop System
Ethical
Robotics
Bevel Gear
21. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Maintenance
Malfunction
Pitch
Robot
22. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
System
Reprogram
Feedback
Digital Signal
23. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Chain
Work envelope
Economics
Output
24. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Sprocket
Troubleshoot
Crank and Slider
Flexible Manufacturing System
25. Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer
Program
Maintenance
Sprocket
Factory
26. The component of a robot that comes into contact with the work piece and does the actual work on it. Also known as the hand
Manipulators
End effector
Input
Invention
27. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Rotary Motion
Algorithm
Economics
Input
28. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Bevel Gear
Output
Reprogram
Work envelope
29. The ability to do work
Digital Signal
Energy
Program
Oscillate
30. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
While Loop
System
Force
Workforce
31. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Pseudocode
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Invention
Simple gear train
32. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Work
Manipulators
Electric
Gear
33. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Digital Signal
Torque
Threshold
Ethical
34. Circular movement
Computer Program
Rotary Motion
Program
Pitch
35. The information produced by a computer
Innovation
Output
Society
Linear motion
36. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Reprogram
Invention
Society
Simple gear train
37. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Reprogram
Input
Digital Signal
Analog Signal
38. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Swing Turn
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Linear motion
Digital Signal
39. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Factory
Troubleshoot
Impact
Bevel Gear
40. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Efficiency
Feedback
Economics
Trade- off
41. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Maintenance
Rack and Pinion
Ratio
Pseudocode
42. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Innovation
Rotary Motion
Pitch
Robotics
43. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Chain
Factory
Comments
Threshold
44. Information fed into a system
Reprogram
Idler gear
Input
Linear motion
45. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Automation
Society
Touch Sensor
Computer Aided Manufacturing
46. The results of the operation of any system
Output
Touch Sensor
End effector
Power Supply
47. A back and forth movement
Comments
Power Supply
Reciprocating
Analog Signal
48. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Workforce
Trade- off
Innovation
Economics
49. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Ethical
Digital Signal
Sprocket
System
50. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Belt and Pulley
Debug
Robotics
Maintenance