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Robotics
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1. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Closed-Loop System
Gear
Feedback
Computer Program
2. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Rack and Pinion
Program
While Loop
Society
3. Circular movement
Work
Output
Pitch
Rotary Motion
4. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Gear
System
Rotary Motion
Factory
5. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
While Loop
Sprocket
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Controller
6. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Electric
Sprocket
Ethical
Limit Switch
7. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Pseudocode
Electric
Society
Trade- off
8. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Programmer
Worm and wheel
Simple gear train
Experimentation
9. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Feedback
Digital Signal
Idler gear
Output
10. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Debug
Software...
Program
Sprocket
11. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Driven Gear
Invention
Pseudocode
Torque
12. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Closed-Loop System
Reprogram
Troubleshoot
Gear Ratio
13. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Pneumatic
Torque
Workforce
Automation
14. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Work envelope
System
Controller
Troubleshoot
15. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Crank and Slider
Output
Automation
Sprocket
16. To function imperfectly or badly
Malfunction
Limit Switch
Impact
Manipulators
17. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
System
Pseudocode
Input
Work
18. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
While Loop
System
Simple gear train
Electric
19. A touch sensor used to limit the motion of a moving device. Limit switches may be used to provide a precise beginning and end point to mechanical motion
Output
Force
Limit Switch
Hydraulic
20. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Computer Program
Threshold
Reprogram
Electric
21. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Software...
Electric
Chain
Driven Gear
22. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Oscillate
Factory
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
23. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Gear
Feedback
Electric
Robot
24. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Threshold
Workforce
Swing Turn
Potentiometer
25. A back and forth movement
Reciprocating
Debug
Point Turn
Impact
26. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Drive gear
Oscillate
While Loop
Pitch
27. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Potentiometer
Drive gear
Work
Pitch
28. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Oscillate
Analog Signal
Rack and Pinion
Input
29. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Gear
Malfunction
Robotics
Limitation
30. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Linear motion
Hydraulic
Maintenance
Experimentation
31. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Sensor
Rotary Motion
Touch Sensor
Feedback
32. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Digital Signal
Limitation
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Open -Loop System
33. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Software...
Society
Hydraulic
Robot
34. The information produced by a computer
Economics
Rotary Motion
Output
Simple gear train
35. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Torque
Automation
End effector
Impact
36. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Output
Closed-Loop System
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Efficiency
37. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Pneumatic
Sprocket
Power Supply
Input
38. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Touch Sensor
Threshold
Electric
Ethical
39. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Driven Gear
Belt and Pulley
Limitation
Potentiometer
40. 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.
Comments
Controller
Ethical
Limit Switch
41. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Manipulators
Behavior
Society
Chain
42. A push or pull on an object
Input
Force
Impact
Flexible Manufacturing System
43. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Ratio
Belt and Pulley
Output
Rotary Motion
44. 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
Gear
Input
End effector
Impact
45. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Reprogram
Inverse
Rotary Motion
Threshold
46. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
While Loop
Work envelope
Algorithm
Chain
47. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Input
Debug
Trade- off
Pseudocode
48. The ability to do work
Robotics
Bevel Gear
Manipulators
Energy
49. A twisting force
Energy
Torque
Limit Switch
Flexible Manufacturing System
50. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Flexible Manufacturing System
Robotics
Economics
Pneumatic
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