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Robotics
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1. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Manipulators
Ethical
Work
Computer Aided Manufacturing
2. The results of the operation of any system
Output
Impact
Swing Turn
Worm and wheel
3. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Malfunction
Driven Gear
Computer Program
Electric
4. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Pseudocode
Swing Turn
End effector
Program
5. 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
Driven Gear
Workforce
Worm and wheel
6. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Oscillate
Pitch
Pneumatic
Closed-Loop System
7. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Flexible Manufacturing System
Point Turn
Factory
Simple gear train
8. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Digital Signal
Society
Driven Gear
Gear
9. 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
Limit Switch
Swing Turn
Chain
Algorithm
10. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Pseudocode
Open -Loop System
Automation
Rack and Pinion
11. Circular movement
Work
Closed-Loop System
Rotary Motion
Drive gear
12. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
System
Gear Ratio
End effector
Oscillate
13. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Robotics
Hydraulic
Limitation
14. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Automation
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Work
Ratio
15. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Reprogram
Experimentation
Power Supply
Innovation
16. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Inverse
Energy
Malfunction
Computer Aided Manufacturing
17. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Pseudocode
Algorithm
Point Turn
Limitation
18. A back and forth movement
Controller
Robotics
Pneumatic
Reciprocating
19. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Robot
Rack and Pinion
Simple gear train
Impact
20. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Innovation
Trade- off
Oscillate
Reprogram
21. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Output
Sprocket
Pitch
Reprogram
22. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Algorithm
Automation
Closed-Loop System
Computer Aided Manufacturing
23. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Controller
Experimentation
Swing Turn
Invention
24. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Impact
Robot
Workforce
Troubleshoot
25. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Energy
Feedback
Chain
Worm and wheel
26. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Automation
Crank and Slider
Efficiency
Computer Program
27. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Point Turn
Power Supply
System
Software...
28. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Rotary Motion
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Driven Gear
Mechanism
29. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Debug
Energy
Digital Signal
Pseudocode
30. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Invention
Maintenance
Linear motion
Robotics
31. A push or pull on an object
Digital Signal
Force
Automation
Drive gear
32. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Reprogram
Worm and wheel
Driven Gear
Reciprocating
33. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Output
Potentiometer
Simple gear train
Threshold
34. Movement in a straight line
Trade- off
Computer Program
Work
Linear motion
35. 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
Controller
Input
End effector
Idler gear
36. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Limitation
Touch Sensor
End effector
Limit Switch
37. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Work
Chain
Impact
Manipulators
38. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Threshold
Oscillate
Automation
Feedback
39. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Pneumatic
While Loop
Programmer
Software...
40. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Touch Sensor
Torque
Malfunction
Oscillate
41. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Automation
Touch Sensor
Output
Limit Switch
42. The information produced by a computer
Mechanism
Open -Loop System
Output
Invention
43. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Workforce
Digital Signal
Reciprocating
Computer Aided Manufacturing
44. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Output
Gear Ratio
Malfunction
Program
45. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Gear
Output
Behavior
Output
46. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Work envelope
Manipulators
Pneumatic
Touch Sensor
47. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
While Loop
Crank and Slider
Worm and wheel
Analog Signal
48. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Innovation
Efficiency
Trade- off
Gear
49. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Sensor
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Idler gear
Hydraulic
50. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Hydraulic
Comments
Sensor
Closed-Loop System
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