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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. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Reciprocating
Invention
Automation
Chain
2. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Chain
Potentiometer
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Malfunction
3. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Algorithm
Innovation
Society
Linear motion
4. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
Reciprocating
Controller
Limitation
System
5. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Automation
Inverse
Troubleshoot
Impact
6. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Energy
Trade- off
Sprocket
Inverse
7. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Program
Driven Gear
Impact
Linear motion
8. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Idler gear
Automation
Potentiometer
Closed-Loop System
9. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Limitation
Pneumatic
Work
Crank and Slider
10. Information fed into a system
Oscillate
Ethical
Input
Worm and wheel
11. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Power Supply
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Pseudocode
System
12. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
End effector
Sensor
Swing Turn
Rack and Pinion
13. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Closed-Loop System
Behavior
Troubleshoot
Analog Signal
14. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Invention
Linear motion
Ratio
Oscillate
15. A back and forth movement
Algorithm
Efficiency
Reciprocating
Factory
16. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Algorithm
Automation
Feedback
Robotics
17. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Point Turn
Work envelope
Worm and wheel
Invention
18. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Gear
Trade- off
Malfunction
Pitch
19. Circular movement
Force
Rotary Motion
Sprocket
Reprogram
20. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Troubleshoot
Point Turn
Troubleshoot
21. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Sprocket
Oscillate
Algorithm
Flexible Manufacturing System
22. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Driven Gear
Limitation
Reciprocating
Invention
23. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Driven Gear
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Trade- off
Efficiency
24. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Pneumatic
Robotics
Sensor
Work
25. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Software...
Power Supply
Computer Program
Programmer
26. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Simple gear train
Input
Reprogram
Comments
27. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Software...
Controller
Flexible Manufacturing System
While Loop
28. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Touch Sensor
Potentiometer
Work envelope
Computer Program
29. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Point Turn
Ethical
Bevel Gear
30. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Swing Turn
Flexible Manufacturing System
Work
Digital Signal
31. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
System
Output
Belt and Pulley
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
32. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Idler gear
System
Input
Reciprocating
33. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Maintenance
Closed-Loop System
Linear motion
Manipulators
34. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Trade- off
Pseudocode
Behavior
35. A twisting force
Potentiometer
Point Turn
Torque
Economics
36. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Inverse
Innovation
Automation
Threshold
37. The results of the operation of any system
Trade- off
Output
Linear motion
Sensor
38. 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
Driven Gear
Sensor
Innovation
Limit Switch
39. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Inverse
Mechanism
Behavior
Ratio
40. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Open -Loop System
Work
Computer Program
Computer Aided Manufacturing
41. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Efficiency
Energy
Mechanism
Behavior
42. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Hydraulic
Rotary Motion
Programmer
Workforce
43. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Drive gear
Digital Signal
Factory
Economics
44. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Reprogram
Hydraulic
Power Supply
Drive gear
45. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Ratio
Closed-Loop System
Gear
Troubleshoot
46. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Economics
Chain
Analog Signal
Manipulators
47. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Software...
Rack and Pinion
Robot
Input
48. 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
Economics
End effector
Computer Program
Work envelope
49. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Simple gear train
Crank and Slider
Threshold
Analog Signal
50. A push or pull on an object
Mechanism
Torque
Oscillate
Force