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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Robotics
Open -Loop System
Crank and Slider
Hydraulic
2. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Troubleshoot
Economics
Debug
Work envelope
3. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Inverse
Touch Sensor
Input
End effector
4. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Feedback
Drive gear
Limitation
Idler gear
5. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Sprocket
Impact
Experimentation
Gear
6. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Society
Input
Swing Turn
Maintenance
7. The results of the operation of any system
Output
Impact
Driven Gear
Work envelope
8. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Gear
Workforce
Inverse
Analog Signal
9. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Robotics
Invention
Algorithm
Troubleshoot
10. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Rotary Motion
Economics
Workforce
Comments
11. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Impact
Work envelope
Robotics
Pneumatic
12. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Energy
Limitation
Troubleshoot
Software...
13. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Hydraulic
Pneumatic
Factory
Impact
14. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
System
Ratio
Driven Gear
Robot
15. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Pitch
Efficiency
Threshold
Rack and Pinion
16. Circular movement
Gear Ratio
Rotary Motion
Pitch
Controller
17. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Ethical
Rotary Motion
Swing Turn
Oscillate
18. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Comments
Manipulators
Potentiometer
Rack and Pinion
19. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
Work
Inverse
Chain
20. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Manipulators
Input
Rotary Motion
Belt and Pulley
21. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Software...
Trade- off
Invention
Point Turn
22. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Impact
Reprogram
Rotary Motion
Algorithm
23. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Touch Sensor
Digital Signal
Closed-Loop System
Ratio
24. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Automation
Workforce
Chain
Pitch
25. The efficient production of small amounts of products
End effector
Innovation
Work envelope
Flexible Manufacturing System
26. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Automation
Linear motion
Workforce
Computer Program
27. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Bevel Gear
Energy
Maintenance
Threshold
28. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Debug
Bevel Gear
Potentiometer
Open -Loop System
29. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Factory
Innovation
Open -Loop System
Belt and Pulley
30. Movement in a straight line
Reciprocating
Linear motion
Potentiometer
Mechanism
31. The ability to do work
Torque
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Energy
Gear
32. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Troubleshoot
Trade- off
Output
Program
33. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Controller
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Swing Turn
Innovation
34. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Behavior
Programmer
Force
Gear Ratio
35. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Pitch
Rack and Pinion
Automation
Economics
36. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Hydraulic
Bevel Gear
Open -Loop System
Power Supply
37. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Reciprocating
Feedback
Idler gear
Analog Signal
38. A twisting force
Driven Gear
Torque
Society
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
39. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Inverse
Electric
Hydraulic
Troubleshoot
40. A push or pull on an object
Energy
Experimentation
Force
Limitation
41. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Maintenance
Malfunction
Work
42. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Automation
Programmer
Pseudocode
Threshold
43. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Inverse
Sprocket
Sensor
Automation
44. The information produced by a computer
Rotary Motion
Analog Signal
Output
Digital Signal
45. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Touch Sensor
Robotics
Debug
Digital Signal
46. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Limit Switch
Computer Program
Point Turn
Behavior
47. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Reprogram
Worm and wheel
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Belt and Pulley
48. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Hydraulic
Troubleshoot
Invention
Oscillate
49. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Input
While Loop
Drive gear
End effector
50. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Ethical
Automation
Rotary Motion
Computer Program