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Robotics
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
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. The ability to do work
Energy
Pseudocode
Chain
Hydraulic
2. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Flexible Manufacturing System
Idler gear
Crank and Slider
Rack and Pinion
3. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Driven Gear
Chain
Work
4. The information produced by a computer
Output
Gear
Gear Ratio
Force
5. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Swing Turn
Work
Drive gear
Touch Sensor
6. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Work envelope
Gear Ratio
Limit Switch
Output
7. A back and forth movement
Reciprocating
Belt and Pulley
Program
Factory
8. A push or pull on an object
Force
Limitation
Factory
Program
9. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Computer Program
Manipulators
Invention
Troubleshoot
10. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Driven Gear
Point Turn
Pneumatic
Touch Sensor
11. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Program
Manipulators
Trade- off
Pneumatic
12. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Point Turn
Hydraulic
Program
Behavior
13. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Robot
Malfunction
Impact
Program
14. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Output
Belt and Pulley
Energy
Pitch
15. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Oscillate
Invention
Workforce
Gear Ratio
16. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Driven Gear
End effector
Factory
Gear Ratio
17. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Work
Work envelope
Electric
18. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Rack and Pinion
Experimentation
Reciprocating
Work envelope
19. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Rack and Pinion
Ethical
Factory
Crank and Slider
20. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Trade- off
Sensor
Behavior
Touch Sensor
21. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Input
Automation
System
Hydraulic
22. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Touch Sensor
Ethical
Impact
Linear motion
23. Information fed into a system
End effector
Electric
Input
Algorithm
24. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Limitation
Maintenance
Rotary Motion
Program
25. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Controller
Bevel Gear
Input
Chain
26. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Manipulators
Workforce
Digital Signal
Simple gear train
27. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Analog Signal
Driven Gear
Experimentation
Open -Loop System
28. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Limit Switch
Digital Signal
Impact
Programmer
29. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Pitch
Belt and Pulley
Factory
Open -Loop System
30. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Troubleshoot
Driven Gear
Behavior
Controller
31. Movement in a straight line
Computer Program
Linear motion
Impact
System
32. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Drive gear
Point Turn
Troubleshoot
Invention
33. 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
Debug
Energy
Feedback
34. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Malfunction
Inverse
Limit Switch
While Loop
35. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Linear motion
Behavior
Debug
Gear
36. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Maintenance
Potentiometer
Pneumatic
Linear motion
37. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Innovation
Robot
Input
Worm and wheel
38. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Programmer
System
Driven Gear
Automation
39. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
Threshold
Impact
System
Analog Signal
40. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Simple gear train
Chain
Energy
Flexible Manufacturing System
41. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Crank and Slider
Troubleshoot
Pseudocode
Touch Sensor
42. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Invention
Reprogram
Gear
Ethical
43. To function imperfectly or badly
Power Supply
Open -Loop System
Malfunction
Innovation
44. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Controller
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Belt and Pulley
Energy
45. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Manipulators
Rack and Pinion
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Threshold
46. 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
System
End effector
Electric
Sensor
47. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Factory
Maintenance
Crank and Slider
Innovation
48. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Electric
Work
Sensor
Programmer
49. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Sprocket
Pneumatic
Work envelope
Ratio
50. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Linear motion
Idler gear
Algorithm
Program