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Robotics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Inverse
Manipulators
Automation
Algorithm
2. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Pseudocode
Swing Turn
Analog Signal
Robotics
3. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Work envelope
End effector
Bevel Gear
Point Turn
4. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Chain
Worm and wheel
Algorithm
Flexible Manufacturing System
5. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Limitation
Gear Ratio
Computer Program
Malfunction
6. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Ratio
Invention
Feedback
While Loop
7. A back and forth movement
Manipulators
Oscillate
Reciprocating
Invention
8. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Bevel Gear
Digital Signal
Flexible Manufacturing System
Economics
9. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Work envelope
Idler gear
Touch Sensor
Crank and Slider
10. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Experimentation
Limit Switch
Work envelope
Input
11. A twisting force
Controller
Troubleshoot
Torque
Program
12. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Trade- off
Pneumatic
Ethical
Closed-Loop System
13. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Power Supply
Worm and wheel
Controller
Pitch
14. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Work
Reciprocating
Comments
Electric
15. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Crank and Slider
System
Closed-Loop System
Potentiometer
16. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Reprogram
Trade- off
Reciprocating
Troubleshoot
17. Circular movement
Experimentation
Rotary Motion
Reprogram
Energy
18. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Robot
While Loop
Limitation
Hydraulic
19. Information fed into a system
Rotary Motion
Swing Turn
Flexible Manufacturing System
Input
20. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
While Loop
Troubleshoot
Experimentation
Factory
21. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Work
Ratio
Sensor
Factory
22. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Pitch
Flexible Manufacturing System
Reciprocating
Robotics
23. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Digital Signal
Limit Switch
Impact
Workforce
24. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Sprocket
Pitch
Rotary Motion
Threshold
25. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Limitation
Automation
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Pitch
26. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Driven Gear
Society
Belt and Pulley
Electric
27. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Driven Gear
Innovation
Feedback
While Loop
28. The ability to do work
Reciprocating
Energy
Algorithm
Hydraulic
29. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
Input
Manipulators
Controller
30. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Debug
Open -Loop System
Feedback
Potentiometer
31. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Debug
Digital Signal
Troubleshoot
Software...
32. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Potentiometer
Force
Analog Signal
Mechanism
33. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Open -Loop System
Maintenance
Power Supply
Input
34. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Automation
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Pneumatic
While Loop
35. Movement in a straight line
Worm and wheel
Closed-Loop System
Workforce
Linear motion
36. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Chain
Pneumatic
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Flexible Manufacturing System
37. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Behavior
Manipulators
Swing Turn
Force
38. The results of the operation of any system
Sensor
Output
Mechanism
Pneumatic
39. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Trade- off
Efficiency
Mechanism
Gear Ratio
40. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Workforce
Ratio
End effector
Trade- off
41. 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
Experimentation
Swing Turn
End effector
Rack and Pinion
42. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Digital Signal
Swing Turn
Linear motion
Factory
43. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Limitation
Linear motion
Flexible Manufacturing System
Impact
44. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Bevel Gear
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Work
Driven Gear
45. To function imperfectly or badly
Robot
Malfunction
Invention
Behavior
46. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Controller
Ratio
Troubleshoot
Manipulators
47. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Automation
Debug
Controller
Potentiometer
48. The information produced by a computer
Reprogram
Output
Feedback
Factory
49. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Trade- off
Pseudocode
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Automation
50. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
Malfunction
While Loop
Pitch
Feedback