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Robotics
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engineering
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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. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Feedback
Trade- off
Impact
Behavior
2. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Worm and wheel
Drive gear
Economics
Sprocket
3. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Limitation
Swing Turn
Closed-Loop System
Mechanism
4. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Economics
Work envelope
Behavior
Workforce
5. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
System
Sensor
Workforce
Economics
6. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Pseudocode
Automation
Troubleshoot
Malfunction
7. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Robot
Work envelope
Input
System
8. The information produced by a computer
Output
Ratio
Programmer
Torque
9. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Feedback
Oscillate
Reciprocating
Trade- off
10. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Open -Loop System
Threshold
Rack and Pinion
Efficiency
11. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Invention
Behavior
Ethical
Computer Aided Manufacturing
12. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Sprocket
Behavior
Gear
Digital Signal
13. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Sensor
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Debug
Computer Program
14. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Automation
Reciprocating
Bevel Gear
While Loop
15. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Malfunction
Algorithm
Computer Program
Sensor
16. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Input
Computer Program
Drive gear
Oscillate
17. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
System
Swing Turn
Worm and wheel
Reciprocating
18. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Robot
Open -Loop System
Trade- off
Rack and Pinion
19. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Limit Switch
Pseudocode
Potentiometer
Work
20. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Potentiometer
Ethical
Gear
Malfunction
21. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
Worm and wheel
System
Bevel Gear
Mechanism
22. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Open -Loop System
Comments
Closed-Loop System
Simple gear train
23. Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer
Ethical
Mechanism
Program
Reprogram
24. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Pseudocode
Crank and Slider
Economics
Drive gear
25. A twisting force
Simple gear train
Efficiency
Belt and Pulley
Torque
26. To function imperfectly or badly
Programmer
Ratio
Program
Malfunction
27. Circular movement
Flexible Manufacturing System
Rotary Motion
Troubleshoot
Gear
28. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Output
Robot
Point Turn
Software...
29. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Pseudocode
Force
Drive gear
Bevel Gear
30. 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
End effector
Mechanism
Programmer
Program
31. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Energy
Worm and wheel
Efficiency
Hydraulic
32. 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.
Flexible Manufacturing System
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Controller
Comments
33. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
End effector
Pneumatic
Computer Program
Robot
34. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Force
Experimentation
Troubleshoot
Society
35. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Work
Rack and Pinion
Maintenance
Experimentation
36. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Rack and Pinion
Work envelope
Electric
Touch Sensor
37. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Driven Gear
Linear motion
Factory
Belt and Pulley
38. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Experimentation
End effector
Society
Sensor
39. 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
Force
Limit Switch
Output
Idler gear
40. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Manipulators
Society
Flexible Manufacturing System
Driven Gear
41. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
Economics
Linear motion
Innovation
42. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Closed-Loop System
Robotics
Troubleshoot
Limitation
43. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Inverse
Reciprocating
Software...
Analog Signal
44. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Ratio
Robotics
Electric
Simple gear train
45. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Program
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Torque
Troubleshoot
46. Information fed into a system
Input
Linear motion
Simple gear train
Behavior
47. The results of the operation of any system
Output
Reciprocating
Energy
Factory
48. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Mechanism
Computer Program
Robotics
Sensor
49. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Troubleshoot
Invention
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Comments
50. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Sensor
Impact
Innovation
Energy