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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. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Swing Turn
Efficiency
Reprogram
While Loop
2. The results of the operation of any system
Software...
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Threshold
Output
3. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Software...
Troubleshoot
Flexible Manufacturing System
Efficiency
4. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Ethical
While Loop
Debug
Reprogram
5. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
While Loop
Belt and Pulley
Analog Signal
Open -Loop System
6. 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
Troubleshoot
Swing Turn
Program
7. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Algorithm
Programmer
Pneumatic
Feedback
8. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Input
Drive gear
Threshold
Swing Turn
9. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Oscillate
Troubleshoot
While Loop
Pneumatic
10. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Point Turn
Program
Energy
Maintenance
11. A back and forth movement
Force
Rack and Pinion
Reciprocating
System
12. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Worm and wheel
Mechanism
Behavior
Computer Aided Manufacturing
13. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Open -Loop System
Linear motion
Sprocket
Invention
14. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Trade- off
Rack and Pinion
Automation
Robotics
15. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Power Supply
Pitch
Chain
Work
16. To function imperfectly or badly
Invention
Sensor
Malfunction
Work envelope
17. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Potentiometer
Ratio
Touch Sensor
Automation
18. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Innovation
Impact
Idler gear
Controller
19. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Limitation
Maintenance
Feedback
Debug
20. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Automation
Rotary Motion
Programmer
Innovation
21. 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
Robotics
Automation
End effector
Belt and Pulley
22. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Linear motion
Flexible Manufacturing System
Workforce
Threshold
23. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Manipulators
Oscillate
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Sprocket
24. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Belt and Pulley
Robot
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Sensor
25. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Touch Sensor
Driven Gear
Algorithm
Linear motion
26. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Digital Signal
Power Supply
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Linear motion
27. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Trade- off
Debug
Automation
Flexible Manufacturing System
28. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Manipulators
Experimentation
Linear motion
Trade- off
29. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
Power Supply
Trade- off
Torque
System
30. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Malfunction
Behavior
Gear
Flexible Manufacturing System
31. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Input
Digital Signal
Reprogram
Sprocket
32. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Pitch
Invention
Potentiometer
Flexible Manufacturing System
33. Circular movement
Impact
Digital Signal
Rotary Motion
Worm and wheel
34. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Inverse
Algorithm
Computer Aided Manufacturing
35. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Pseudocode
Rack and Pinion
Input
Debug
36. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Sprocket
Work
Output
Controller
37. 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
Limit Switch
Programmer
Inverse
Comments
38. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Sensor
Debug
Troubleshoot
Society
39. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Simple gear train
Power Supply
Computer Program
Robot
40. 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.
Factory
Experimentation
Comments
Reprogram
41. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Touch Sensor
Programmer
Chain
Troubleshoot
42. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Software...
Inverse
Driven Gear
Robot
43. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Pseudocode
Economics
Innovation
Power Supply
44. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Factory
Power Supply
Touch Sensor
Output
45. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Bevel Gear
Driven Gear
Output
Impact
46. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Controller
Force
Hydraulic
Debug
47. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Automation
Innovation
Inverse
Robot
48. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Pneumatic
Crank and Slider
Point Turn
End effector
49. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Worm and wheel
Digital Signal
Trade- off
Automation
50. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Rack and Pinion
Workforce
Malfunction
Comments