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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. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Invention
Limitation
Feedback
Linear motion
2. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Rack and Pinion
Driven Gear
Electric
Worm and wheel
3. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Manipulators
Potentiometer
Troubleshoot
Sprocket
4. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Simple gear train
Sensor
Power Supply
Limitation
5. To function imperfectly or badly
Software...
Swing Turn
Limitation
Malfunction
6. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Torque
Behavior
Force
Gear
7. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Threshold
Power Supply
Innovation
Worm and wheel
8. Information fed into a system
Factory
Input
Simple gear train
Gear Ratio
9. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
While Loop
Driven Gear
Programmer
Robot
10. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Idler gear
Oscillate
Work
Impact
11. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Output
Controller
Limit Switch
Ratio
12. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Driven Gear
Open -Loop System
Potentiometer
Gear Ratio
13. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Inverse
Bevel Gear
Innovation
Pneumatic
14. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Experimentation
Manipulators
Society
Maintenance
15. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Digital Signal
Behavior
Factory
Computer Program
16. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Software...
Potentiometer
Oscillate
Automation
17. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Rack and Pinion
Efficiency
Crank and Slider
Robotics
18. A back and forth movement
Workforce
Flexible Manufacturing System
Reciprocating
Potentiometer
19. A twisting force
Torque
Robot
Hydraulic
Impact
20. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Pitch
Hydraulic
Programmer
Potentiometer
21. 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.
Automation
Inverse
Comments
Invention
22. Circular movement
Rotary Motion
Power Supply
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Ratio
23. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Maintenance
Robotics
Troubleshoot
Electric
24. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Limitation
Hydraulic
Potentiometer
Swing Turn
25. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Bevel Gear
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Ethical
Limitation
26. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Work
Invention
Point Turn
Rack and Pinion
27. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Work envelope
Oscillate
Power Supply
Energy
28. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Efficiency
Program
Worm and wheel
Idler gear
29. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Swing Turn
Belt and Pulley
Algorithm
Gear Ratio
30. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Feedback
Worm and wheel
End effector
31. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Belt and Pulley
Power Supply
Closed-Loop System
Digital Signal
32. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Controller
Inverse
Troubleshoot
Rotary Motion
33. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Power Supply
Pneumatic
Idler gear
Automation
34. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Pseudocode
Manipulators
Limitation
Ratio
35. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Experimentation
Chain
Efficiency
Drive gear
36. 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
Electric
Workforce
Efficiency
End effector
37. 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
Idler gear
Output
38. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Ratio
Bevel Gear
Reprogram
Society
39. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Input
Impact
Debug
Swing Turn
40. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Input
Point Turn
Impact
Comments
41. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Output
Closed-Loop System
Open -Loop System
Experimentation
42. The ability to do work
Work envelope
Energy
Worm and wheel
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
43. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Robot
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Invention
Power Supply
44. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Touch Sensor
Trade- off
Limitation
Crank and Slider
45. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Programmer
Gear
Work
Inverse
46. 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
Pitch
Behavior
Mechanism
47. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Algorithm
Controller
Work envelope
Debug
48. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Belt and Pulley
Pitch
Pseudocode
Innovation
49. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Gear Ratio
Factory
Bevel Gear
Simple gear train
50. Movement in a straight line
Algorithm
Gear Ratio
Belt and Pulley
Linear motion