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Robotics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Closed-Loop System
Crank and Slider
Efficiency
Sprocket
2. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Rack and Pinion
Simple gear train
Program
Sensor
3. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Workforce
Touch Sensor
Belt and Pulley
Idler gear
4. The ability to do work
Invention
Chain
Energy
Feedback
5. Circular movement
Rotary Motion
Algorithm
Maintenance
Sprocket
6. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Output
Flexible Manufacturing System
Factory
Inverse
7. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Oscillate
Limit Switch
Digital Signal
Software...
8. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Potentiometer
Output
Flexible Manufacturing System
Pitch
9. The information produced by a computer
Program
Output
Ratio
Robotics
10. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Impact
Workforce
Pitch
Belt and Pulley
11. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Automation
Impact
Reprogram
Debug
12. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Energy
Robotics
Threshold
Open -Loop System
13. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Experimentation
Gear
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Robotics
14. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Energy
Drive gear
Debug
Sensor
15. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Worm and wheel
While Loop
Program
Output
16. To function imperfectly or badly
Rotary Motion
Pneumatic
Malfunction
Troubleshoot
17. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Work
Digital Signal
Automation
Swing Turn
18. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Algorithm
Oscillate
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Ethical
19. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Society
Point Turn
Driven Gear
End effector
20. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Automation
Limitation
Torque
Pneumatic
21. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Ratio
Reprogram
Chain
Trade- off
22. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Impact
Swing Turn
Inverse
Automation
23. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Feedback
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Electric
Economics
24. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Ethical
Closed-Loop System
Pseudocode
System
25. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Sprocket
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Robot
Reciprocating
26. The results of the operation of any system
Bevel Gear
System
Automation
Output
27. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Point Turn
Efficiency
Comments
Limitation
28. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Comments
Open -Loop System
Algorithm
Robotics
29. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Society
End effector
Innovation
Input
30. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Drive gear
Manipulators
Linear motion
Ratio
31. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
Robot
Mechanism
While Loop
System
32. A back and forth movement
Reciprocating
Belt and Pulley
Limit Switch
Closed-Loop System
33. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Economics
Program
Workforce
Output
34. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Troubleshoot
Software...
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Ratio
35. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Limitation
Programmer
Sensor
Innovation
36. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Idler gear
Limitation
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Output
37. 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
Driven Gear
Idler gear
End effector
Threshold
38. 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
Touch Sensor
Limit Switch
Belt and Pulley
Feedback
39. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Pitch
Work
Force
Analog Signal
40. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Closed-Loop System
Malfunction
Program
Gear Ratio
41. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Controller
Efficiency
Automation
Touch Sensor
42. Movement in a straight line
Output
Comments
Linear motion
Ratio
43. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Troubleshoot
Bevel Gear
Economics
Maintenance
44. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Analog Signal
Workforce
Debug
Driven Gear
45. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Ethical
Software...
Sprocket
Pitch
46. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Maintenance
Torque
Society
Work
47. A push or pull on an object
Pseudocode
Workforce
Force
Software...
48. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Output
Society
Ethical
Touch Sensor
49. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Limit Switch
Gear Ratio
Analog Signal
Bevel Gear
50. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Ethical
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Drive gear
While Loop