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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. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Impact
Rotary Motion
Work
Pneumatic
2. 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.
Output
Comments
Energy
Swing Turn
3. A back and forth movement
Reciprocating
Touch Sensor
Programmer
Robot
4. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Workforce
Mechanism
Software...
Simple gear train
5. A push or pull on an object
Robotics
Crank and Slider
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Force
6. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
End effector
Impact
Automation
Touch Sensor
7. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Pneumatic
Impact
Gear Ratio
Input
8. The ability to do work
Manipulators
Energy
Output
Programmer
9. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Feedback
Gear
Ratio
Inverse
10. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Impact
Closed-Loop System
End effector
Power Supply
11. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Hydraulic
Innovation
Robot
Algorithm
12. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Work
Controller
Belt and Pulley
Power Supply
13. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Reprogram
Maintenance
Programmer
Robot
14. The efficient production of small amounts of products
While Loop
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Invention
Flexible Manufacturing System
15. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Analog Signal
Linear motion
Experimentation
Inverse
16. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Crank and Slider
Work envelope
Programmer
Rack and Pinion
17. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Robotics
Troubleshoot
Invention
Mechanism
18. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Gear
Force
System
Controller
19. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Software...
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Energy
Troubleshoot
20. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Robotics
While Loop
Experimentation
Impact
21. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Drive gear
Gear
Behavior
System
22. 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
Innovation
Output
Open -Loop System
End effector
23. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Chain
Robot
Controller
Oscillate
24. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Pseudocode
Idler gear
Computer Program
System
25. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Output
Comments
Debug
Work envelope
26. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Drive gear
Automation
Chain
Rotary Motion
27. The information produced by a computer
Power Supply
Swing Turn
Pneumatic
Output
28. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Hydraulic
Belt and Pulley
Manipulators
Potentiometer
29. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Open -Loop System
Chain
Computer Aided Manufacturing
30. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Ethical
Economics
Robotics
Swing Turn
31. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Closed-Loop System
Software...
Limitation
Driven Gear
32. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Chain
Trade- off
Digital Signal
Input
33. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
Robot
Energy
Automation
34. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Troubleshoot
Economics
Work envelope
35. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
System
Programmer
Oscillate
Analog Signal
36. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Rack and Pinion
Factory
Reprogram
Potentiometer
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
Drive gear
Touch Sensor
Limit Switch
Limitation
38. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Society
Pneumatic
Torque
Output
39. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Controller
Robot
Simple gear train
Open -Loop System
40. Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer
Program
Flexible Manufacturing System
Output
Economics
41. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Program
Robotics
System
Analog Signal
42. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Crank and Slider
Touch Sensor
Limit Switch
Automation
43. Circular movement
Digital Signal
Rotary Motion
Manipulators
Potentiometer
44. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Crank and Slider
Factory
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Algorithm
45. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Ethical
Maintenance
Sensor
Potentiometer
46. To function imperfectly or badly
Workforce
Reprogram
Impact
Malfunction
47. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Sensor
While Loop
Pitch
Bevel Gear
48. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Hydraulic
Reprogram
Ratio
Simple gear train
49. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Belt and Pulley
Flexible Manufacturing System
While Loop
Crank and Slider
50. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Crank and Slider
Worm and wheel
Threshold
Invention