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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 gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Maintenance
Electric
Impact
Drive gear
2. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Idler gear
Ratio
Hydraulic
Torque
3. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Comments
Potentiometer
Digital Signal
Controller
4. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Digital Signal
Pitch
Gear Ratio
Torque
5. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Gear
Simple gear train
Belt and Pulley
Worm and wheel
6. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Driven Gear
Software...
Belt and Pulley
Factory
7. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Economics
Potentiometer
Trade- off
Impact
8. Movement in a straight line
Sprocket
Simple gear train
Innovation
Linear motion
9. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Ethical
Pseudocode
Simple gear train
Programmer
10. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Point Turn
Automation
Behavior
Force
11. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
While Loop
Worm and wheel
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Swing Turn
12. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Feedback
Digital Signal
Sensor
While Loop
13. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Swing Turn
Pseudocode
Ethical
Point Turn
14. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Work envelope
Feedback
Automation
Society
15. Circular movement
Software...
Workforce
Oscillate
Rotary Motion
16. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Work envelope
Feedback
Maintenance
Pitch
17. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Reprogram
Rack and Pinion
Electric
Robot
18. The information produced by a computer
Behavior
Closed-Loop System
Output
Flexible Manufacturing System
19. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Manipulators
Potentiometer
Automation
Inverse
20. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Gear Ratio
Input
Algorithm
Oscillate
21. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Sensor
Driven Gear
Troubleshoot
Debug
22. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Rotary Motion
Pseudocode
Gear Ratio
Sensor
23. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Software...
Ethical
Crank and Slider
Limit Switch
24. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Threshold
Limit Switch
Programmer
Computer Program
25. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Power Supply
Workforce
Mechanism
Ethical
26. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Sprocket
Closed-Loop System
Gear
Touch Sensor
27. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Reciprocating
Mechanism
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Efficiency
28. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Closed-Loop System
Threshold
Programmer
Hydraulic
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
Oscillate
Open -Loop System
Linear motion
Limitation
30. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Drive gear
Hydraulic
Chain
Oscillate
31. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Limit Switch
Swing Turn
Feedback
Troubleshoot
32. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Flexible Manufacturing System
Robot
Limitation
Work envelope
33. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Pseudocode
Society
Analog Signal
Flexible Manufacturing System
34. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Malfunction
Algorithm
Crank and Slider
Trade- off
35. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Ethical
Work envelope
Efficiency
Belt and Pulley
36. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Mechanism
System
Analog Signal
Robot
37. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Sensor
Mechanism
Reprogram
Gear Ratio
38. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Touch Sensor
Society
Maintenance
End effector
39. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Software...
Swing Turn
Sprocket
Innovation
40. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Pneumatic
Rack and Pinion
Experimentation
Impact
41. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Chain
Crank and Slider
Input
Experimentation
42. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Algorithm
Driven Gear
Impact
Ratio
43. 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
Reciprocating
Sensor
Controller
44. A push or pull on an object
Force
Comments
Potentiometer
Linear motion
45. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Force
Idler gear
Trade- off
Open -Loop System
46. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Computer Program
Flexible Manufacturing System
Software...
Reprogram
47. Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer
Ratio
Force
Rack and Pinion
Program
48. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Trade- off
Drive gear
Gear Ratio
Work
49. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Feedback
Gear Ratio
Robot
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
50. To function imperfectly or badly
Energy
Worm and wheel
Mechanism
Malfunction