Automation and Robotics

There are large robots that weigh ____ of pounds.

Thousands

What type of sensor allows a robot to determine a change in pressure that an object exerts on it?

Touch sensor

A student at MIT created the first personal robot.

True

Another word for a manipulator is an end-effector.

True

As AI evolves, robots will be better able to learn from their mistakes and their environment.

True

Control valves ensue that all of a machine's parts receive the correct amount of pressure.

True

Leg technology is difficult to replicate because it is difficult to copy the joints of human hips and ankles.

True

New robots are being powered by alternative energy sources such as solar panels and fuel cells.

True

One advantage to walking robots is that they can travel over terrain that humans cannot.

True

Robots need to be built to move as effectively as a human.

True

Software allows a robot to think in an organized manner.

True

Some touch sensors have built in thermistors that help the robot determine the temperature of an object.

True

The most common industrial robot is the robotic arm.

True

The first widely used robot was called the ______________________.

Unimate

_____________ recognition is difficult for robots.

Voice

Batteries are the most common ____ energy source for robots.

chemical

Robots are machines with ____ capable of carrying out a program.

computer processors

While using a robotic arm, the ____ are the different places that the arm can move.

coordinates

Around 300 B.C., Hero of Alexandria invented a ____ statue of Hercules.

hydraulic

There is an interesting debate whether a robot will be developed that is _____ superior to humans.

mentally

There are two types of fluid power systems: ___ and hydraulic.

pneumatic

The most important advantage in using electrical power for a robot is _____.

portability

To create more flexible walking robots, there will have to be advances in artificial intelligence, sensors, and ____.

robotic vision

The greatest concern for a robot working under water is ____.

running out of energy

Prelinguistic programming language uses a ____ to tell the robot what to do.

teaching pendant

Advancing ____ technology will help solve the problem of copying human ankle movement.

wrist

Seiko produced the first robot used in industry in ____.

1939

In what year, did the first computer appear?

1942

The first practical industrial robot was introduced in the ____.

1960s

For the last ___ years, remote-controlled robots have been used to explore ocean depths where the pressure is too great for humans.

35

By 1982, there were over _____________ robots in use in the US.

80,000

A rectangular coordinate arm can reach to which of the following places?

All of these answers are correct

A robot can use ____ to transport itself.

All of these answers are correct

What advantages are there in software programs?

All of these answers are correct

Which of the following actions can be completed using a manipulator?

All of these answers are correct

Which of the following jobs can be completed with a robotic arm?

All of these answers are correct

A _______________ system controls the movement, flow, and pressure of the gas or liquid in a pneumatic or hydraulic system. (2 Words)

Control Valve

Which software program allows a robot to process information and direct one robot or a whole system of robots?

Control program

A comprehensive programming system provides instructions to a robots actions using a _______________________________.

Coordinate Grid

The use of robotic arms has ______________ the cost of assembling an automobile. (9 Letters)

Decreased

A _____________ control valve starts and stops the control of liquid or gas in a system.

Directional

All of the following individuals contributed to current systems technology, EXCEPT:

Einstein

Robots use two types of power systems to help them move. What are they?

Electrical; Fluid

______________ programming languages are the most common method used to program computers or robots.

Explicit

Electric motors are very common for commercial robots.

False

It is important that all robots resemble humans.

False

Most robotics are designed with wheels rather than legs.

False

Roll is the side to side motion of a robot part.

False

The rectangular coordinate arm has much for freedom than the revolute coordinate arm.

False

The structured-light system gives robots 2D sight.

False

There are over 150 different robotic programming languages.

False

To understand speech, the robot must first construct spoken words.

False

Unlike software, hardware can be reprogrammed and changed over time.

False

______________ robots have a fixed base so they always stay in place. (5 Letters)

Fixed

The body of a robot is called ______________________.

Hardware

Which power systems use pressurized air to create the force a robot uses to function?

Pneumatic

An _________________ applies force to an object.

Actuator

All of the following are ways that robots are used in the medical field, EXCEPT:

Advising patients about care

The _______________________ system has only two values, light or dark. (6 Letters)

Binary

All of the following are explicit programming languages, EXCEPT:

Bots

___ developed theories to explain pressure and volume.

Boyle

___ uses a numerical coordinate programming language to tell the robot each step of a process.

CIM

The following describes robot efficiency EXCEPT:

Can carry out only one task

____ robots are the most mobile and versatile of all robots.

Combination

Which programming languages use a universal model to instruct a robot what to do or where to do?

Comprehensive

A ________________________ functions as the mind of a robot, while a _____________________ functions as the body.

Computer; Machine

Robots are ideal for working underwater, which is ____ to human life.

Hostile

Which power systems use pressurized liquid to create the force a robot uses to function?

Hydraulic

Boyle's law stated that if you decrease the volume of a closed container, the pressure within the container will _______________________.

Increase

____ first used the term "robot" in a play to describe a device that served a master.

Karel Capek

A ____ is the hardware that allows a robot to interact with its environment.

Manipulator

____ robots are principally used to complete repetitive tasks that require a high degree of accuracy.

Manufacturing

Roger Bacon was said to have created a _________________________________.

Mechanical head that could talk

What is the most common method robots use to hear?

Microphone

Which type of robot is able to move from place to place?

Mobile

Robots can be designed with ____________ legs to increase mobility and functionality.

Multiple

The ________________ is the up and down motion of a robot. (5 Letters)

Pitch

____ was a Greek philosopher that began the development of actual theories that enabled the creation of today's robots.

Plato

The book ______________________ by Bertrand Russell enabled people to use mathematical logic to write computer programs.

Principia Mathematica

The first machines to mimic the human mind were known as _____ machines.

Processing

The first robot who could spell, complete magic tricks, and calculate math was called _____________________.

Psycho

___ take volumes of liquid from a storage area, increase the liquid's pressure, and then inject the liquid into a closed system at high pressure to give the system energy to move.

Pumps

All of the following are advantages to an electric motor, EXCEPT:

Removable batteries

____ described humans and animals as machines that follow natural patterns.

Rene Descartes

____ were originally developed to assist in neurosurgery, which requires precise cuts and insertions into the brain.

Robosurgeons

___ help a robot perceive the world around them.

Sensors

Why are robots better at building small microchips than humans are?

Smaller "hands"

_____________ functions as a robots brain. (8 Letters)

Software

A robot can be equipped with sensors using radar and ____ to help it travel through physical space.

Sonar

Sonar uses ______________ waves to determine the distance between objects.

Sound

____ usually depend on a computer processor to tell them where to move.

Stationary robots

___ artificial intelligence is one of the two major theories for robotic AI, where the robot learns to categorize.

Subsymbolic

In _______________ AI, knowledge is represented by symbols. (8 Letters)

Symbolic

The following are tasks that robots can perform EXCEPT:

Take care of a sick child

____ means controlling a robot's movements using a remote-control device.

Teleoperating

The _________________ system allows for a wide range of color values which allows the robot to recognize more complex objects.

Ternary

The _____________ is the side to side motion of a robot. (3 Letters)

Yaw

The robotic surgical ____ provides a constantly steady hand, precise cutting, and an increase in the efficiency and accuracy of surgical procedures.

arm

The goal of ____ is to produce robots of capable of changing their behavior as their environment changes.

artificial intelligence

The programs that allow a robot to think and make decisions are called ____.

artificial intelligence