Robotics: Introduction to Robotics Unit 2

By the end of 2014, the International Federation of Robotics predicted for there to be about ___________ industrial robots in operation worldwide.

1.3 million

how heavy was the Sojourner and when did it land on Mars?

24 pounds, July 4, 1997

The robot is powered by a _____ battery pack and the VEXnet Joystick is powered by _ ___ batteries.

7.2V, 6AAA

this can be of any shape and size

Body

As part of the Space Shuttle mission in 2008, the shuttle Endeavour carried the final part of the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipular, also known as what?

Dextre

This consists of a powered method of mobility. Humanoid style robots use legs, while most other robots will use some sort of wheeled solution.

Drivetrain

VEX Robotics Design System was created by what Incorporation?

Innovation First

who first used the word robotics?

Isaac Asimov

Who made up the word "robot"? When?

Karel Capek in 1921

to fulfill their purposes, many robots are required to interact with their environment, and the world around them. A robot can exist without this

Manipulators

The ____ __________ mission developed a unique technology that allowed the delivery of an instrumented lander and a robotic rover, called _________, to the surface of Mars

Mars Pathfinder, Sojourner

For decades, _____ has utilized probes, landers, and rovers with robotic characteristics to study outer space and planets in our solar system.

NASA

what are the three types of nuts used in robotics?

Nylock, KEPS, and Regular

_______ is vital to the operation of all electronic parts on the robot, including the controller and the motors.

Power

The are two major considerations for a VEX robot. What are they?

Robot power and Joystick power

__________ is an emerging field with applications in many facets of our lives

Robotics

What does STEM stand for?

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

the VEX Product Subsystems include 6 things. What are they?

Structure, Motion, Power, Sensors, Logic, and Control

what are the four main components of a robot?

body, control system, manipulators, and drive train

what does robota mean

compulsive servitude

The _______ _________ enables a human operator to maneuver a robot.

control subsystem

This is equivalent to the central nervous system of a human.

control system

Robots are now used as many things that humans cant do. Name at least two.

go to very deep depths of the ocean and go into space.

Robots have a variety of modern day uses. this can be broken down into three major categories, what are they?

industrial robots, robots in research, and robots in education.

Define robotics

it is the science and technology behind the design of robots

A _______________ is the most integral component of the entire VEX system, because it coordinates and controls all the other components.

microcontroller

The _______ subsystem gives the robot the ability to detect various things in its environment.

sensor

The Motion Subsystem contains parts designed to keep pieces positioned on a VEX shaft. These pieces include ________, ________, ______ __________.

washers, spacers, and shaft collars