Robots in History

Important precursor technologies to modern robots include (select all that apply):

• 18th and 19th century mechanical automata

• 19th century programmable machines such as Jacquard’s loom and Babbage’s analytical engine

• 20th century machines for remote manipulation of radioactive materials

• Tron

The first industrial robot went into service in:

• 1920

• 1961

• 1972

• 1984

Who were water clocks with moveable figures created by?

• Archimedes

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Blaise Pascal

• Ctesibus

Who created many of the mechanical systems used in robotics today?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Archimedes

• Ctesibus

• Hero of Alexandria

What are human-like figures run by hidden mechanisms from Medieval times?

• Automatons

• Robots

• Wax Figures

• Automation

Who is credited with designing the first humanoid robot?

• Blaise Pascal

• Archimedes

• Thomas Edison

• Leonardo da Vinci

What term was first used in a play called, "R.U.R.?"

• robot

• automoton

• automation

• robotics

Isaac Asimov was the first to use therm "robotics." What was his job?

• Scientist

• Inventor

• Science Fiction Writer

• Movie Director

In 1965, what university established the Robotics Institute?

• Yale

• Harvard

• Carnegie Mellon

• M.I.T.

What was the first successful electrically-powered, computer-controlled robot arm?

• Shakey

• WAP- 1

• Stanford Arm

• UNIMATE