Robots in History

Robots in History

8th - 12th Grade

17 Qs

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Robots in History

Robots in History

Assessment

Quiz

Created by

Eric Howard

Computers

8th - 12th Grade

1 plays

Hard

17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first industrial robot went into service in:

1920

1961

1972

1984

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Who were water clocks with moveable figures created by?

Archimedes

Leonardo da Vinci

Blaise Pascal

Ctesibus

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Archimedes

Ctesibus

Hero of Alexandria

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Automatons

Robots

Wax Figures

Automation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Who is credited with designing the first humanoid robot?

Blaise Pascal

Archimedes

Thomas Edison

Leonardo da Vinci

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

robot

automoton

automation

robotics

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