Robotics quiz

What is a robot?

• A machine that can complete any task

• A machine that is programmed to complete certain task automatically

• A machine that is made to look like a human

• A machine that can do just about everything

The four types of jobs we like to use robots for are:

• difficult, direct, ductile, and duplicitous

• duplicate, dry, delicious, and dental

• dangerous, delicate, dull, and dirty

• dutiful, double, dreamy, and desperate

A washing machine...

• is always a robot

• is never a robot

• Is sometimes a robot

The word robot comes from the Czech word “robota” meaning _____________ .

• forced labor

• slaves

• mechanical manipulator

• humanoid

What is the name of a device used to detect what’s going on outside the machine?

• Effector

• Microcontroller

• Sensor

• Drive system/Drive train

Isaac Asimov popularized the term “robotics.” What was his job?

• Scientist

• Science fiction writer

• Inventor

• Movie director

One of the first industrial robots (1961) was called UNIMATE and was used in a ___________.

• car factory

• hospital

• fancy hotel

• aluminum mine

Why are sensors important to robots?

• Sensors allow them to move.

• Sensors let robots change their environment.

• Sensors give robots information about their environment.

• Sensors give robots directions for everything that they do.

What makes a robot a robot?

• It can be programmed to do something else.

• It uses algorithms to work.

• It looks like a human.

• It has artificial intelligence.

What was the name of the first commercially available robotic vacuum cleaner?

• Trilobite

• Roomba

• Conga

• Salsa