Robotics/Microcontroller Practice Test

A device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum

• Gyroscope

• drivetrain

• manipulator

• sensor

The robotics subsystem that provides the ability to move around the field

• Gyroscope

• drivetrain

• manipulator

• sensor

A device that detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it

• Gyroscope

• drivetrain

• manipulator

• sensor

An arm-like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with several degrees of freedom under automatic control

• Gyroscope

• drivetrain

• manipulator

• sensor

To determine the graduation of any instrument giving quantitative measurements

• Calibrate

• Design

• Servo

• Specifications

Detailed descriptions or assessments of requirements, dimensions, materials of a proposed product

• Calibrate

• Design

• Servo

• Specifications

A process that uses controlled changes to reach a desired goal, used to develop solutions to a problem

• Calibrate

• Design

• Servo

• Specifications

A type of motor that is only able to move 150 degrees

• Calibrate

• Design

• Servo

• Specifications

To locate trouble and make repairs in machinery and technical equipment

• troubleshoot

• iterate

• maintenance

• engineer

A person who designs and builds complex products, machines, systems, or structures

• troubleshoot

• iterate

• maintenance

• engineer