Robotics 1 what is a robot

What are behaviors?

• To build by putting parts together

• Anything a robot "does", including observable actions like moving forward

• The primary source of physical motion in robotics

• To take apart

The technology that deals with design, construction and operation of robots is called:

• Engineering

• Robotics

• Architecture

• Motors

Who was the first to think of the idea of a machine that would do the work of humans?

• Ctesibus

• Shakespeare

• Socrates

• Aristotle

Who coined the word "robot" in 1921?

• Karel Capek

• Ctesibus

• Jacques Vaucanson

• Aristotle

In what year did the first industrial robot begin work in an automobile factory?

• 1925

• 2004

• 1997

• 1961

In what year did the Sojourner explore Mars?

• 1951

• 1973

• 1997

• 1891

What do messenger robots do?

• Play music

• Deliver mail

• Make phone calls

• Carry supplies and equipment

An _________ is a command sent out by the robot computer to some other part of the robot.

• Sensor

• Input

• Output

• Circuit

Robots need _______, which provide information to its computer to make decisions.

• Output

• Input

• Electricity

• Charge

A machine that gathers information about its environment (senses) and uses that information (thinks) to follow instructions to do work (acts).

• Percolator

• Robot

• Moog

• Resistor