Automation and Robotics

A ______________ is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls.

• Robot

• Cyborg

• Tank

• TV

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Robots can be used for...

• Precision work

• Exploration

• Repetitive or dangerous work

• All of the above

____________ involves a mechanical device that can imitate the actions of people or animals.

• Automation

• Robotics

• Robot

• Automobile

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_________________ involves the design, construction, and operation of a robot.

• Robotics

• Automation

• Assembly line

• Manufacturing

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the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots

• robotics

• levers

• creative power

• Science CSF

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Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. These technologies are used to develop machines that can substitute for humans and replicate human actions.

• False

• True

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How is a build guide a useful communication tool for engineers?

• It tells the robot exactly what to do, saving you time.

• It provides clear step-by-step instructions to help you assemble parts successfully.

• It builds the product for you so that it is done correctly.

• It provides several different build options so that everyone in the class has a different final system, some of which will not work.

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The 1st generation robots performed simple tasks or factory work that were _____________________ for people.

• Dangerous or unpleasant

• Destined

• Unfit

• Cumbersome or inconvenient

One of the first industrial robots (1961) was called UNIMATE and was in a ____________________ automobile factory.

• General Motors

• Ford

• Chevrolet

• Honda

2nd generation robots perform more complex tasks and ____________________________.

• simulate human functions

• mass production

• automated functions

• became sentient

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