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Robotics History

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of first biomechanical automation on record?

a)

The Flute Player

b)

The Piano Player

c)

The Harf Player

d)

The Nerves Player

2.

From what language does the word "Robot" come from?

a)

Czech

b)

Russian

c)

German

d)

Roman

3.

Where did the first movie robot appeared?

a)

Metropolis

b)

California

c)

Paris

d)

Cairo

4.

What was the name of theoretical computer which was introduced in "On Computable Numbers" in 1926?

a)

the Turing Machine

b)

the von Neumann Machine

c)

the Lovelace Machine

d)

the Enigma Machine

5.

What was the name of a pair of battery operated robots that look like tortoises in 1949 by William Grey Walter?

a)

Elmer and Elsie

b)

Elmo and Malmo

c)

Flip and Flap

d)

Almer and Asia

6.

In what year was the "Three Laws of Robotics" published by Isaac Asimov?

a)

1950

b)

1962

c)

1979

d)

1840

7.

What is the name for the test to determine if machine is intelligent?

a)

Turing Test

b)

Turtle Test

c)

von Neumann Test

d)

Lovelace Test

8.

Approximately, how many movements the first robotic arm was capable doing created in 1961 by George Devol and Joseph Engelberger?

a)

200

b)

100

c)

300

d)

400

9.

What was the name for the robot with six joints that can mimic the movements of a human arm?

a)

the Standford Arm

b)

the Upholding Arm

c)

the Startup Arm

d)

the Fixed Arm

10.

What was the name of the first robot using artificial intelligence created by the engineers at Standford Research Institute in 1972?

a)

Shakey

b)

Sharkey

c)

Sharpy

d)

Shorty

11.

What year was the first "pick and place" robot designed?

a)

1978

b)

1968

c)

1998

d)

1948

12.

What is the name of robotic toy pet developed by Tiger Electronics in 1998?

a)

Furby

b)

Burby

c)

Murby

d)

Lurby

13.

Robots have been used to distribute COVID 19 tests and vaccinations.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE