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The Evolution of Robotics Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the title of Karel Čapek's play that introduced the word "robot"?

a)

Robomania

b)

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

c)

Rise of the Robots

2.

What does the Czech word robota mean?

a)

"Rebellion"

b)

"Worker"

c)

"Forced labor"

3.

Which genre best describes R.U.R.?

a)

Comedy

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Historical Drama

4.

Who created the Three Laws of Robotics?

a)

George Devol

b)

Isaac Asimov

c)

Alan Turing

5.

Which law comes first in Asimov's hierarchy?

a)

Obeying orders from humans

b)

Protecting itself

c)

Not harming humans

6.

In which story did Asimov first introduce the Three Laws?

a)

Runaround

b)

I, Robot

c)

Bicentennial Man

7.

Who invented Unimate?

a)

George Devol

b)

Karel Čapek

c)

Elon Musk

8.

What industry first used Unimate?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Automotive

c)

Aerospace

9.

In what year did Unimate debut in a factory?

a)

1956

b)

1961

c)

1970

10.

What does "Navlab" stand for?

a)

Navigational Laboratory

b)

Navigation and Vision Lab

c)

Naval Automation Laboratory

11.

Which university created Navlab?

a)

MIT

b)

Carnegie Mellon University

c)

Stanford University

12.

In which year did Navlab begin development?

a)

1985

b)

1987

c)

1990

13.

Which company developed the VaMP autonomous vehicle?

a)

Ford

b)

Tesla

c)

Daimler-Benz

14.

On which famous highway did VaMP showcase its abilities?

a)

Route 66

b)

The Autobahn

c)

Interstate 5

15.

What technology did VaMP use to navigate roads?

a)

Lasers

b)

Cameras and AI

c)

GPS only

16.

What organization hosted the Grand Challenge?

a)

NASA

b)

DARPA

c)

Tesla

17.

Which vehicle won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge?

a)

Navlab

b)

VaMP

c)

Stanley

18.

What was the primary goal of the Grand Challenge?

a)

Improve military vehicles

b)

Advance self-driving car technology

c)

Develop robotic arms

19.

What company started the self-driving car project that became Waymo?

a)

Apple

b)

Google

c)

Amazon

20.

In what year did Google's self-driving cars hit public roads?

a)

2010

b)

2015

c)

2018

21.

What is Waymo's primary focus?

a)

Drone delivery

b)

Self-driving technology

c)

Robotics for surgery

22.

What company launched the first commercial autonomous taxi service?

a)

Uber

b)

Waymo

c)

Cruise

23.

In which U.S. city did Waymo first operate commercially?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Phoenix

c)

Austin

24.

How many autonomous miles had Waymo driven by 2023?

a)

10 million

b)

15 million

c)

20 million

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