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Understanding Robotics and Terminology

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Czech playwright who first used the term "robot" in 1921.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Karel Capek

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

2.

The term "robot" means what in Karel Capek's play R.U.R

a)

friend

b)

forced labor or servant

c)

enemy

d)

worker

3.

Co-developer of Unimate, gets the credit for being the "Father of Modern Robotics"

a)

Alan Turing

b)

Isaac Asimov

c)

Joseph Engelberger

d)

George Devol

4.

a robot is a machine programmed to

a)

move only on command

b)

move and perform actions automatically

c)

play games

d)

cook and clean

5.

the engineering discipline dealing with the creating, designing and operation of robots

a)

civil engineering

b)

flight engineering

c)

robotics

d)

electrical engineering

6.

the first industrial robot

a)

Ultimate

b)

ATLAS

c)

Unimate

d)

Enigma

7.

who said " I don't know how to define one, but I know one when I see one!"

a)

George Devol

b)

George Patton

c)

Joseph Engelberger

d)

Barrack Obama

8.

a mechanical device for moving and controlling a mechanism

a)

actuator

b)

end effector

c)

controller

d)

solenoid

9.

another device for moving a robot's arms and legs

a)

controller

b)

wheel

c)

piston

d)

end effectors

10.

the tools at the end of the robots arms are called...

a)

hands

b)

controller

c)

actuator

d)

end effectors

11.

how many degrees of freedom do robotic arms have?

a)

7

b)

360

c)

6

d)

180

12.

how many degrees of freedom do human arms have?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

180

d)

720

13.

a class of robot that may be human controlled at some point

a)

autonomous robot

b)

puppet robot

c)

aerial drone

d)

snake bot

14.

autonomous robots are...

a)

sometimes human controlled

b)

fully independent and automated

c)

always human controlled

15.

what is the most common robotic sense?

a)

sight

b)

smell

c)

movement

d)

taste

16.

this type of piston uses pressurized air to move robotic arms and legs

a)

pneumatic

b)

hydraulic

c)

electrical

d)

solenoid

17.

this type of piston uses pressurized liquids to move robotic arms and legs

a)

pneumatic

b)

hydraulic

c)

solenoid

d)

electro-optical

18.

This biochemistry professor and science fiction writer, wrote the 3 laws of robotics

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Isaac Asimov

d)

Benjamin Franklin

19.

The part of the robot that controls all of its actions

a)

end effectors

b)

sensors

c)

pistons

d)

controller

20.

The first of the three laws of robotics

a)

a robot cannot harm a human

b)

a robot must follow all human commands

c)

a robot must protect itself

d)

a robot must always be a good boy

21.

Hydraulic pistons use pressurized

a)

air

b)

liquids

c)

oil

d)

matter

22.

pneumatic pistons use pressurized

a)

air

b)

liquids

c)

oils

d)

matter

23.

the 4 qualities that all robots have in common

a)

computer brains, control panels, legs, actuators

b)

pistons, gears, hydraulics, arms

c)

end effectors, actuators, control panels, cameras

d)

moveable bodies, moveable segments, motorized wheels, programmable components