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WorksheetsUnderstanding Robotics and Terminology
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Czech playwright who first used the term "robot" in 1921.
William Shakespeare
Ludwig van Beethoven
Karel Capek
Alexander Graham Bell
The term "robot" means what in Karel Capek's play R.U.R
friend
forced labor or servant
enemy
worker
Co-developer of Unimate, gets the credit for being the "Father of Modern Robotics"
Alan Turing
Isaac Asimov
Joseph Engelberger
George Devol
a robot is a machine programmed to
move only on command
move and perform actions automatically
play games
cook and clean
the engineering discipline dealing with the creating, designing and operation of robots
civil engineering
flight engineering
robotics
electrical engineering
the first industrial robot
Ultimate
ATLAS
Unimate
Enigma
who said " I don't know how to define one, but I know one when I see one!"
George Devol
George Patton
Joseph Engelberger
Barrack Obama
a mechanical device for moving and controlling a mechanism
actuator
end effector
controller
solenoid
another device for moving a robot's arms and legs
controller
wheel
piston
end effectors
the tools at the end of the robots arms are called...
hands
controller
actuator
end effectors
how many degrees of freedom do robotic arms have?
7
360
6
180
how many degrees of freedom do human arms have?
7
6
180
720
a class of robot that may be human controlled at some point
autonomous robot
puppet robot
aerial drone
snake bot
autonomous robots are...
sometimes human controlled
fully independent and automated
always human controlled
what is the most common robotic sense?
sight
smell
movement
taste
this type of piston uses pressurized air to move robotic arms and legs
pneumatic
hydraulic
electrical
solenoid
this type of piston uses pressurized liquids to move robotic arms and legs
pneumatic
hydraulic
solenoid
electro-optical
This biochemistry professor and science fiction writer, wrote the 3 laws of robotics
Alexander Hamilton
Alan Turing
Isaac Asimov
Benjamin Franklin
The part of the robot that controls all of its actions
end effectors
sensors
pistons
controller
The first of the three laws of robotics
a robot cannot harm a human
a robot must follow all human commands
a robot must protect itself
a robot must always be a good boy
Hydraulic pistons use pressurized
air
liquids
oil
matter
pneumatic pistons use pressurized
air
liquids
oils
matter
the 4 qualities that all robots have in common
computer brains, control panels, legs, actuators
pistons, gears, hydraulics, arms
end effectors, actuators, control panels, cameras
moveable bodies, moveable segments, motorized wheels, programmable components
