Robotics: Chapter 1: Introduction to
Engineering questions and answers
graded A+
At its most fundamental level engineering is about doing what? - correct answer
✔✔Engineering is about problem solving
What do engineers do with scientific knowledge? - correct answer ✔✔Engineers take scientific
knowledge and find practical application for it to benefit humanity
"To be successful, engineers must become familiar with a wide variety of fields , and experts in
some specific fields". What does the author mean by this statement? - correct answer
✔✔Engineers need to be familiar with different fields to be able to solve different types of
problems.
Describe the training involved to become an engineer. - correct answer ✔✔To become an
engineer, one must complete a degree program from an accredited engineering college in the
field they which to practice in. The rest of the knowledge would be learned through training, or
on-the-job experience
The definition of design includes the words "problem solving." What role does
Problem solving play in the design process? - correct answer ✔✔If there is a problem, engineers
can create a design that could solve it. Design is thinking of or creating something new to solve
a problem. During the process of problem solving, you brainstorm or creat ideas that could
possibly solve the problem. It's also motivation for the engineer.
Know each of these from your toolbox - correct answer ✔✔Bearing flat, 3/32 Allen key, 5/64
Allen Key, and keps nut
, What is the engineering design process? How is it similar to the scientific method? - correct
answer ✔✔The engineering design process is a series of steps that engineers follow when they
are trying to solve a problem and design a solution for something; it is a methodical approach to
problem solving. This is similar to the "Scientific Method" which is taught to young scientists.
There is no single universally accepted design process. It seems as though most engineers have
their own twist for how the process works. The process generally starts with a problem and
ends with a solution, but the middle steps can vary.
Identify and describe the design process in its simplest form. Feel free to include the diagram
here. - correct answer ✔✔First, you ideate which means to plan or make a blueprint for your
robot's design. Then, you implement which means you build your robot based off your design.
Finally, you test your robot to make sure that it can perform its purpose and function properly.
Your robot should be tested more than once. If you need to make rearrangements to your
robot, you can restart the cycle over again, until your robot functions properly.
Steps in order for the Design Process - correct answer ✔✔1) Understand
2) Explore
3) Define
4) Ideate
5) Prototype
6) Choose
7) Refine
8) Present
9) Implement
10) Test
11) Iterate
Compare and contrast design constraints and functional requirements. - correct answer
✔✔Constraints and functional requirements are both specifications. Specifications outline what
the solution will do and how well it will do it, not how it will do it. They are both needed to
satisfy a solution. A constraint can be defined as a condition that a solution to a problem must
Engineering questions and answers
graded A+
At its most fundamental level engineering is about doing what? - correct answer
✔✔Engineering is about problem solving
What do engineers do with scientific knowledge? - correct answer ✔✔Engineers take scientific
knowledge and find practical application for it to benefit humanity
"To be successful, engineers must become familiar with a wide variety of fields , and experts in
some specific fields". What does the author mean by this statement? - correct answer
✔✔Engineers need to be familiar with different fields to be able to solve different types of
problems.
Describe the training involved to become an engineer. - correct answer ✔✔To become an
engineer, one must complete a degree program from an accredited engineering college in the
field they which to practice in. The rest of the knowledge would be learned through training, or
on-the-job experience
The definition of design includes the words "problem solving." What role does
Problem solving play in the design process? - correct answer ✔✔If there is a problem, engineers
can create a design that could solve it. Design is thinking of or creating something new to solve
a problem. During the process of problem solving, you brainstorm or creat ideas that could
possibly solve the problem. It's also motivation for the engineer.
Know each of these from your toolbox - correct answer ✔✔Bearing flat, 3/32 Allen key, 5/64
Allen Key, and keps nut
, What is the engineering design process? How is it similar to the scientific method? - correct
answer ✔✔The engineering design process is a series of steps that engineers follow when they
are trying to solve a problem and design a solution for something; it is a methodical approach to
problem solving. This is similar to the "Scientific Method" which is taught to young scientists.
There is no single universally accepted design process. It seems as though most engineers have
their own twist for how the process works. The process generally starts with a problem and
ends with a solution, but the middle steps can vary.
Identify and describe the design process in its simplest form. Feel free to include the diagram
here. - correct answer ✔✔First, you ideate which means to plan or make a blueprint for your
robot's design. Then, you implement which means you build your robot based off your design.
Finally, you test your robot to make sure that it can perform its purpose and function properly.
Your robot should be tested more than once. If you need to make rearrangements to your
robot, you can restart the cycle over again, until your robot functions properly.
Steps in order for the Design Process - correct answer ✔✔1) Understand
2) Explore
3) Define
4) Ideate
5) Prototype
6) Choose
7) Refine
8) Present
9) Implement
10) Test
11) Iterate
Compare and contrast design constraints and functional requirements. - correct answer
✔✔Constraints and functional requirements are both specifications. Specifications outline what
the solution will do and how well it will do it, not how it will do it. They are both needed to
satisfy a solution. A constraint can be defined as a condition that a solution to a problem must
