INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a common definition of the term "robot" - Correct Answers -Automation
What is an automation? What was an early use for automation? - Correct Answers -An
object made by a person that moves automatically.
The first useful automations were clockwork devices introduced in the Middle Ages to
keep track of time automatically.
Who was the dramatist that introduced the word "robot" in his writing? - Correct
Answers -Karel Capek
What is the meaning of the Czech word "robota" - Correct Answers -Forced Labor
How did Issac Asimov's writings influence the way people think about robots? - Correct
Answers -People began to see robots as useful machines
In what year was the first industrial robot patented - Correct Answers -1954
How were George Devol and Joseph Engelberger involved in the early development of
industrial robots? - Correct Answers -Devol and Joseph worked together to get the first
industrial robot developed and patented
Four companies involved in early robot development for commercial use - Correct
Answers -Prab Conveyor Company, Devilbiss, Asea, and Cincinnati Milacron.
Define anthropomorphic - Correct Answers -having human characteristics
Controller - Correct Answers -A microprocessor linked to the input/output and
monitoring devices
Manipulator - Correct Answers -The arm of the robot
End effector - Correct Answers -device attached to the arm for the purpose of grasping,
moving, lifting, transporting, or performing operations.
Power Supply - Correct Answers -A device that provides the energy to drive the robot's
controller and acuators
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a common definition of the term "robot" - Correct Answers -Automation
What is an automation? What was an early use for automation? - Correct Answers -An
object made by a person that moves automatically.
The first useful automations were clockwork devices introduced in the Middle Ages to
keep track of time automatically.
Who was the dramatist that introduced the word "robot" in his writing? - Correct
Answers -Karel Capek
What is the meaning of the Czech word "robota" - Correct Answers -Forced Labor
How did Issac Asimov's writings influence the way people think about robots? - Correct
Answers -People began to see robots as useful machines
In what year was the first industrial robot patented - Correct Answers -1954
How were George Devol and Joseph Engelberger involved in the early development of
industrial robots? - Correct Answers -Devol and Joseph worked together to get the first
industrial robot developed and patented
Four companies involved in early robot development for commercial use - Correct
Answers -Prab Conveyor Company, Devilbiss, Asea, and Cincinnati Milacron.
Define anthropomorphic - Correct Answers -having human characteristics
Controller - Correct Answers -A microprocessor linked to the input/output and
monitoring devices
Manipulator - Correct Answers -The arm of the robot
End effector - Correct Answers -device attached to the arm for the purpose of grasping,
moving, lifting, transporting, or performing operations.
Power Supply - Correct Answers -A device that provides the energy to drive the robot's
controller and acuators
