ROBOTICS FINAL EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CPU - Correct Answers -robot brain
Automation accomplishes 3 things - Correct Answers -reduce operation time & work
handling time, frees up workers to take other roles, provides higher level jobs in
development, deployment, maintenance & running the automated processes
robot - Correct Answers -a machine that does work on it's own, a device that gathers
info from the environment & a machine capable of doing or extending human tasks
robot - Correct Answers -Czech word meaning forced labor
year the word robot coined / 1st said? - Correct Answers -1920
who wrote the Three Laws of Robotics? - Correct Answers -Issac Asimov
1st Law of Robotics - Correct Answers -a robot may not injure a human being or
through inaction, allow human beings to come to harm
2nd Law of Robotics - Correct Answers -a robot must obey the orders given by human
beings except when it conflicts with the 1st law
3rd Law of Robotics - Correct Answers -a robot must protect its own existence as long
as it does not conflict with the 1st & 2nd laws
program - Correct Answers -set of tasks to be performed by a robot controller or
computer to control a system. to code a computer with a set of procedures to provide
info on tasks for the system to perform
feedback - Correct Answers -info sent from robot sensors t robot controllers
2 categories of end effectors - Correct Answers -grippers & end of arm tooling
payload - Correct Answers -amount of weight a robot can lift
wrist - Correct Answers -the robot joint we're most concerned with in end of arm tooling
industrial robot - Correct Answers -mechanical device as an automatically controlled,
reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator - programmable in 3 or more axes
, Degrees of Freedom - Correct Answers -movement range available for a given piece of
equipment within 3 dimensions
work envelope - Correct Answers -area in which a robot can operate
DaVinci - Correct Answers -robot assisted surgery device
roll - Correct Answers -tilting side to side
surge - Correct Answers -moving forward & backward
pitch - Correct Answers -tilting forward & backward
sway - Correct Answers -moving left & right
yaw - Correct Answers -turning left & right
heave - Correct Answers -moving up & down
3 main components of a robot - Correct Answers -end effector, power unit, controller
sensors - Correct Answers -component of a robot thats used to determine distances
from other objects (i.e. rollers, bumpers, lasers, GPS)
structure - Correct Answers -component compared to robot body or frame
power - Correct Answers -robot component compared to a person's heart
motor - Correct Answers -robot component compared to human muscles
sensor - Correct Answers -input device that measures data from the environment
if a robot is not moving there _____ reason to believe it will start up - Correct Answers -
is
automation - Correct Answers -has increased the production of most goods & lowered
their cost
cylindricacl - Correct Answers -robot with an envelope that's all around it's center axis
gantry - Correct Answers -robot that's usually very large and work from overhead
(above)
SCARA - Correct Answers -robot that's a combination of the cylindrical and articulated
arm robots
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CPU - Correct Answers -robot brain
Automation accomplishes 3 things - Correct Answers -reduce operation time & work
handling time, frees up workers to take other roles, provides higher level jobs in
development, deployment, maintenance & running the automated processes
robot - Correct Answers -a machine that does work on it's own, a device that gathers
info from the environment & a machine capable of doing or extending human tasks
robot - Correct Answers -Czech word meaning forced labor
year the word robot coined / 1st said? - Correct Answers -1920
who wrote the Three Laws of Robotics? - Correct Answers -Issac Asimov
1st Law of Robotics - Correct Answers -a robot may not injure a human being or
through inaction, allow human beings to come to harm
2nd Law of Robotics - Correct Answers -a robot must obey the orders given by human
beings except when it conflicts with the 1st law
3rd Law of Robotics - Correct Answers -a robot must protect its own existence as long
as it does not conflict with the 1st & 2nd laws
program - Correct Answers -set of tasks to be performed by a robot controller or
computer to control a system. to code a computer with a set of procedures to provide
info on tasks for the system to perform
feedback - Correct Answers -info sent from robot sensors t robot controllers
2 categories of end effectors - Correct Answers -grippers & end of arm tooling
payload - Correct Answers -amount of weight a robot can lift
wrist - Correct Answers -the robot joint we're most concerned with in end of arm tooling
industrial robot - Correct Answers -mechanical device as an automatically controlled,
reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator - programmable in 3 or more axes
, Degrees of Freedom - Correct Answers -movement range available for a given piece of
equipment within 3 dimensions
work envelope - Correct Answers -area in which a robot can operate
DaVinci - Correct Answers -robot assisted surgery device
roll - Correct Answers -tilting side to side
surge - Correct Answers -moving forward & backward
pitch - Correct Answers -tilting forward & backward
sway - Correct Answers -moving left & right
yaw - Correct Answers -turning left & right
heave - Correct Answers -moving up & down
3 main components of a robot - Correct Answers -end effector, power unit, controller
sensors - Correct Answers -component of a robot thats used to determine distances
from other objects (i.e. rollers, bumpers, lasers, GPS)
structure - Correct Answers -component compared to robot body or frame
power - Correct Answers -robot component compared to a person's heart
motor - Correct Answers -robot component compared to human muscles
sensor - Correct Answers -input device that measures data from the environment
if a robot is not moving there _____ reason to believe it will start up - Correct Answers -
is
automation - Correct Answers -has increased the production of most goods & lowered
their cost
cylindricacl - Correct Answers -robot with an envelope that's all around it's center axis
gantry - Correct Answers -robot that's usually very large and work from overhead
(above)
SCARA - Correct Answers -robot that's a combination of the cylindrical and articulated
arm robots
