Introduction to Robots and Robotics Quiz

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Who is known as the father of robotics?

  • Joseph Engelberger
  • Victor Scheinman
  • Richard Hohn
  • George Devol (correct)

Which event marks the development of the first dynamically stable machine?

  • General Electric Corporation making a 4-legged vehicle
  • Odetics introducing a six-legged device
  • Raibart at CMU building a one-legged hopping machine (correct)
  • Unimation developing PUMA

What is an example of flexible automation?

  • Unimation developing PUMA
  • Robotics (correct)
  • General Motors using the manipulator: Unimate in die-casting application
  • Stanford Research Institute building Shakey

Which organization developed ASV (Adaptive Suspension Vehicle)?

<p>Ohio State University, USA (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was the humanoid robot 'Asimo' developed by Honda?

<p>2004 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Karel Capek define a robot as?

<p>A machine look-wise similar to a human being (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term introduced by Isaac Asimov in 1942 is related to the issues of design, manufacturing, and usage of robots?

<p>Robotics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, what is the definition of a robot?

<p>A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) define as a robot?

<p>An automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Robot Institute of America (RIA), what is a robot?

<p>A reprogrammable multi-functional manipulator designed to move materials (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which year saw the development of the first dynamically stable machine?

<p>1978 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the first robotics company Unimation?

<p>Joseph Engelberger (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event marked the introduction of the manipulator known as Stanford Arm?

<p>1970 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year was Lunokhod I built and sent to the moon by the USSR?

<p>1970 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed T3 (The Tomorrow Tool) robot in 1975?

<p>Richard Hohn (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term did Karel Capek use to define a robot in his drama Rossum’s Universal Robots (R.U.R)?

<p>Forced laborer (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a robot is described as:

<p>A reprogrammable multi-functional manipulator (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Isaac Asimov introduce the term 'robotics' to refer to in 1942?

<p>The issues related to design and manufacturing of robots (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What fundamental subjects are used in robotics according to the text?

<p>Physics, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of robots, what is a CNC machine according to the Robot Institute of America (RIA)?

<p>Not considered a robot (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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