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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>2004</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</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</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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>1978</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who developed the first robotics company Unimation?

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

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

    <p>1970</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>1970</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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