Programming & Robotics

What is a robot?

• An electronic machine capable of completely replacing the human being.

• A device found in big European and Asian factories.

• An electronic and mechanical device that performs tasks autonomously.

• A device that is widely used today.

The word robotics was coined by the science fiction writer:

• Isaac Newton

• Karel Čapek

• Arthur C. Clarke

• Isaac Asimov

The escalator that we find in malls can be considered robots.

• True

• False

Robots necessarily have to look like human beings.

• True

• False

Robots are used to perform repetitive or dangerous tasks.

• True

• False

For the robot to be able to do a certain task, it's necessary to

• Connect them to electricity

• Program them

• Have them connected to the internet

• Buy batteries for it

Programming can be defined as:

• The process of designing, coding, debugging and maintaining the source code that tells the machine what to do.

• The excecution of computer programs.

• The installation of programs that allow communication with a machine.

• All of the above.

What is an algorithm?

• A set of well-defined, ordered and finite instructions or rules that allow an activity to be carried out through successive steps that don't raise doubts for who should carry out said activity

• It's an equality between two algebraic expressions, called members, in which known or unknown values ​​or data appear, related through operations

• It's a relationship of variables that can be quantified to calculate the value of others that are very difficult or impossible to estimate and that also provides a solution to a problem.

• None of the above.

What is a programming language?

• It is a stable and powerful compiler made for solving human problems. It's physically understood by the PC.

• It's a program that defines media shared by a group of people and the PC (for example: English or French).

• It is a program or software designed to write a set of consecutive actions that must be executed by a computer.

• All of the above.

Programming is useful because:

• It solves problems and facilitates manual tasks.

• It tells the machine what to do.

• It helps us communicate with the machine.

• All of the above