Robotics and EDP

What is a robot?

• A machine programed to carry out tasks and replicate human action.

• A machine that does task without the help of a person.

• A substitute for a human.

• Characters in science fiction stories.

What is a roboticist?

• People who design robots.

• People who program robots.

• People who build robots.

• All of these answers are correct.

What is robotics?

• A team of students that compete with robots.

• A team of scientist that study machines.s

• A branch of science that focuses on creating robots or machines that can do works

• A branch of science that focuses on creating machines that look like humans.

What is meant by the word automation?

• The method of making machines with computers.

• The method of making a machine, a process, or a system work without being controlled by a human.

• The method of making machines do the work of humans.

• The method of making cars run on electricity.

There are 5 steps or stages of the engineering design process.

• True

• False

What is a design process?

• A step by step way to solve problems.

• The step by step way to complete experiments.

• The step by step way to create pieces of art.

• The step by step way to program computers.

What is meant by the word criteria?

• The way you know something works.

• A rubric.

• How something is judged or graded.

• The end result of a project.

What is meant by the word constraint?

• Something that creates guideline for building.

• Something that means you have an unlimited supply of materials.

• Something that causes something to strain and break.

• Something that limits or sets limitations.

What is a sensor?

• A device like a thermostat.

• A device that detects and collects data from the environment.

• A device that detects when the air quality is bad.

• A device like a thermometer.

What is a prototype?

• The engineering plan for what you have designed.

• A diagram of what you want to make.

• A working model that can be tested and evaluated.

• The solution to a problem you are trying to solve.