Robotics MCQ
1. What's another name for an encoder that generates two signals out of phase?
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Quadrature encoder
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2. What relationship is represented by 90⁰?
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Out of phase
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3. What relationship are two signals 90⁰ out of phase?
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Quadrature
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4. When is Pulse Width Modulation used?
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A technique for generating an analog value using a digital signal
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5. What is the term for a technique for generating an analog value using a digital signal?
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Pulse Width Modulation
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6. What is another name for PID or Three Term Control?
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Proportional plus Integral plus Derivative Control
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7. What is the common abbreviation for Three-Term Control?
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8. What control strategy is also known as P+I control?
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Proportional plus Integral Control
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9. What does the term P+D control stand for?
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Proportional plus Derivative Control
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10. What is another term for Proportional plus Derivative Control?
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P+D control
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11. What is the term for a strategy where the controller outputs a value which is the error multiplied by a constant?
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Proportional Control
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12. What can be obeyed?
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A series of instructions which can be obeyed
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13. A series of instructions which can be obeyed to achieve a task is called what?
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14. What kind of values must measurements be to be precise?
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15. What is the term for how close measured values are to each other?
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Precision
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16. What type of motion is covered by the term pneumatics?
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The laws governing the motion and application of gases
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17. What is the science covering the laws governing the motion and application of gases?
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Pneumatics
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18. Pneumatics refers to the laws governing the motion and application of what?
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19. What is Pitch for a flying object?
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The steepness of a slope
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20. What is another term for Phototransistor?
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Light Dependent Resistor
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21. What type of sensor uses light to detect the presence of an object?
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Photoelectric
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22. What does an photoelectric sensor use to detect objects?
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23. A signal emitted by a body that triggers response in others is called what?
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Pheromone
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24. What does a pheromone signal trigger in others?
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25. What does the word sensor mean?
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A sensor which just ‘listens’ for information
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26. A sensor which just listens for information is known as what?
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Passive sensor
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27. What is a type of measurement that can be measured with an optical encoder?
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Linear or rotary motion
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28. What is an example of a device used to measure linear or rotary motion by detecting beams of light?
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Optical Encoder
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29. How many neurons does the human brain have?
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30. What is a common processing element in a brain?
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31. What is the name of the structure that has neurons connected together?
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Neural Network
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32. A motor can be used to produce what type of motion?
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33. What does a motor produce?
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34. What kind of circuit usually contains an microcontroller?
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Single integrated circuit
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35. Microcontroller systems are small because they contain what?
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Microprocessor
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36. What is a microcontroller made up of?
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Microprocessor, memory and peripherals
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37. What is a field that combines many different elements of engineering?
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Mechatronics
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38. What are the parts of a manipulator?
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Fixed elements
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39. Joints are joined together in what type of mechanism?
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Manipulator
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40. What can a magnetometer detect?
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Magnetic fields
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41. What is the device used to detect magnetic fields called?
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Magnifying glass
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42. Where are algorithms "trained" to make predictions?
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43. What kind of analysis could be used to learn from data and make predictions?
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Machine learning
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44. What type of robot created by W. Grey Walter is seeking light?
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Machina Speculatrix
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45. Who developed the mechna known as "Machina Speculatrix"?
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W. Grey Walter
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46. Logic deals with what kind of signals?
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True or false
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47. What are signals that can be only true or false?
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48. What is the purpose of localization?
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In robotics it is about determining where a robot is
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49. What type of part is a rigid?
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A manipulator
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50. What is a link?
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A rigid part of a manipulator
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51. What is a straight line but not rotating?
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Linear motion
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52. What is the movement in a straight line not?
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53. What Braitenberg vehicle steers towards lights?
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Light seeker
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54. A form of Braitenberg vehicle which steers away from what?
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55. What is another name for a Light Dependent Resistor?
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Phototransistor
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56. Who wrote about the laws of robots in their stories?
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Isaac Asimov
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57. What do laser devices emit?
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A beam of light
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58. What does laser stand for?
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Light amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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59. What are the most common joints in a human arm?
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Wrist, elbow, shoulder
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60. What type of end do humans have on their wrist?
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61. What type of robots have wrist and elbow joints?
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62. A robot whose actions are at least in part determined by the robot is called what?
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Intelligent robot
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63. What is the common definition for intelligence?
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The ability to acquire and apply skills and knowledge
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64. What is the ability to acquire and apply skills and knowledge called?
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Intelligence
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65. What can an integral be considered?
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The area under a function
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66. What is an integrated development environment?
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A computer program which provides the facilities to allow a programmer to develop other programs
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67. What does the Integrated Development Environment provide?
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Facilities
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68. What type of program provides the facilities to allow a programmer to develop other programs?
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Integrated development environment
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69. What kind of control method uses integral control?
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Feedback Control
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70. A method used in what is called Feedback Control?
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Integral control
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71. What are instructions made of?
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72. What do instructions generally mean?
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A piece of a program commanding the computer to do something
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73. What do instructions command the computer to do?
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Do something
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74. What do you think of the term "insect robot"?
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A small mobile robot
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75. What is a small mobile robot called?
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Insect robot
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76. How many different devices allow a human to interact with a machine?
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One of many
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77. What type of device allow a human to interact with a machine?
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Input device
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78. Inhibitory is used in what?
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Neural Networks and Braitenberg vehicles
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79. What are Braitenberg vehicles?
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Neural Networks and
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80. What kind of sensor measures infrared light?
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Electronic
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81. What is a common name for an electronic sensor that measures infrared light radiating from objects in its view?
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Infrared sensor
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82. What does infrared sensor measure?
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Infrared light radiating from objects in its view
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83. What is another name for an Industrial robot?
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Multi-functional manipulator
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84. Industrial robots can be programmed to do what tasks?
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85. Industrial robots can be programmed to do what?
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Various tasks
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86. What type of discipline is hydraulics?
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The science covering the laws governing the motion and application of liquids
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87. What is the discipline that studies the motion of liquids?
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Hydraulics
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88. What is the purpose of HCI?
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The design and use of computer technology which allows humans to interface with computers
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89. What is another term for Computer-Human Interaction?
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Human Computer Interaction
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90. What does HCI allow humans to do?
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Interface with computers
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91. The computer's components are called what?
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92. What does haptics involve?
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Interaction involving the sense of touch
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93. What kind of interaction involves the sense of touch?
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94. Haptics involve the sense of what?
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95. What do gripper end effectors do?
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Sizing or holding something
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96. What university did Grimblebot come from?
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University of Reading
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97. What does Grimblebot do to stay upright?
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Self-balancing
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98. What is the name of the self-balancing robot designed at the University of Reading?
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Grimblebot
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99. In what year was Game of Life created?
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100. The gain of a proportional controller is equal to what?
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The error
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