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Chapter 17: Robotics


	1.	Modern robots can be used in

		a.	certain surgical procedures.
		b.	underwater explorations.
		c.	police work.
		d.	all of the above.


	2.	The development in the 1940s that reduced the size of computers and increased their speed was the

		a.	transistor.
		b.	nanomachine.
		c.	electrical sensor.
		d.	numerical control system.


	3.	Robotic hands are called

		a.	manipulators.
		b.	end effectors.
		c.	actuators.
		d.	joints.


	4.	Places where two moving parts of a robot are connected are called

		a.	manipulators.
		b.	end effectors.
		c.	actuators.
		d.	joints.


	5.	The power source commonly used to operate robotic arms is a

		a.	computer.
		b.	manipulator.
		c.	stepper motor.
		d.	robotic interface.


	6.	The series of instructions computers use to control the movement of a robotic arm is called

		a.	a program.
		b.	a flowchart.
		c.	binary code.
		d.	feedback.


	7.	While they work, robots feed information back to the computer through

		a.	actuators.
		b.	sensors.
		c.	nerve bundles.
		d.	both a and b.


	8.	Today's robots

		a.	are second-generation robots.
		b.	can be taught to do several operations.
		c.	are extremely accurate.
		d.	all of the above.


	9.	What supplies the extra force needed by robotic arms to lift heavy objects?

		a.	stepper motors and sensors
		b.	manipulators and end effectors
		c.	pneumatic and hydraulic actuators
		d.	work envelopes and grippers


	10.	Guiding a robot through a sequence of movements is called

		a.	lead-through programming.
		b.	feedback control.
		c.	remote manipulator system.
		d.	contact sensor control.